Apple MacBook Review (12-inch 2015 model)

Whether you’re talking about American coffee shop hipsters, college students in just about every country, or young entrepreneurs working at a startup business, the Apple MacBook Air has been widely embraced my many people worldwide. It was only a matter of time before Apple merged the MacBook Air series with the primary MacBook line. The new MacBook is a groundbreaking design with a 12-inch Retina display that fits nicely between the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air laptops.

The MacBook Air is still being sold on the Apple website, but most industry experts agree that the Cupertino-based marketing geniuses at Apple will soon discontinue the “Air” line of products and we will simply have the “MacBook” and “MacBook Pro” models in the near future.

The question is, will the future be any brighter now that the MacBook has been slimmed down and limited to a single multifunction port? Will Apple fans embrace a laptop computer that is more like an iPad in terms of limited options for connectivity? Keep reading to find out.

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Nice teardown - and I mean that literally. This is what I thought it was at first glance ...an overpriced status symbol.

It also proves the point that keys need travel to have good feedback. I've never seen an exception to this.

A force-sensitive touchpad is nothing new though Apple would have you believe otherwise. HP used a similar force-sensitive technology well over a year ago on their excellent EliteBook Folio 1040 which I reviewed here.

 

I will never buy a notebook with a touch screen, so that's a plus for me. If you like OS X I think the performance is good enough for most uses. I don't see typical buyers using this as a DTR.

 

those keyboards are a HUGE reason why I can't ever take their laptops seriously. I could type 120+ wmp with 100 accuracy back in high school and can still reach those speeds when I want to get things done. I can't do jack on their keyboards. They are built to be quiet at a coffee shop and not a serious tool for anyone that needs to get things done fast. Whenever I buy a new laptop I always go check out apples offerings and come away like they are built to be be web browsing toys.

 

It's priced exactly the same as an Macbook Air 13 once you upgrade that MBA 13 to the same onboard storage and the same RAM that comes on the base Macbook 12. Plus it offers a far better screen. Yes, you can get an Asus running Windows for cheaper. Whether paying extra for OSX is "worth it" depends on the user (I'm a Windows guy myself), but the Macbook 12's pricing is actually perfectly reasonable when compared to other Macs once you start comparing apples to apples (I can never resist that) with RAM and SSD space.

Since its reveal, I have maintained that this makes the MBA13 obsolete. Everyone who says that they would rather have an MBA13 than this because of port selection, key travel, or processor speed...would probably also choose an rMBP 13 over an MBA13 for exactly those same reasons.

 

yep I agree. If you want a 13" macbook air I can only see someone wanting the 2014 model because they are going for 819 shipped right now without student/member discounts factored in. Oh yea FYI I am interested in picking up a 'new' 13"air 2014 model when it drops under 800 which should be any day now For that price it'll be my non gaming/work last all day fun grab and go/backup laptop.