“Apple has reinvented the notebook with the new MacBook, and at just two pounds and 13.1 mm, it’s the thinnest and lightest Mac ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Every component of the MacBook reveals a new innovation. From its fanless design, ultra-thin Retina display and full-size keyboard that’s 34 percent thinner, to its all-new Force Touch trackpad, versatile USB-C port and breakthrough terraced battery design, the new MacBook is the future of the notebook.”
So Apple has the MacBook Air, MacBook, and MacBook Pro lines again. I spent some time with the new MacBook today and it is stunning. I want that gold one.
Based on specs, Macbook is slower than Macbook Air. But they don’t seem to making this clear?
OK w only 8GB RAM? I’m still thinking Pro, not real happy w minor spec bump on 15″
How’d the speed feel? In pure clock speed that’s a slow CPU (1.3 GHz max) by first gen MacBook Air standards (1.8 GHz max), but I’m not sure it’ll matter with the SSD.
A couple of issues for me…. with only one port, how do I plugin the Macbook to power AND connect it to an external monitor? Right now, I’m typing this on the 11″ Air which I do that on. I also have, plugged in, an external backup drive and speakers. I can live without the speakers and move to wireless ones, but I at the very least, need power+monitor at the same time.
Second, I don’t like the loss of the MagSafe adapter. It’s saved me from accidentally pulling my Air off the desk a couple of times.
Kind of wondering about the performance too.
And note that the Core M is not the same architecture as the 1G MBA – the original was a C2D, not even Core.
It should be roughly comparable to a midrange i5, though no graphics monster.
I’d be shocked if it felt slow; even my old 2G MBA with 2 gigs of RAM didn’t feel slow, which was astounding, given the RAM limitation.
I’d expect performance on par with the base CPU in the current MBA.
(I think it might mean the MBA’s days are numbered, as this thing feels more-like-an-Air-than-an-Air-does, being lighter and thinner.)
8gig is perfectly fine for what you’d want to do on this machine. I run it on my Air and never notice any limitation. If you’re doing something challenging like 3D work, significant video work, etc this isn’t the model for you (Pro is).
Ridiculous that they don’t throw in a USB-C to regular USB adapter. So everyone will have to spend $19 to buy one with their $1,300 laptop.
Yup. My only real thought on how it’ll perform is that there’s too many variables and too many things I don’t know to predict.
My guess is it’ll be slower than the (updated today!) MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that Apple ships, but…
Will it matter? I doubt it.
I’m on the road a lot and spend 10-15 hours a week on planes (please don’t point and laugh). I can’t buy this computer fast enough.
One question: how does the new keyboard feel?
There are adapters with multiple ports: one each for power, USB, and HDMI, or VGA.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter
I agree with you about the MagSafe adapter….
What a ridiculous statement.
Core M is 5 Watt Processor.
That is same level as the ipad air with only
2GB slow RAM.
Intel wont release 45W processor that 15″
uses until June.
Or spend slightly less on a reliable third-party alternative.
Ditching MagSafe was monumentally stupid. It’s saved countless laptops, including two of mine.
$79.00 US for that adapter? Yeesh.
Wireless devices can’t come too soon.
The new Macbook looks incredible, and I’m ok with 1 port, but I completely agree with this. They should have included that adapter to make things a bit easier for people and create less transitional pain.
No, not really. The point is that should never really have to charge this during the day, so it will be plugged in much less often. Also, it’s pretty much the same weight as the original iPad, and that didn’t have magsafe. Since the laptop is SO light, the magnet would have to be super weak so as not to pull the laptop, and that creates it’s own issues. Nevermind the fact that it looks like it would have been IMPOSSIBLE to make that port magsafe, because of the formfactor and USB standard. I think it won’t be missed by most.
Not getting why it’s ridiculous to be concerned about limited RAM capacity combined with an otherwise-fast-enough CPU.
I seldom do anything that needs “real” CPU muscle but I also see frequent hangs or sluggishness, which I take as due to refreshing multiple Safari pages or perhaps the cleverness of compressing apps to keep them in RAM versus sending them off to disk (even tho I’m using a Flash disk).
So it seems quite possible that people who don’t otherwise see themselves as “power users” might think this machine would be right for them, and then find a very low ceiling when they try to see how their site looks while running IE/Parallels, together with a couple of other apps.
Some things DO need more power than the iPad, which is of course why there’s a Mac lineup. Doesn’t mean that all Macs, attractive as they might be, are right for a job.
I would miss it. I’ll miss it so much I’ll get another laptop instead.
But, mind you, it will still be an Apple laptop. And when a smart power connection is no longer available, I’ll make do somehow. 🙂
a 16GB RAM version would be nice. It is not all that difficult to use more than 8GB of RAM on a regular machine. In the near future, it matey be easy to ‘max out’ a 16GB system.
Real world reviews should be out soon. Maybe there will be a 16GB version. Also, will the port support dual 1080 video, USB3 (hub or direct) and power?
Maybe this is Apple’s 12″ “hybrid” computer. I wonder if iOS would also run on it.