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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
Abstract: The MacBook has been reborn. After abandoning its “entry-level” laptop marque in 2011, the company has reinvented the MacBook for 2015 – it now stands apart as the smallest, lightest laptop to ever wear the Apple logo. This is the company's attempt to red...
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Published: 2015-05-26, Author: Alan , review by: itpro.co.uk
Very thin and light, Lengthy battery life, Top quality screen and touchpad
Keyboard won't suit everyone, USBC adapters a necessity, Wirelessonly not always possible or desirable
Apple's ultra portable laptop is stunning, but the compromises made to achieve its low weight and slender profile won't suit everyone...
Abstract: In the past few years, more powerful smartphones and the rise of tablets has chipped away at the laptop's dominance as the casual browsing platform of choice. Will the new MacBook be enough to tempt us back to the physical keyboard?In an age when every Ap...
Published: 2015-05-13, Author: Stuart , review by: pocket-lint.com
Small size, lightweight, quality screen, Force Touch trackpad
No standard ports, no touchscreen, no TouchID
The 12-inch MacBook is all about portability. Apple has focused on creating a laptop so thin, so sleek, so light, that everything else has been pushed by the wayside. For some that will be too much, with the lack of ports too futuristic to make it...
Published: 2015-05-06, Author: Stephen , review by: theregister.co.uk
The design of the new MacBook is world class. It's wonderfully slim, light and sturdy, with the added bonus of a high quality Retina display. However, the MacBook's entry-level performance is disappointing, and the limited connectivity may deter some peop...
Image 5 of 6It's hard not to fall in love with the new MacBook. It's a staggeringly-brilliant bit of engineering and doesn't compromise on usability, even though it is incredibly tiny. On the face of things, the starting price of £1,049 seems fairly expen...
Published: 2015-05-01, Author: Andrew , review by: macworld.co.uk
Passive cooling means alwayssilent operation, Very thin & very light, Great Retina screen, Versatile Force Touch trackpad
New keyboard may not be to all tastes, Single USBC port requires adaptors for current peripherals, Zero internal upgrade potential
The MacBook is a triumph in notebook miniaturisation, squeezing a Retina IPS display and full-size keyboard into a 13 mm (at its thickest) tapered chassis, with weight below 1 kg. At over £1000 it's more an executive notebook than the everyman laptop once...
Very thin and light, Cool new Force Touch trackpad
Only one data/charging port, Reduced travel on keys makes fast typing harder and less satisfying
In terms of design, portability and display quality the new Retina MacBook ticks all the right boxes, but issues could arise from its speed (which evokes memories of 2010) its single data/charging port, and its reduced-travel keyboard action. For the inte...
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
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
If you can live with its limitations, the new 12-inch MacBook delivers a groundbreaking design that points the way to the next chapter in laptops....
