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Thoughts on the MacBook?

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The new MacBook has a:

$1,299 Starting price -> 256GB SSD, 1.1ghz processor
12" screen
24% thinner -> 13.1mm thick, 2 pounds in weight
new butterfly keyboard
retina display,
new colour variations (Silver, Space Grey, Gold)
1.1 Ghz processor
35% more battery space -> All day battery life (9 hrs web, 10hrs iTunes playback)
USB-C (connects all ports into one)


What are your thoughts on the new MacBook?

*Updates as they continue to discuss
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Looks really nice. It's pretty much what was rumored about a month ago, so we'll get the same comments about ports...
 
Shorter battery life :(
No USB and sd card :(
No thunderbolt :(

Good entry level macbook :)
 
Same thought as always - never buy Rev 1 of any Apple product. Also - Gold?

Also also dare I say its a bit Boring.

Also Also Also I'm happy with thicker for more battery life please.
 
9 hour battery life!
USB 3 (backwards compatible with all USB devices)
Colors!
Force sensitive touchpad with tactic feedback sounds intriguing.
 
I'm trading in my maxed-out 13" rMBP for it. Will order as soon as it's up for purchase. I have to admit, it's better than what many of us had imagined.

I just have 16GB RAM/1TB SSD on my rMBP, but I'm willing to sacrifice that. So I'm interested to see what kind of storage options there are. At minimum there will be 8GB RAM/512GB SSD options.
 
hallidc said:
The new MacBook has a:

12" screen
24% thinner,
new butterfly keyboard
retina display,
new colour variations (Silver, Space Grey, Gold)
1.3 Ghz processor
35% more battery space -> All day battery life (9 hrs web, 10hrs iTunes playback)
USB-C (connects all ports into one)


What are your thoughts on the new MacBook?

*Updates as they continue to discuss
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Well, I never thought Apple would be brave (stupid?) enough to do some of these things, so I didn't believe the rumors. I guess now I'm proven wrong.

My gut reaction is that this machine seems effing awesome and I can't wait to see one. Something that thin and light with a terrific screen?

That being said, the port situation sounds like a nightmare. There are a LOT of times when I have my MBA plugged into 2 or 3 things simultaneously. If I'm traveling, I will often use my MBA as a DVD player or play files from an external drive by plugging in power, video, and the DVD drive or external drive simultaneously.

If I got this new laptop I'd have to carry around some special (and presumably expensive) USB hub almost everywhere I went. Inconvenient.

We'll see how performance is. Most Core M laptops have fans, this one doesn't. So I would expect performance to be even worse than the ones with fans. And that's already not as good as the 15W Haswells. So we'll have to wait and see just how much performance has decreased.

So to sum it up: man I can't wait to see one of these at a store. But it will likely be a few years before I buy one.
 
i think it is probably the coolest, most technologically advanced Facebook surfer ever. not sure what else you could possibly do with it. also wondering why on earth they thought it would make sense to keep the current "macbook air" in their lineup, when clearly this one is much "air-ier".
 
So one port.

That's so awesome (sorry I know a lot of people think other...wize)

Hub makers party time
 
Seems like this post will be moved to the appropriate named forum - MacBook, as the Air is no part of this iteration.
 
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