Testseek.co.uk have collected 284 expert reviews of the Apple MacBook 12 inch Retina - Early 2015 MJY42 / MJY32 / MK4N2 / MK4M2 / MF855 / MF865 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple MacBook 12 inch Retina - Early 2015 MJY42 / MJY32 / MK4N2 / MK4M2 / MF855 / MF865.
April 2015
(79%)
284 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
3209 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very thing and light
Cool new Force Touch trackpad
Small size
Lightweight
Quality screen
Force Touch trackpad
The 12-inch MacBook gets a decent boost to performance and battery life
While keeping the same slim
Light premium body. The high-res display and responsive trackpad remain the gold standard. Color options add a fun bit of personalization
Very thin and light
Passive cooling means alwayssilent operation
Very thin & very light
Great Retina screen
Versatile Force Touch trackpad
Lengthy battery life
Top quality screen and touchpad
Design & body
Silent operation
No overheating
Beautiful screen
Fast SSD
Sound quality
Superb battery life
So portable
The future of laptop design
Impressive hardware specifications
Well priced
Great features
Simple and elegant menu system
Terrific design
Clear screen
Surprisingly good speakers
Elegant
Fanless design
Outstanding screen
Surprisingly decent speakers
Good battery life
Awesome touchpad
Great everyday performance
Terrific screen
Amazing portability
Big-sounding speakers
Lovely
Haptic touchpad
Design that borders on art
Thin and feather-weight
Best-in-class touchpad
Excellent display
Beautiful design and clever engineering
Stunning Retina display with slim bezel
Decent battery
High level of accuracy from butterfly key mechanism
Large trackpad
OS X software
Very portable
Stunningly slim and light
Impressive sleek styling in the grey casing
Extremely light and portable
Very good screen
Good backlit keyboard
Though keys only move a tiny amount and it takes a little getting used to
Apple OS X environment simple compare
The editors didn't like
Only one data/charging port
No standard ports
No touchscreen
No TouchID
The single USB-C port will continue to be an inconvenience for many. The shallow keyboard isn't ideal for long-form typing. Other super-slim laptops manage to fit in more powerful processors
Reduced travel on keys makes fast typing harder and less satisfying
New keyboard may not be to all tastes
Single USBC port requires adaptors for current peripherals
Zero internal upgrade potential
Keyboard won't suit everyone
USBC adapters a necessity
Wirelessonly not always possible or desirable
Only one USB connection
So you can't have anything connected and charge at the same time
Anaemic GPU
We want more power
More USB-C extras needed
Can't be your main machine
No universal search
Runs sluggish at times
Expensive
People will miss ports
Noisy keyboard
Limited connections
Lack of ports can be very frustrating
Super-shallow keyboard
By no means a powerhouse
Poor processor performance
Can't handle most games
Keyboard becomes tiresome
Poor value
Not particularly powerful
No traditional USB ports
Single port for everything
So if on charge can't connect anything (such as a USB flash drive) without an expensive adapter
Very shallow key presses take a little getting used to
Published: 2015-11-10, Author: Kane , review by: techradar.com
Terrific design, Clear screen, Surprisingly good speakers
Runs sluggish at times, Expensive, People will miss ports
Apple has reinvented the laptop with the new MacBook, but there's room for improvement. If you can stomach its flaws, it's such a beautifully-designed machine that they probably won't matter...
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Published: 2015-08-20, Author: Dave , review by: dailystar.co.uk
The MacBook is by far the best looking laptop Apple have ever created.It's an absolute beauty and should win every design award going in 2015.The laptop is also super light and portable and you'll hardly notice you've got it tucked inside your bag.Apple's...
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Stunningly slim and light, Impressive sleek styling in the grey casing, Extremely light and portable, Very good screen, Good backlit keyboard, though keys only move a tiny amount and it takes a little getting used to, Apple OS X environment simple compare
No touchscreen, Single port for everything, so if on charge can't connect anything (such as a USB flash drive) without an expensive adapter, Very shallow key presses take a little getting used to, No magsafe adapter
The new Macbook is Apple's premium small laptop. Buy if you want Apple sophistication in a light, portable package. Don't buy if you want a touchscreen or more connectors than the USB-C port and headphone jack. Some may also miss the glowing Apple symbol...
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Published: 2015-06-09, Author: Kane , review by: T3.com
Superb battery life, So portable, The future of laptop design
We want more power, More USB-C extras needed, Can't be your main machine
Design & body, Silent operation, No overheating, Beautiful screen, Fast SSD, Sound quality
Only one USB connection, so you can't have anything connected and charge at the same time, Anaemic GPU
This year Apple chose thinness over connectivity, basically obliging users to go wireless with their peripheral devices. You'll want to think about that before buying. When it comes to everything else, the 2015 MacBook 12-inch is impeccably well designed...
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Published: 2015-06-02, Author: Matt , review by: digitalspy.com
Impressive hardware specifications, Well priced, Great features, Simple and elegant menu system
No universal search
The new MacBook sure is a handsome device but it is also the point where Apple's portable computing lines have converged so much that the differences are no longer as clearly defined, leading to a more personal, subjective choice to make. Some will find m...
Beautiful design and clever engineering, stunning Retina display with slim bezel, decent battery, high level of accuracy from butterfly key mechanism, large trackpad, OS X software, very portable
Expensive, not particularly powerful, no traditional USB ports
It's hard to pin down exactly who this MacBook is for, but I suspect it's someone who already owns another computer that they will intend to keep on using, most likely another Mac. This will be their notebook, their travel companion and the thing they wa...
