New 12-Inch MacBook: 10 Things to Know Before Buying! #Helpful Post

Apple just announced the brand-new 12

inch retina macbook that the tech world

has been waiting for and while there's a

lot of good there's also a lot of weird

so I'm here to break down 10 things you

should know before picking one up so

what's up guys Jonathan here with TLD

hope you guys are doing lawn this week

kicked off apple's spring forward event

the Apple TV got a price drop so it is

now 69 bucks they expanded upon and gave

us a little more info on the Apple watch

which is hitting shelves next month but

what stood out most to me and what I was

most interested in was the new 12 inch

retina macbook which I have mixed

feelings about so I want to break it

down first up and this is probably the

most radical change of the new macbook

and that's the fact that it is now

fanless it utilizes Intel M chips which

only consume 5 watts of power which

translates to less heat and ultimately

means no heat pipe or fan is needed also

the logic board is small like really

small for reference here is the new

MacBooks logic board in contrast to the

11 inch MacBook Air second up is that

these new MacBooks now come in three

colors silver gold and space grey silver

is cool but it's something that we've

already seen before gold is really

attractive and sounded like a good idea

on paper but I'm a little apprehensive

to rock one of those out in public and

be that guy Space Gray on the other hand

that is calling my name and if I do pick

one up that is the route that I will go

now real quickly touching a little bit

further upon the design while the new

retina MacBook is technically thinner

and lighter than both the 11 and 13 inch

MacBook Air the thickest part is

actually thinner than the MacBook Airs

thickest point but thicker the MacBook

Airs thinnest point and yes I realize

that's probably a little confusing but

if you break it down the MacBook Airs

are three millimeters at its thinnest

and 17 millimeters at its thickest while

the new MacBooks are three point five

millimeters at its thinnest and thirteen

point one millimeters at its thickest

the new MacBook also weighs in at 2.0

three pounds whereas the 11 inch MacBook

Air is two point three eight and the

13-inch is two point nine six and to me

that's a little strange because here we

have the MacBook Air air represents

lightness that weighs more than the

MacBook that doesn't include the air

name so to me that is Apple logic at its

finest so now that we've got that Fiasco

out of the way the third thing you need

to know that the new MacBook now has a

retina display again this is a 12 inch

display in this boast a 2304 by 1440

resolution with a total pixel density of

226 pixels per inch now this is also at

a 16 by 10 aspect ratio and it break

that down simply your TV for example

unless it's like old school 4 by 3 is

probably at 16 by 9 so if you're

watching a movie you're not going to see

the black bars on the top on the bottom

unless it's really wide and this on the

other hand if you're playing a movie

back full screen you're still going to

see those black bar on the top and the

bottom now the fourth thing you need to

know is that the built-in camera on

these new MacBooks are a complete joke

sure we're going to give you all those

pixels on this beautiful display we're

going to stick you with a 480p camera

seriously and yes I totally understand

this is really just a glorified netbook

but web chat and video chat or one of

the things you probably want to use as

most for and you can't even get 720p so

now that I got my potato rant out of the

way the fifth thing you know is to break

down on the cpu specs and actually what

is inside these new MacBooks so these

start out at $12.99 it's going to get

you a 1.1 gigahertz dual core Intel Core

M processor the next tier up which will

run you $15.99 gets you a 1.2 gigahertz

dual-core processor but that also

doubles your storage from 256 gigs to

512 both of these also can be configured

to a 1.3 gigahertz dual-core CPU but

both are locked down to Intel HD

graphics 5300 and a gigabytes of 1600

megahertz ddr3 memory so that means you

are locked in to these 8 gigabytes of

RAM there is no aftermarket upgrades on

these new retina MacBook

now next up at number 6 and this scares

me a little bit and that's the fact that

these new MacBooks run on one single

connection yes one connection for the

entire MacBook so this is done through

USB seen you're gonna be able to charge

transfer and output through a single

connection and while that may sound

magical and clean the simple

revolutionary it really means you're

going to spend a shitload of money on

adapters Apple's basic adapter which

you're going to need for most simple

tasks is 80 bucks you can tack on nearly

another hundred dollars to that price

tag now obviously there's going to be

third-party adapters and things like

that

in fact there's already some USB C

products out there which I will link to

down below now number seven is actually

a combination of the fanless design

low-power CPUs and the lack of ins and

outs and that means that this is not

going to be a workhorse laptop

I myself have used both MacBook Airs for

editing video even up to 4k just for

chopping if I had to but if you're

looking to pick one of these up for

video editing I would definitely look

elsewhere because these are not going to

be powerhouse machines at all the number

eight is the fact that these new

MacBooks have a completely redesigned

keyboard this is a full-size keyboard

with individual LED lighting so instead

of rows of LEDs this is going to result

in better distribution of lighting on

the keyboard it also implements Apple's

new butterfly mechanism as opposed to

the traditional scissor mechanism and

for a visual on that allow me to

demonstrate this is the scissors this is

the butterfly an apple claims this will

allow for a more stable responsive key

that takes a blessed vertical space with

improved stability

uniformity and control no matter where

you press on the key obviously this is

something I really don't want to touch

upon until I can actually try it out for

myself and demo it so definitely stay

tuned and subscribe if you haven't

already that way you don't miss out on

the full review now alongside the new

keyboard there is also a new trackpad

that is number nine to the naked eye it

looks like your traditional trackpad but

there's some different things going on

below the surface Phil Schiller demoed

how a traditional trackpad is hinged at

the top and utilizes a diving board

mechanism where the top end is stiffer

and the bottom end is softer with this

however you can click anywhere and get

the same feel and it's also adjustable

through software as well

at its base there are four four sensors

which gauge how much pressure is being

applied so with this you'll be able to

control different aspects on your Mac

based on how much pressure you apply

deep clicks are referred to as force

clicks which activate a gesture an

example would be to force click a file

so you can preview or when you're

watching a movie

the deeper you press the faster it fast

forwards there is also now a taptic

engine which brings haptic feedback to

the macbook so if you ever use the phone

where you're typing or clicking you get

a little bit of that vibration sensation

just to let you know you've hit it

that's what happed ik feedback is and

that is what is coming to these new

MacBooks

so last up at number 10 is because the

logic board and trackpad take up such

little space that leaves a lot of open

room for battery now traditional

batteries those pretty much equal

rectangles both apple's new

battery technology they're able to

produce terraced contoured cells so

you're able to fill up the entire space

rather than leaving empty real estate

and this allows 35% more than if they

use traditional batteries now you might

see this and think oh my god it's gonna

have crazy all day two day three day all

week battery life but in reality you're

going to get nine hours of web use and

10 hours of movie playback so it's not

terrible and it's going to get you

through the day but it's not

groundbreaking or anything it just means

that they're able to fit a sufficient

battery in a really small space so yeah

that about wraps up these new MacBooks

that was a lot of information hopefully

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obviously these are not coming out until

April but I will have one as soon as

they are out so again definitely

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this is Jonathan with TLD and I will see

you guys later