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Anandtech review

I love anand reviews. Perfect for the nerd in me.

They have the same curiosity I do-- I want to know who makes the screen and who makes the SSD. Interesting but not surprising Apple put in more effort to make it unindentifiable in System Info, in case they use multiple suppliers and don't want people hunting for the golden one like Samsung SSD vs Sandisk/Toshiba (?)

Curious who makes the controller too, but less so than the other elements.
 
tom vilsack said:
Good long read...

My personal take away was if you can afford the Apple premium cost,then it make's for a really nice Netbook. But looking at performance against other laptop's (via windows os...which other sites have confirmed run's faster then osx on a number of software related tests) one could only take away that the Dell XPS 13 is the far better buy. Just looks at that "DOTA 2 value" (Dell XPS=69.9 Macbook=44.5)

I look at this new Macbook very much the same way as I did when the new Air came out. It was really cool and had that "it" factor. But in the end,waiting for the 2nd version proved to be the smart decision!
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Yeah, although in fairness I think the MBA didn't really get fully and finally tuned in until the 2012 version. :eek:
 
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tom vilsack said:
Good long read...

My personal take away was if you can afford the Apple premium cost,then it make's for a really nice Netbook.
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I still think this is more than a netbook. I mean, my sister had a netbook. It was an 8" monstrosity with 1GB of RAM and Windows 7.

This *is* a notebook, just a lower end (performance wise) one. 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage push it above the netbook threshold in my opinion.
 
maclook said:
"What the MacBook isn’t is a replacement for the Retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air – at least not today – as it’s a laptop for users who already have other laptops or desktops; it is a second computer, not a first one. And admittedly this is the same designation that was applied to the MacBook Air on its launch several years ago, but as the Air’s performance has improved over the years and it was shifted to Apple’s entry-level laptop, it has certainly become the sole computer for an increasing portion of its user base."

There are a lot of reviews saying this and I know many members here might echo it but, as an owner of 2011 MBA that I use for many "professional uses" (Photoshop, Illustrator, some Premiere, Web Design, LogMeIn Remote Desktop, VMWare for Windows 7), it seems like this computer will do just fine as my only machine. I plan on testing all of these uses in the next week. The benchmarks in the review seem pretty positive to me.
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I agree with you. I don't get the notion that this has to be used as a 2nd machine. It'll be my first one. There were many people who used the 11-inch Air as their only computer, and they will do the same with this one.
 
Yes I will use it as my main machine. Upgrading from a 2010 11" Macbook Air and can't wait for the improved battery life :D
 
I wouldn't hesitate to use it for my own personal computer, but I'm not going to.

I'm hoping to replace my rMPB with one of these, but also build a PC desktop for games.
 
clyde2801 said:
Probably the best summation of the nMB was on a review by the Verge: It's not going to be the next laptop you buy, but it will be the one after that.
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It will definitely be my next laptop. I already made the mistake of going 2012 MBP over MBA. I will never buy an outdated machine instead of a more cutting edge one again.
 
It's a bit sobering to see the rMB performance alongside the Asus UX305 running M-5Y10 :confused:

I might need to re-read Anandtech's Core-M performance/heat dissipation article...
 
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