New Apple MacBook, Beautiful with some doubt
During the keynote, Apple held last night made his debut the new MacBook, jewel of technology that we analyze better now, without forgetting of course to dwell on a few choices that seem risky.
The new MacBook, immediately won the hearts of many fans (not just from Apple), thanks to a really attractive design and style choices of great class, not least the colors. The weight is only 0.92 Kg, with a maximum thickness of 13.1 millimeters. Now a quick summary of the technical characteristics, while at a later time, we will focus on some thoughts.
The available colors are gold, silver (the classic one of Apple products in aluminum) and space gray (a darker gray), with chassis-type aluminum unibody completely redesigned. To be sure, it is also inappropriate to speak of redesign, as the MacBook does not replace a product already in the list (but on this topic, we return later …), but it is a new product line in Apple (missing for some years) . About disappearance: disappears apple MacBook illuminated the back of the screen, giving way to an apple with a glossy finish.
Heart of MacBook is the new family of Intel Core M (M-M-5Y70 or 5Y71), designed to consume very little (5W TDP), so as to enable us to achieve a completely fanless to the advantage of operating noise and greater ease in achieving a product with very reduced dimensions. The motherboard has total size of less than 67% compared to that of the MacBook Air.
Unpublished is also the screen, a 12 inch type Retina with a resolution of 2,304 x 1,440 pixels well, made available by a panel thickness of only 0.88 mm. Also the battery is now built in a different way: not a single block but in staggered surfaces, to optimize the spaces.
Even the keyboard and touchpad are beyond the rush of innovation from Apple; keys now have a mechanical butterfly-shaped instead of the traditional scissor (keys have less travel and are lower), while the touchpad is enriched Force Touch and Taptic Engine.
Touch Force demonstrates the adoption of pressure sensors that detect the click at any point on the surface, ” raising ” slightly on the touchpad itself, while the Taptic Engine is actually a micro-vibrations that confirms the pressure. Apple says how these technologies will lead to a new series of gesture in addition to those already known. Even the backlight has been revised: in every button, there is now a dedicated LED rather than a continuous strip.
Close with one of the most controversial choices, namely the integration of a single connection port, brand new, which goes under the name of the USB-C. Currently nothing can be connected without dedicated connector docks or sold by Apple.
On paper, USB-C is sold to us as a wonder of technology, but we know that Apple is very good at communicating anything, ” allows you to charge and connect devices and peripherals to transfer data at the speed of USB 3, but also functions as HDMI, VGA and Mini DisplayPort. ”
Many people also wonder what will Apple MacBook Air, MacBook from being made even more portable and modern. The question remains as prices, even considering that the MacBook Air has not received the update of the standard panel in favor of the Retina.
In short, you can read something like a cheap version (obviously with Apple references) of ultraportable. Said in simpler words: MacBook is the new flagship of ultraportable Apple, if you want to spend less for a very portable computer from Apple, then think of a MacBook Air.
No shortage of criticism regarding the possibility of expanding MacBook, where everything is welded (processor, memory, and also SSD), but to be honest, they are criticisms that can be meaningful on products less extreme in terms of design as the MacBook Pro, not this where everything is taken to the limit. Available from April 10 in two versions, which are summarized in a table.
| MacBook | |
| Weight | 920 grams |
| Dimensions | 28.05 x 19.65 x 1.31cm |
| CPU | Intel Core M-5Y70 (1.1GHz) or M-5Y71 (1.2GHz) |
| Turbo frequency | 2.9 GHz |
| GPU | Intel Graphics 5300 |
| RAM | 8GB 1,600MHz LPDDR3 |
| Storage | SSD, 128GB or 256GB |
| Display | 12-inch Retina 2,304 x 1,440 pixels IPS LCD |
| Doors | USB-C |
