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12-inch MacBook with Retina Display: Early impressions
12-inch MacBook with Retina Display: Early impressions
12-inch MacBook with Retina Display: Early impressions
We have Apple's new 12-in Retina MacBook in house, and, though we aren't ready to run our full review, we do have some early observations.The 12-in MacBook's display looks every bit as good as the screen on the Retina MacBook Pro. It is smaller, but nothing we're going to have a problem adjusting to (and it's still a little bigger than the MacBook display).
The new MacBook's keyboard does feel a bit different from other MacBook keys. Each key is wider, with less space in between them and – most noticeably – with a shallower travel distance. But this isn't as big a concern as we thought it might be. We were prepared for a days-long (or weeks-long) adjustment process, but it was more like a 5-minute adjustment. So far the new keyboard's changes are no big deal, in our book.
Another big annoyance is the fact that you can't charge the 12-in MacBook while using any other accessories (that lone port is also used for charging). After spending more time with it, we'll be able to tell you more about its battery life, and whether we think the two combined are reason to worry.
Performance isn't close to cutting-edge, which isn't remotely surprising for these Core M laptops. But, like the keyboard, it also isn't quite the big concern we were prepared for. The most intensive app I use is Photoshop, and while there was a noticeable slowdown over the Retina MacBook Pro, it still ran PS fairly smoothly. The biggest lag came in previewing RAW images in Finder. Once loading them into Photoshop, speeds weren't too shabby.
... and by the way we're reviewing the base 2.4 GHz (256 GB storage) model, not the faster 2.6 GHz (512 GB) or the made-to-order configuration.
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