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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 announcement of a new MacBook earlier this year was as much a shock to Apple watchers as it was somewhat confusing and at the same time awe-inspiring. So many emotions! Why? And just what is this new MacBook for? EFTM has been road testing this baby a...
Published: 2015-04-21, Author: Sean , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Impossibly thin, Great screen, Force Touch is a great idea
Expensive, Tough to get used to, Carrying dongles is annoying
No. Wait. Here's what I predict will happen: like the original MacBook Air in 2008, this new MacBook will be the prelude to a more mainstream, affordable, sensible workhorse that's just as gorgeous. As always, early adopters will pay the price for Apple's...
Published: 2015-04-17, Author: Stephen , review by: techguide.com.au
The 12-inch MacBook Pro is one of Apple's finest achievements.It combines cutting-edge engineering and technology with incredible design and excellent performance.For high-end users the 12-inch MacBook has its limits which is why there are other more powe...
Beautifully designed with premium materials; So thin, so light, so pretty; Another of Apple's exceptional Retina-grade screens; Surprisingly good battery life for a machine this size; Despite how thin it is, the keyboard is surprisingly comfortable to typ
Not at all a high-performance machine; Only one port, and it's a type of port that you can't find really anything available for (beyond Apple's expensive adaptors); Requires one of these adaptors if you want to simultaneously charge the device and use the
Make no mistake, Apple's MacBook is something special, and its lack of a model moniker tells us how confident Apple is that this is an example of a machine from the future, with a sexy thin and sleek look like no other, a beautiful screen, a truly light w...
Published: 2015-04-13, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.com.au
Thin and light, great battery life, Beautiful Retina display, Force Touch trackpad
Weak keyboard, Single USB-C port for charging and peripherals, Slow Core M processor, From $1799
The MacBook is a gorgeous piece of hardware. The Retina display is excellent, and I'm really loving the Force Touch trackpad. The keyboard is more of a hit-or-miss affair; if you're someone who is particular about your keyboards and spends a whole lot of ...
Abstract: You won't find it in Apple's advertisements, but the new MacBook is a time machine. It's much simpler than Doc Brown's DeLorean: All you have to do is look at it to observe the future—the future of the laptop, that is.With this machine, Apple has imagined...
Abstract: April 10 may well be the day that Apple takes preorders for its first smartwatch , but it's also the day it brings a new computer to town, as Apple's MacBook reinvents thin for a new generation .If there's one thing you can rely on with Apple, it's that t...
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....
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Published: 2015-04-10, Author: Joel , review by: au.pcmag.com
Incredibly thin, Weighs less than 2 pounds, Excellent battery life in testing, Retina Display, Great-sounding speakers, Available in three colors
Only one USB-C port, with no adapters included, USB-C is not Thunderbolt-compatible, New keyboard and Force Touch trackpad take some getting used to, Can only be upgraded at initial purchase
The 12-inch Apple MacBook is the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, combining the power of OS X with extreme portability and more than 14 hours of battery life...
Abstract: But the new MacBook's keys feel the same no matter where your fingers strike them. The keyboard is backlit, but each key gets its own LED light, so they'll all have the same brightness level.Speaking of LEDs, the Apple logo on the MacBook doesn't light up...
