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First Impressions
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It is completely gorgeous, and I'm in love with the thing. The keyboard is different, for sure, but I'm finding I like it better. I'm typing this right now as my husband sleeps beside me, and it is quiet, as I am gliding more than hammering away. I never felt this way toward my 13" 2011 MBA, and it didn't get much use. This is the sweet spot for me. Gorgeous screen, light weight, small...it's just a nice little machine. 
Yep but as soon as i found out best buy had the MacBooks in stock i exchanged the rMBP for the macbook.
The only thing I am missing, and literally the only thing, is the led on the head of the mag safe showing red for charging and green for charged. I liked that quick glance with the lid closed to see and that lacks with the new USB C cable. My only gripe.
to be honest I don't see any problem on the photo with regard to the backlight !!
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where can you buy the office for mac 2015 version when it come available, in the app store ???
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where can you buy the office for mac 2015 version when it come available, in the app store ???
haven't used it for actual FaceTime yet but it is obviously not the quality of the airs or pros. its grainy but it works. even with my air FaceTime quality was always suspect anyways so it doesn't phase me. i have a 6 plus if i need the "quality".
I just played around with a base gold at the Grand Central NY store.
Initial Impressions:
The keyboard is instantly responsive, I liked the feel of the keys, I know if I had one of these I'd definitely be a-okay within an hour or two.
The system itself was very responsive, iMovie launched fast, no throttling with this, safari, mail and Numbers open.
I'm a trackpad spaz so I really couldn't comment on what the force touch is like, outside of the trackpad being more responsive than I remember.
Gold color was nice, no space grays on display. No one was around to ask if they were in stock.
Screen is gorgeous, but too small for my needs. I was able to read the resolution which is great (various Macbooks on display were set at different resolutions. I did not check what resolutions but the one I was testing had very small text and for me to read that is a beautiful thing). I need more room screenwise.
It felt very sturdy picking it up.
If Apple made a 14" I'd definitely consider.
Very nice indeed.
Initial Impressions:
The keyboard is instantly responsive, I liked the feel of the keys, I know if I had one of these I'd definitely be a-okay within an hour or two.
The system itself was very responsive, iMovie launched fast, no throttling with this, safari, mail and Numbers open.
I'm a trackpad spaz so I really couldn't comment on what the force touch is like, outside of the trackpad being more responsive than I remember.
Gold color was nice, no space grays on display. No one was around to ask if they were in stock.
Screen is gorgeous, but too small for my needs. I was able to read the resolution which is great (various Macbooks on display were set at different resolutions. I did not check what resolutions but the one I was testing had very small text and for me to read that is a beautiful thing). I need more room screenwise.
It felt very sturdy picking it up.
If Apple made a 14" I'd definitely consider.
Very nice indeed.
FCPX 30 minute video with 1080p source files, transitions, text, etc exported to 1080p project took 18 minutes. Bottom center got mildly warm but I was still using it wearing shorts with no issues. At the same time browsing safari, uploading Photos library for the first time and running various other mail, notes apps, etc. No stuttering, lag or any such. It's very weird - it doesn't seem like it can handle it but it can. My latest model rMBP would have done it quicker but it would be warmer and blowing the fans like no tomorrow. I can wait an extra few minutes for a video to encode.
I was very skeptical when it was first announced and laughed at the specs like many others but I gave it a shot and it has totally surprised me. I probably won't be the only one with egg on my face
I was just at Grand Central on Tuesday, they had 6 display models on a table. 2 of each color, Silver, Space Gray, and Gold. How is it possible they are no longer on display and what did they fill up the table with in the 2 empty spots? Each end of the table was lined in this order: Silver, then Gold, then Space Gray.. with each similar color across from each other on the other end.
FCPX 30 minute video with 1080p source files, transitions, text, etc exported to 1080p project took 18 minutes. Bottom center got mildly warm but I was still using it wearing shorts with no issues. At the same time browsing safari, uploading Photos library for the first time and running various other mail, notes apps, etc. No stuttering, lag or any such. It's very weird - it doesn't seem like it can handle it but it can. My latest model rMBP would have done it quicker but it would be warmer and blowing the fans like no tomorrow. I can wait an extra few minutes for a video to encode.
I was very skeptical when it was first announced and laughed at the specs like many others but I gave it a shot and it has totally surprised me. I probably won't be the only one with egg on my face
1.1 or 1.2? Took me 24 minutes to export a 10 minute 1080p video in the medium quality setting in iMovie on my base model. How did you export a 30 minute video in only 18?
Ha ha, well that's what I saw. Whether or not that was my dragon sickness, sleep deprivation or they added another table's worth who knows.
I can't imagine .1GHz being that much faster. What was the size of the exported file? Maybe FCP is better optimized than iMovie?
Just to note: 48000Hz 16 bit is as high as it gets. No 24 bit DAC on this baby.
Not a deal breaker [I'm sure the iPhone/iPad have similar, but just to put it out there for those wondering]
Strangely though, INPUT supports 96000 32 bit floating point. /shrug
Not a deal breaker [I'm sure the iPhone/iPad have similar, but just to put it out there for those wondering]
Strangely though, INPUT supports 96000 32 bit floating point. /shrug
No idea- I deleted it but that was the performance for FCPX. I was just surprised it actually worked. Most of my videos are only a few minutes long so very happy indeed.
I've only had mine for a few hours of use. Most of that time has been use installing software. I'm now downloading Office Beta.
It got hot while updating the OS and then running other installs. But it was only a small area of the bottom of the case, near the back edge. It did not get uncomfortable hot on my jeans. Maybe shorts would be a different story. But in general use it runs cool to warm.
Clean My Mac 3 runs fine, as does f.lux.
A couple of oddities at the Apple Store during the initial setup. First FileVault was on as default. Also for some reason we had to add another fake user, and then delete the fake user during some part of the initial setup. No it was not our mistake, the Apple guy said it was a anomaly that happened for everyone. Odd.
All in all I'm very happy with this purchase.
It got hot while updating the OS and then running other installs. But it was only a small area of the bottom of the case, near the back edge. It did not get uncomfortable hot on my jeans. Maybe shorts would be a different story. But in general use it runs cool to warm.
Clean My Mac 3 runs fine, as does f.lux.
A couple of oddities at the Apple Store during the initial setup. First FileVault was on as default. Also for some reason we had to add another fake user, and then delete the fake user during some part of the initial setup. No it was not our mistake, the Apple guy said it was a anomaly that happened for everyone. Odd.
All in all I'm very happy with this purchase.
For anyone interested in size comparisons of the new Macbook, I unboxed and compared mine to the iPad Air 2, iPhone 6 Plus, Note Pro 12.2, and Macbook Pro Retina 15.4", in terms of size and thinness. Check out my video if you want to see the comparisons, and gold stickers!
Really enjoying mine so far, unfortunately my L key is not working at all so I may need to get a replacement, still love it a lot though!
Really enjoying mine so far, unfortunately my L key is not working at all so I may need to get a replacement, still love it a lot though!
i'd contact the manager. your coupon should be honored. even on a sale item. i just bought at bb a 2014 mba 11 that was on sale for 800. the coupon was accepted so i saved 80 dollars.
Update Excel to the newest version. I had constant problems till the April 15 update. My cursor would disappear, my mouse would stop working, excel would hang.
Since 4/15, I've had zero issues.