There's a reason Apple has not changed the basic design MacBook Air for years: It is basically perfect, the epitome of a thin and light laptop, its luxurious, very thin exterior to its majestic glass trackpad . But even perfection can not persuade Apple to sit on his heels.
On Monday, Apple revealed a new 12-inch MacBook, a radical overhaul that shakes MBA design win by dumping virtually all conventional Thunderbolt port, SD card slot, a power connector, while in favor of a pair one USB Type C-connection and an audio jack. This, coupled with many other advances, helped the 12-inch MacBook become thinner, lighter MacBook ever and it is quiet, too.
"Can you see it?" A smile Tim Cook asked, holding altitude on stage. "I can not even feel it!"
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The revision of the laptop slims down to a 2. ridonkulous £ 13.1mm and it thinner MacBook with a full 24 percent, according to Phil Schiller of Apple. And with a full no fan design. Achieve such finesse required Apple to redesign the machine from the ground.
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First, the display on the 12-inch MacBook, which packs a Retina 2304x1440 resolution-class now stands alongside, with barely there glasses. It measures only 0.88 mm thin and uses 30 percent less energy than other Retina displays, while offering the same level of brightness.
MacBook 12 Keyboard
The keyboard is now sporting buttons close-set alongside the new MacBook counterparts. Apple has effectively created a new keyboard switch for the 12-inch MacBook, replacing the scissors switches that supply most laptop keyboards. The "Butterfly mechanism" uses a single set with a stainless steel dome, which claims Schiller is four times more stable than in spite scissor switches to be 40 percent thinner.
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The MacBook also introduced a new "Touch trackpad strength." It is covered with glass as previous models of Apple, but also sports four force sensors under the hood to create a uniform tapping sensation. With the introduction of a "Taptic engine," look like you can find in the watch Apple 12-inch MacBook introduced the idea of light and "force" click-mobile registers a new class of clicks deep it uses to automatically open certain programs depending on where you click. Work clicking on a word in Safari, for example, opens a Wikipedia entry for it, while the strength clicking a date opens a calendar entry.
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A new energy-efficient Intel Core M "Broadwell" transformer feeds the 12-inch MacBook, sitting in a logic board 67 percent smaller than the previous record of Apple. The processor sips only 5 watts of power, clocked at 1.1GHz that can Turbo Boost to 2.9GHz where more punch is required.
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Around the trackpad and touch Itty Bitty card business logic, Apple stuffed 12-inch MacBook with batteries, using a new battery design layered terraced allowing the company to use all available space inside the monocoque. The 12-inch MacBook will get 9 hours of battery life while browsing the web or to 10 hours while watching the video.
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Spartan overhaul also would not have been possible without the advanced USB 3.1 standard connection and the new type C. This amazing backwards compatible cable does it all: It is capable of delivering 100 watts of power, data transfer speed 10Gbps (twice that USB 3.0), and even audio and video signals using the DisplayPort protocol. Farewell, power cords, HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt. And type C is reversible connector, too, just like the MagSafe connector from Apple, so you never have to fumble with shoving your USB cable into the right path again.
"This is the effective laptop most extreme we've ever created," beamed Schiller.
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There is a downside to streamline things to humble the mighty lonely port as Michael Simon noted in his original cover 12-inch MacBook rumors. You will need a large number of adapter cables to replicate the functionality lost originals. Of course, Apple adopted the new USB technology, but the legion of external devices and displays currently available do not. Connecting the C-type cables to a wall outlet or a DisplayPort-equipped monitor require adapters, and you will need other adapters to connect to Thunderbolt, Ethernet or standard USB devices. You want to connect multiple devices? You will need a hub, too.
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But this is where the ecosystem of Apple's software comes in. Schiller touted as features such as continuity, parachuting and AirPlay lets you wirelessly share data between your Apple devices without ever touching a cable.
The 12-inch MacBook will be available in silver, gray and space-wait for it-or, on sale on April 10. The $ 1300 base model includes a dual-core 1.1GHz processor, 8GB of RAM, 256 Go and solid-state drive. A $ 1,600 model will pack a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and a 512GB SSD.
The remaining
Although the focus was squarely on the new Mac, Apple did not leave intact the old Macs. MacBook Air over the line is upgraded to new fifth-generation "Broadwell" Intel processors, which should provide improved battery life and modest performance gain on last generation Haswell processors. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina also receive Broadwell.
MacBook Air 13-inch models will also be equipped with flash storage twice as fast as before, while the two 11-inch and 13-inch Airs be upgraded to Thunderbolt 2. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina model will also having the fastest flash, and the new touch trackpad work presented at the 12-inch MacBook. Old school revamped MacBook Air and Pro models are available today.