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12-Inch MacBook Now Available in Apple Retail Stores via Personal Pickup
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Honestly... $1299 is a lot of money. No question about it. However, comparatively speaking, the rMB only costs $50-$100 more than a similarly specced air. Its base model, while the same price as a 13 inch pro, has double the storage of the pro. Besides the fact that the storage is significantly faster. Add in the screen... I'd say the new MacBook is a steal.
MBA doesn't have retina. For me, that's a non-starter.
I love my MacBook, bought it the day they went on sale online and knew I was taking a risk in terms of power and ports, but it's met my (modest) needs in every way.
One thing people seem to be missing is that Apple couldn't keep these in stock for 4 months. That means a lot of people are probably buying them, and many of those people feel one port and 1.1 GHz is enough for them.
What satchel are you using, may I ask? I'm looking for a good bag which has just enough room for a dslr, one or two lenses, and my macbook. The smaller the better. It's for everyday use, not dedicated shoots.
I don't understand this part. There's an integrated bluetooth chip and it is not capable of connecting to both AptX headphones and a mouse at the same time, but a dedicated one would be?
"Technological advances" is that awesome feeling when we buy a new laptop that's way better than our last one.
"Planned obsolescence" is that pit of despair we feel two months later, when an even better laptop is announced.
Look, there are 7+ billion people on this Earth, every single one of whom has different preferences and priorities than you do.
Yes, if your priority is price/performance and lots of ports, then the new MacBook is a bad choice.
But the new MacBook has a thin-bezel retina screen in a light and slim package, lots of solid state storage, plus the newest USB connector, haptic touchpad, and slim keyboard--if those are your priorities, then it's not a bad choice at all--in fact, for OS X, it's possibly the only choice.
This laptop isn't for me either--I didn't consider it for even a moment. But I don't understand why it is so inconceivable to some people that other people might want it. And clearly enough other people do want it--the whole point of this article is that the new MacBook is selling faster than Apple can make it, even 4 months after release.
Yes, if your priority is price/performance and lots of ports, then the new MacBook is a bad choice.
But the new MacBook has a thin-bezel retina screen in a light and slim package, lots of solid state storage, plus the newest USB connector, haptic touchpad, and slim keyboard--if those are your priorities, then it's not a bad choice at all--in fact, for OS X, it's possibly the only choice.
This laptop isn't for me either--I didn't consider it for even a moment. But I don't understand why it is so inconceivable to some people that other people might want it. And clearly enough other people do want it--the whole point of this article is that the new MacBook is selling faster than Apple can make it, even 4 months after release.
Bought one few months ago, and been using it, so far, it works fine. In fact, I like it, and I think I would replace my old iPad with this new MacBook for traveling purpose...
What's your point? You are clearly don't fit the demographic for the Macbook 12.
Your post was all valid until your last sentence. Not to mention the irony of saying you do not see something, then to say in the very next sentence that OTHERS are short-sighted for seeing something that you don't--it's very amusing.
After multiple posts, you seems that extremely love your new Macbook.
Other than storage issue and external drive issue, I hate that force touch trackpad. And that new keyboard has too short travel distance. Sorry for not so proper word use.
This product is a perfect brand product which shows the technology advancement of apple and Intel, which maybe a trend in the future.
Yeah, I know I don't fit. But I believe many users would not like such single port configuration. Not need to mention the price of such premium product.
If the scope of this comment is only within the commenter, then this comment is proper.
Internet anonymity working its magic eh? Does patronizing me really give you that much of a thrill? If so, then don't let me stop you. What I said is still valid, despite your insinuation otherwise.
All of the reviews, fair ones, on youtube say to avoid it. Small issues all around, but add them up.
It is weird for them to announce it then not even have any in stores for a long time - and not all models.
And the Toshiba Chromebook 2 for under $300 has an IPS display that is far better than the Air.
I do like the Air, but it needs to have retina.
I'm no expert in Bluetooth chipsets, and it might be wishful thinking, by why else would Apple be moving to discrete Bluetooth controllers in some applications?
I think that's just because Bluetooth handshakes are a little elaborate? What is clear is that the Bluetooth doesn't have enough bandwidth to support multiple worthwhile BT devices.
I'd agree, but the DAC in my Sennheiser Momentum V2s sounds better than some of my externals DACs, when connected via USB or AptX (hence the Bluetooth wishes from above).
If one takes two iPhone 6's and put them ontop of each other you've doubled the volume. These are extremely small machines already.
What is special about the chips? They're standard chips with comparative sizes/performance to their competition. They're not magical mini chips, it's not like they've compressed the power of the MBP into the MB. They're weaker.
For all the talk of the MB being "underpowered" no-one has ever really expanded on that soundbite.
Could you (or anyone else) talk a bit more about exactly what sorts of things people can't do on their MB because it is so "underpowered"?
Then we might start to get somewhere. until then, it just comes across as people just repeating something they've read somewhere, with virtually no practical personal experience.
Having actually owned one for a few months, for the things I need it to do, it doesn't seem underpowered at all.
It seems to me that if anything, computers have become overpowered for what most people need them to do. So a computer with less power than another computer doesn't really make it "underpowered" in any meaningful, practical sense.
So if you could say a bit more about what it is that people can't do (or struggle to do) on the MB due to this lack of power, based on your own experience, then I'm all ears.
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That's a great story about the two iPhones.
But if you are carrying a laptop around a lot, then the weight difference between the new MB and MBP absolutely is noticeable.
All of the reviews?
Oh, except the unfair ones.
As deemed unfair by who exactly?
Could it possibly be that the reviews actually fall into these groups:
a. if you're a power user who needs all the ports and additional power, and aren't so worried about portability, the MB isn't for you.
b. if you're not a power user who doesn't need all the ports and additional power, and portability is a greater priority for you, then the MB could well be for you.
You can't just say (as so many have tried to) that the factors you care about are the ones that objectively and fairly decide if the MB is a good laptop or not.
