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April 2016
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158 Reviews
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Seamless multiroom experience
Sky's still the king of content
Simple
Tablet-based downloads for offline
On-the-move viewing
The MacBook Air offers a faster processor and better upgrade options
MacBook comes in gold and silver and space grey
The hinge tension and balance is perfect. You can lift the lid with a single finger with the MacBook resting on a table
And the base won't move one bit. You can reposition the screen at any angle—though sadly it only goes back to 45 degrees or so—and it'
Now that there's more horsepower under the MacBook's bonnet
You won't have to tweak OS X El Capitan's settings to get hold of a smooth experience. As the old Apple motto goes
It just works. The increase is marginal
But it undoubtedly makes a difference
After witnessing the Retina MacBook Pro's display
It was always likely that the new MacBook would have a stunning display – and it doesn't disappoint. Great viewing angles and bold colors make it one of the best we've seen in a laptop. It's all part of a
The 12inch MacBook gets a decent boost to performance and battery life
While keeping the same slim
Light premium body. The highres display and responsive trackpad remain the gold standard. Color options add a fun bit of personalization.
Very lengthy battery life
Large and very responsive touchpad
Light yet sturdy
Sharp
Bright and nonreflective screen
Small size and lightweight design
Quality screen
Force Touch trackpad
Day's battery life
Gorgeous Rose Gold color
Improved performance
Terrific design
Great speakers
Good battery life
Great screen
Lovely trackpad
Good keyboard layout
Class-leading speakers
Undeniably beautiful design
Improved processors on all models
More resilient battery performance
A screen to die for
High-quality screen
Great build quality and portability
Excellent trackpad
Loud speakers
Available with either 256GB or 512GB of storage space
Mac OS X interface is very simple to set up and easy to navigate
Laptop has just one USB-C port for charging
USB 3.1 outut and even DisplayPort 1.2 video output
Clear and sharp display
Sleek and s
The editors didn't like
Will make your wallet weep
Doesn't play nice with Netflix or Amazon Prime Video
4K
Voice search and powerlining still not ready
The MacBook Air screen can't match the Retina screen on the MacBook
MacBook is low powered with a high price
Why is this laptop so thin? I never felt that I needed a thinner MacBook. One with a better screen? Absolutely. Lighter? Okay. But every other innovation in the new MacBook seems to be in the service of making it thinner. Who needs that
That single USB-C port remains the biggest problem with the 12-inch MacBook. It's simply too much of a compromise to use it as your main machine
And even if you're on the move you're forced to make a decision between connecting a peripheral or charging a
The new MacBook is far from a monster under the hood. However
If you can get over the fact that it's designed for anything from browsing the internet to light image editing
Streaming video and music to other light computing tasks
It should perform OK f
The single USBC port will continue to be an inconvenience for many. The shallow keyboard isn't ideal for longform typing. Other superslim laptops manage to fit in more powerful processors
No Thunderbolt 3
Keyboard and wirelesscentric design won't suit everyone
Still just one USB port (a Type-C that won't fit most existing peripherals), Shorter battery life (in our test) than previous model, Shallow (if tactile) keyboard, We still miss the MagSafe power connector
Apple's updated MacBook gets a performance boost thanks to Intel's updated Core M chips. It remains impressively slim, with an excellent screen, but we still want more than that one USB port. Read More…...
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Published: 2016-05-02, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: More than a year after it first launched, the MacBook Retina is still one of the most divisive of Apple's products. Now, in its 2016 refresh, it finds itself in a replay of many of those initial complaints: just one port; a processor chosen for being humb...
outstanding Retina screen, precise Force-Touch trackpad, notable speaker quality, high-end aluminum chassis, silent as passively cooled, yet still not very hot
a single combo port is a serious restriction, the short key travel causes typing errors again and again, no charge indicator via LED, poor maintainability and upgradeability (iFixit 1/10 points), single core performance is slightly lower than the model's
Always necessary but not included - adapter for the single USB Type C portThe 12-inch MacBook is and remains an impressive device. Low weight, an excellent display, and its build quality are outstanding properties. However, not much has changed compared t...
Published: 2016-04-27, Author: Neil , review by: appleinsider.com
A year after its debut, the ultraportable, fanless design remains a stunner, Modest processor improvements faster storage and longer battery life are welcome, New rose gold option gives consumers more choices
Still priced starting at $1,299, and still too expensive for what it does, The single USB-C port and lack of MagSafe will continue to alienate and stir debate, FaceTime camera is only 480p, and some may want to try the keyboard before they buy
In considering the early 2016 MacBook, we kept asking ourselves one question: If someone had already formed a definitively positive or negative opinion on Apple's 2015 model, is there anything this year's upgrade has done that would change their minds? T...
No upgrade to USBC port, Relatively minor gains in performance
There is a lot more to the Retina 12-inch MacBook (Early 2016) than the addition of the rose gold color. Apple has given just about every key component in the overall system architecture an upgrade, from (slightly) faster chips, to (notably) faster RAM an...
Abstract: For a lot of people, the MacBook is the ideal laptop. It's light, small, easy to carry, and offers good performance for productivity software...
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Published: 2016-04-26, Author: Roman , review by: macworld.com
Small size and light weight make it ideal for travel, Increased performance, Improved battery life
Only one USBC port for charging and peripherals, Reduced key travel on keyboard makes the keys uncomfortable to press, 480p FaceTime camera, No flash storage customization options available
For a lot of people, the MacBook is the ideal laptop. It's light, small, easy to carry, and offers good performance for productivity software, though it can handle pro apps fine (you'll just have to wait a little longer on some tasks). The MacBook is...
Published: 2016-04-25, Author: Andrew , review by: arstechnica.com
Better CPU and GPU performance than last year, if just by a bit. The upgrade path from a 2010 or 2011-era MacBook Air is much clearer now, at any rate, Much better SSD performance, Slightly better battery life, though it was already pretty good, Design is
480p webcam is still low-res and ugly, Low-travel keyboard isn't quite like anything else that's out there, 5Gbps USB Type-C instead of Thunderbolt 3, Expensive for the features and performance you're getting, Some people may work fine with one port, but
