Retina MacBook Compared to MacBook Air in New Ukrainian Video

[The Barron]

So what's the story?

That looks like quite a complete (initial) review and comparison. Didn't understand a word so she could have been talking about her pet cat for all I know, but the review looked fairly comprehensive.

So, do tell us about her cat if anybody understands the language here. Hah!

 

[pgiguere1]

she never boot the macbook

She tried booting it before making the video.

It originally came with 10.10.2 preinstalled, but it auto-updated to a newer build after its first boot and basically bricked itself, displaying an OS compatibility error.

See at 4:29.

 

[mgipe]

Nice production. Being a language deficit American, I wish I could understand more of it.

 

[solamar]

It's actually in Russian.

Ukraine has both Russian and Ukrainian as its official languages.

I popped by at the Rozetka site and it's all in Russian, not Ukrainian (I'm a speaker of both languages).

EDIT: Looks like MR cleaned up the article and no longer says that the video is spoken in Ukrainian.

EDIT 2: Credits to someone else for pointing out an error I made, Ukrainian is the sole official language of the country. Russian, or any other minority language, has the status of a regional language in areas of Ukraine where the percentage of representatives of national minorities exceeds 10% of the total population of a defined administrative district, whereby it can be used in courts, schools and other government institutions.

She can speak any language she wants... she's hot.. lol

 

[pacalis]

10/10 keyboard. Would bang.

 

[Mackinjosh]

She's speaking Russian, not Ukranian. And to sum it up, it's a crap upgrade. It's as fast as an Air from 2011, but with a lot less functionality. The better choice is the Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch model.

 

[MrXiro]

Is it weird that I like the design of the Air more? On top of having actual much needed ports; sans dongle. I just like that wedge shaped design...

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The better choice is the Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch model.

Based on specs, I totally agree. Pro is faster with all the ports that are still in use for the exact same price. And it only weighs like 1.5 lbs more. I'm guessing the MB is for people who prefer lightness and design over functionality.

 

[gustoua]

she never boot the macbook

As she says, after they updated the iOS, it refused to boot again. But they've managed to do some benchmarks before that.

 

[flux73]

Pro is faster with all the ports that are still in use for the exact same price. And it only weighs like 1.5 lbs more. I'm guessing the MB is for people who prefer lightness and design over functionality.

It's *not* the exact same price. Spec the MB Pro with the same RAM and SSD size and you'll find that it's $200 more.

 

[MrXiro]

It's *not* the exact same price. Spec the MB Pro with the same RAM and SSD size and you'll find that it's $200 more.

Aren't they both at 4gb RAM and 128gb storage? I'll look again.

EDIT: RAM is at 8gb for both $1299 models, the difference is Storage (besides the faster processor on the MBP.

Even at 128gb of SSD the Pro model is a better "value" than the MB IMO. It can also take SD cards so you can swap out 128gb of media just as easily.

 

[Negaiido]

They are just a tech enthusiast expressing their excitement to get new tech on a technology-focused site.

Actually if you look into his/hers history you can see that she/he is not really a tech enthusiast but really just bragging (see buying apple edition of the apple watch or buying multiple rMBPs).

 

[QCassidy352]

Aren't they both at 4gb RAM and 128gb storage? I'll look again.

Base MacBook config is 8/256, base rMBP is 8/128, both $1300. The rMBP is $200 more if you give it the 256 GB ssd.

 

[rcalderoni]

Nice production. Being a language deficit American, I wish I could understand more of it.

If you turn on the closed captioning then you can go into the CC menu and turn on translation, at least it helps a bit.

 

[Rick2030]

Only bit I understood was "Zere is an adaptor for zat!"

 

[bushido]

why didn't they put in a lit apple logo and a higher res facetime camera?

they need something for the 2nd Gen

 

[Soulman]

Ditto...

As beautiful as the new MacBook is, it's far from being the most atttractive part of the video.

She is a doll...

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Does she have Retina Eyes?

 

[MrXiro]

Base MacBook config is 8/256, base rMBP is 8/128, both $1300. The rMBP is $200 more if you give it the 256 GB ssd.

Still a better value for Base rMBP IMO.

 

[chasemac]

What on earth is youtube translating here?

 

[VMukhtarov]

I must visit her. For research purposes.

 

[dragje]

She may review me, from top to toe and take al the parts inside out.

 

[iKrivetko]

She may review me, from top to toe and take al the parts inside out.

Prepare to get bricked in the process.

 

[monaarts]

Wow - sure is beautiful!!!

The laptop was nice looking too.

 

[tejeshwarsekhon]

Geekbench 2800/5550! Or did i get that wrong?

Yes those were the scores shown in the video. Not sure if those are correct or not.

 

[newellj]

Didn't understand a word. Didn't need to. I was completely sold that I should fly to Ukraine to buy my next Mac.

Flying into Ukrainian air space is not on my list of things to do any time soon.