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12-Inch Retina MacBook Receives Mixed Reviews From Early Adopters

"Single port is just fine, if you need many ports to use your computer today, you are doing it all wrong."

Rather, the guys running the wifi here are doing it all wrong. I can't believe it, but I'm really missing the ethernet port on this rMBP I'm using.
 
mikeray said:
I think it's brilliant. People will get used to it.
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Its a beautiful looking computer, but I'd rather not get used to a computer that uses a single port for data and power. That means dongles, so much for not carrying much stuff. Oh and apple is charging a premium for those dongles.

I know the laptop is popular, but I for one am avoiding it. I'd rather a better performing machine, or rather I'd not want to spend MBP type prices and get sub par performance,
 
`After 229 posts (as of right now) it's pretty clear. 96% of the people posting comments on this thread despise (or are disappointed with) this new laptop. A few others say they like it.

The only thing really wrong with it is that isn't worth the price their asking.
How many people would be moaning if the list price was $299?
 
now i see it said:
`After 229 posts (as of right now) it's pretty clear. 96% of the people posting comments on this thread despise (or are disappointed with) this new laptop. A few others say they like it.

The only thing really wrong with it is that isn't worth the price their asking.
How many people would be moaning if the list price was $299?
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i would own two of them if they were $299.
 
Kojemica said:
i would own two of them if they were $299.
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I don't think 299 is the right price point (but I'd buy it :) ). I do think they're over priced, given the sub-par performance and inferior battery (compared to the competitors and MBA/MBP).
 
maflynn said:
I don't think 299 is the right price point (but I'd buy it :) ). I do think they're over priced, given the sub-par performance and inferior battery (compared to the competitors and MBA/MBP).
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truthfully, i'd bite at $899-$999.
 
jakebrosy said:
My hubby ordered the 512GB version the day they went on sale to replace his 2 year old MBA (I think he just wanted a gold laptop).

He used it for a few days and asked me to check if something was wrong with it. He said it seemed slow for a new computer. I did a little work with it and he's right.

Suspecting some sort of misconfiguration I reinstalled the OS and it was still slow. Ran Geekbench3 on the thing and it has pretty much the same numbers as our iPad Air 2s. Which is a shame at $1600.

He went back to his old MBA and listed the shiny gold MB on Craigslist yesterday.

This new Macbook may be a miss for Apple if it can't outperform a tablet.
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You know you can still return it, right?
 
now i see it said:
`After 229 posts (as of right now) it's pretty clear. 96% of the people posting comments on this thread despise (or are disappointed with) this new laptop. A few others say they like it.
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That doesn't really say much because the AppleWatch got tons of trolling posts here daily, to a point it looked like nearly everybody hated it. Then on launch day of the preorder I've seen a large amount of people excited about buying their AppleWatch and so far the majority that got theirs on the 24th have been very satisfied.
 
I was hoping they'd squeeze a retina display into the 11" form factor and call it a day, since that's what I really need.

I'm hoping this will evolve toward that. After all, the MacBook Air went from being a very premium machine at launch to being the least expensive, entry level machine.
 
HenryDJP said:
That doesn't really say much because the AppleWatch got tons of trolling posts here daily, to a point it looked like nearly everybody hated it. Then on launch day of the preorder I've seen a large amount of people excited about buying their AppleWatch and so far the majority that got theirs on the 24th have been very satisfied.
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there's always going to be people excited about a product on launch day.

i want to wait to see how satisfied everyone is after owning the watch for a few weeks.
 
Looks like all these returns may just make them available for cheap (and soon) through the refurbished channels... Looks like a majority will be very lightly used as well ;)

And I'd get one at around 50% of what Apple wants. I got my eye on a rMBP 13 now, if my 15 dies.
 
Price is the main barrier to this device. I would feel comfortable buying it if it were around $900 or less. It's pretty much like an iPad with a keyboard and OS X like some people have been clamoring for.
 
Just took notice of the new XPS 13". Seems to be the best deal when you're OS agnostic. That was the case of my wife, which just migrated from Windows to OSX after getting a 2015 13" MBA.

For the same price we paid, we could get a QHD IPS screen, twice RAM and storage in a presumably very resistant case (aluminium + carbon fiber). Don't know if I should inform her about this and proceed to a return (if possible, since I'm in Brazil).
 
At this point I'm not going to bother saying whether I like them, hate them, or even own one.

What I *AM* going to say is If you have THAT many devices to plug in while you're traveling that having only one port is a deal breaker for you, perhaps you should look into a USB hub. It doesn't matter WHERE the ports are, laptop chassis or add on component, it's going to look like spaghetti. If you have enough space to carry around X extra USB gadgets you "just can't live without", I highly doubt an extra hub is going to burst your bag.

I recommend the following, because I own one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CM6AvtWemsUCFYNAaQodujgAaw&gclsrc=aw.ds

Seriously, if THAT doesn't give you enough ports, I don't know what to tell ya.
 
My take is the USB Type-C will be pushed back more than anticipated. While a single connector on the assembly does lower cost, merging power and signal on the same wire has a long history of failure. If this continues, you will see a whole third party of octopus connectors so your USB 2.0 / 3.0 / audio and other connectors fit inside. I'm sure several are in development as we speak.
 
CFreymarc said:
My take is the USB Type-C will be pushed back more than anticipated. While a single connector on the assembly does lower cost, merging power and signal on the same wire has a long history of failure. If this continues, you will see a whole third party of octopus connectors so your USB 2.0 / 3.0 / audio and other connectors fit inside. I'm sure several are in development as we speak.
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What types of products have had a single connector merging power and signal that have a history of failure?
 
scoobydoo99 said:
so now random forum comments merit a front-page write-up?
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Yep, welcome to MR 2.0, a troll's paradise.

HenryDJP said:
I know right? MacRumors continues to put some odd things on front page news. 3 forum members expressing their opinion turns into a news article saying the new Macbook is getting "mixed reviews". Oy vey.
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Yep. Sigh, big ******* sigh. It was nice while it lasted but it's going to the dogs so quickly around here.
 
HenryDJP said:
What types of products have had a single connector merging power and signal that have a history of failure?
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The most recent failures are PoE (power over Ethernet) and BPL (broadband power line.) Both could not solve data errors or sideband emissions during different power cycles. The latter was almost a $100 million failure with power utilities attempting to use their infrastructure to enter the broadband market.
 
dmylrea said:
I think that says a lot where Apple can dictate how you *will* change the way you use a laptop and that you can no longer just plug in a flash drive or such without having an adapter cable handy. Is there a problem with having multiple ports and not having to carry around a bag of adapters?

But you're right, in a few years, Apple will have brainwashed everyone into getting used to needing a pricey adapter to connect anything.
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Only if this laptop is an overwhelming success. The story on that is still out.
 
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