Apple Announces 12-Inch Retina MacBook With Revamped Trackpad, Starting at $1,299

[Nosferax]

A bit under powered cpu wise... It's a 1.2k Chromebook or Eeepc.

 

[Mcdevidr]

1299+ USB adapter + hdmi adapter or Apple TV + display port adapter. Hmmm thing is starting to look like a great deal.

 

[itsOver9000]

Looks amazing. I'm glad they used the "MacBook" name once again.
Different colors!!!
Not sure I like the one USB port much.
For the price I think I'd just get the 13" rMBP if I was buying right now.
Also Apple's laptop lineup seems to be getting a little convoluted.. 11" Air, 12" MacBook, 13" Air, 13" Pro, 13" retina Pro....

 

[Jobsian]

Wow

Better than imagined, insane design, no moving parts, not-needing-to-bring-the-plug battery life, perfectly silent, incredibly thin, incredibly light, good RAM and SSD, more than adequate CPU (for my use), this is simply my dream notebook.

The processors are a little slow but that was always going to be the case with the design.

I can't wait to get my hands on it!

 

[venom600]

Is it just me, or does $1300 seem like a lot for a slow notebook with almost no connectivity? The Core M has has proven to be a dog in other computers, so I wouldn't expect much here either.

 

[ricktat]

So with USB-C you have to choose Ethernet, vga, mouse, etc or does it connect to some type of dock/brick with more connections. I guess no dual monitors with this.

Don't worry Apple USB C to USB, HDMI etc. will be super inexpensive.

 

[Nosferax]

I'm confused. If this isn't replacing the MacBook Air and it's THINNER than the Air, then doesn't the Air kind of lose its meaning?

You get a better cpu in the air.

 

[chabig]

A bit under powered cpu wise... It's a 1.2k Chromebook or Eeepc.

It's not underpowered. It's just less powerful than larger laptops.

 

[soulreaver99]

This thing is underwhelming and overpriced. Maybe next generation I'll be interested.

Retina Macbook Pro 13 2015 is MUCH more worth it right now.

 

[unplugme71]

I was all excited. Then I saw the price and poor battery life. I was hoping 12 hours given the 5 watts and 67% reduced logic board.

$999 entry level would've been nice even if it only had 128GB SSD.

 

[Boyd01]

Not interested, I still like my 2013 11" i7/8gb/512gb MBA just as much as I did yesterday. Looking forward to some performance benchmarks on the new machine though.

 

[chabig]

Is it just me, or does $1300 seem like a lot for a slow notebook with almost no connectivity? The Core M has has proven to be a dog in other computers, so I wouldn't expect much here either.

It may be slower than other notebooks, but that's the tradeoff you make for the insanely small size. As for connectivity, I can't think of anything it won't connect to.

 

[Mcdevidr]

The best for retina on screen resolution is going to be awful. 720p? The Imessage window they showed took up almost the entire screen. So one will have to run in a scaled mode most likely.

 

[Nosferax]

It's not underpowered. It's just less powerful than larger laptops.

Hence, underpowered... If you need a less powerful portable solution get an iPad. This is supposed to be a computer on which you'll run real application on.

 

[ricktat]

I wonder if t has soldered 8GM RAM.. I want 16 GB

 

[SuperNova2150]

What? The base model that has a 1.4GHz weaker CPU that costs $200 MORE than my Mac mini with the same storage and RAM? WTF!

May be going the Hackintosh route.

 

[legioxi]

A bit under powered cpu wise... It's a 1.2k Chromebook or Eeepc.

Seems faster than the current baseline Air, according to benchmarks:
New CPU:
http://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_m_5y71-453-vs-intel_core_m_5y51-454

Old CPU:
http://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-intel_core_i5_4260u-423

 

[capuzino]

No, there isn't. There was a headphone port and that was it.

Oh right, their marketing photos were bit amusing as it was showing Air and the new Macbook together. Didn't notice that one.

 

[ricktat]

I was all excited. Then I saw the price and poor battery life. I was hoping 12 hours given the 5 watts and 67% reduced logic board.

$999 entry level would've been nice even if it only had 128GB SSD.

That's next years model when they stop making the Air.

 

[Meister]

I'm confused. If this isn't replacing the MacBook Air and it's THINNER than the Air, then doesn't the Air kind of lose its meaning?

The Air has:

• longer battery life
• usb ports
• thunderbolt
• sd card
• magsafe! ( I cannot believe they expect people to go back to cord tripping )
• cheaper
• larger screen

 

[TheGrandMoff]

RIP Magsafe

I feel bad about this (MagSafe), it was one of my favorite practical features.

 

[BrentD]

Does anyone actually know how USB-C will connnect to this? Have you held it or used it? Who's to say it won't be magnetic on this one and pull out just as easily when someone encounters it? Lots of conjecture.

 

[itsOver9000]

I was all excited. Then I saw the price and poor battery life. I was hoping 12 hours given the 5 watts and 67% reduced logic board.

I expected more battery life too, considering it's almost all battery!

 

[sqa4life]

The Air has:

• longer battery life
• usb ports
• thunderbolt
• sd card
• magsafe! ( I cannot believe they expect people to go back to cord tripping )
• cheaper
• larger screen

Did they announce the price for the updated macbook air?

 

[patohi]

Core M sucks!
Why get something that performs worse then a Haswell macbook air????!!