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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
Published: 2015-06-19, Author: Christopher , review by: geardiary.com
Abstract: The new early 2015 MacBook.Let's go back a couple of months, and please, bear with me while I share a little personal history. It started when I gave up my 2011 MacBook Pro (13-inch) to a family member who broke their even-older 17-inch MacBook Pro. I rec...
Abstract: As an ultraportable the MacBook 2015 has to be high on the list of most desirable and the most, well, portable. It's a whopping 0.35cm at its thinnest point widening to an epic 13.1mm, and weighs 907g, but crams in a fullsize keyboard. A retina display an...
Published: 2015-06-15, Author: Tom , review by: itp.net
Stunning design, superlight, excellent battery life
Limited performance, very expensive relative to performance
The new MacBook does pose something of a problem for the MacBook line, simply because it's so much more expensive than the MacBook Air - already a fabulous ultra-thin laptop with a great battery life. The thing is, the MacBook Air has always suffered from...
It's lighter than Air! (the MacBook Air, that is), Backlit keyboard w/ individual LEDs, Retina display is gorgeous, Crazy fast PCIebased storage, Long battery life, Sexy design
Overall performance isn't on par with competitors' laptops
We don't see a whole lot of middle ground when it comes to the new MacBook. Potential buyers are either going to embrace the super thin and incredibly lightweight laptop along with Apple's effort to deliver an almost entirely wireless experience, or they'...
The new MacBook is Apple skating to where the puck will be, and for that reason, it may not be suitable for every user. But, as a whole, it's a gorgeous, tiny, full-fledged OS X computer. It's a wonder that Apple was able to provide a high-resolution Reti...
careful build quality and very high stability, extremely low weight as well as compact dimensions, excellent touchpad, bright Retina display with wide viewing angles, good everyday performance, decent battery runtimes, fanless, powerful speakers
only one combined USB and power connector, bad webcam, no maintainability or upgradeability, high price and expensive accessories, only 12 months warranty
Apple MacBook 12 (Early 2015)We could start to criticize the poor port variety, the lack of expandability or the low 3D performance – certainly points of criticism that are worth noting. You do, however, have to consider the target group for the MacBook a...
New era? Apple MacBook 12After the first few days with the Apple MacBook 12, we can confirm the tendencies of previous reviews of the laptop. The MacBook 12 is an unmistakable offspring of the Apple hardware manufacturer in Cupertino. An almost perfect ca...
My first impressions of this machine are quite positive, an evaluation that other Mac users obviously share. (The MacBook quickly sold out after its April 10 release and is now backordered four to six weeks.) While I'll be putting it through its paces ove...
Published: 2015-04-28, Author: Michael , review by: networkworld.com
My first impressions of this machine are quite positive, an evaluation that other Mac users obviously share. (The MacBook quickly sold out after its April 10 release and is now backordered four to six weeks.) While I'll be putting it through its paces...
Published: 2015-04-28, Author: Joe , review by: macrumors.com
Abstract: Just a few weeks after the 12-inch Retina MacBook became available to order online, a number of early adopters have shared mixed opinions about the notebook within the MacRumors discussion forums. Overall, many users agree that the new MacBook has major d...
