At first glance, the new MacBook looks like something in between the company’s current models. By far this MacBook is the thinnest and lightest notebook the company has ever made at only 13.1mm at its thickest point and weighing only 2 pounds.
There’s a 12-inch retina display with an edge-to-edge glass
cover that churns out a resolution of 2304 x 1440 pixels. There’s also a full
size keyboard that features what Apple calls a “butterfly mechanism” that
improves the feel of the keys albeit the laptop’s ultra-thin profile. On top of
that, the Cupertino company has also installed a new trackpad that features
taptic feedback.
Under the hood is an Intel Core M 5th generation
processor that is clocked up to 1.3GHz, turbo boosted up to 2.9GHz and features
a fan-less design. The removal of the fan has allowed Apple engineers to get
more juice into the MacBook thanks to the use of contoured batteries that
provide up to 35% more power to the notebook. The new MacBook also comes with
8GB of RAM and either 256GB or 512GB of storage.
Lastly, there are the ports (or the lack of it). The new
MacBook only has two ports: a standard audio jack to plug in your headset or
speaker and a USB type-C port that’s used for charging and syncing data. And
that’s it.
The new MacBook will be available starting in April for
$1299 for the 256GB model and $1599 for the 512GB version. If you’re not that
obsessed with a super-thin notebook, you can settle for the 2015 version of the
MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that will have upgraded processors and storage and
they’re available now.
