Das neue Apple MacBook mit 12-Zoll-Retina-Display besticht vor allem durch sein sehr edles, hochwertiges und vor allem kompaktes Design. Es ist das dünnste und leichteste MacBook, das Apple jemals gebaut hat, wodurch es optimal für den mobilen Einsatz unterwegs geeignet ist. ...

Das Macbook ist ein feines Stück Hardware. Das Retina-Display ist beeindruckend und ich liebe das „Force Touch“-Trackpad. Die Tastatur ist eine Sache für sich; wer sehr viel Wert auf die Tastatur legt und viel schreibt, für den könnte das Macbook ungeeignet sein.

The design of the new MacBook is world class. It’s wonderfully slim, light and sturdy, with the added bonus of a high quality Retina display. However, the MacBook’s entry-level performance is disappointing, and the limited connectivity may deter some people from taking the plunge until USB-C becomes a bit more mainstream.

he revamped MacBook is wonderfully slim and light, with a high-quality Retina display. However, performance and battery life are relatively modest, while wired connectivity is severely limited.

It’s hard not to fall in love with the new MacBook. It’s a staggeringly-brilliant bit of engineering and doesn’t compromise on usability, even though it is incredibly tiny. On the face of things, the starting price of £1,049 seems fairly expensive, but it’s £30 less than the equivalent 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, and only £70 more than the 11-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. [...]

Making it smaller and lighter doesn’t mean it is not better. Apple’s implementation of force touch in OS X is the kind of ripple that will make waves. Apple’s Watch already supports force touch, and it is only a matter of time before the feature is standardised in its notebooks, and perhaps, the company’s iOS devices.

The MacBook is a triumph in notebook miniaturisation, squeezing a Retina IPS display and full-size keyboard into a 13 mm (at its thickest) tapered chassis, with weight below 1 kg. At over £1000 it’s more an executive notebook than the everyman laptop once given the name MacBook, but that money buys a sleek statement in what’s now possible in lightweight ultraportables. The fan-free design heralds a breakthrough in silent computing and while it is measurably behind the MacBook Air in performance it doesn’t often show it in everyday use.

The MacBook is a triumph in notebook miniaturisation [...]

Ihr könnt mir vorwerfen, dass ich hier ziemlich stark abschweife, ein Fanboy bin oder die ganze Zeit nur um den heißen Brei herumrede. Das kann ich mir erlauben. Denn zum neuen Macbook selbst gibt es eigentlich nur diese Worte zu sagen: Es ist das für seine Einsatzzwecke beste Notebook. Und diese lauten Surfen, Schreiben, Filme anschauen.