14 DAY TRIAL // As you might know, Apple announced recently an all-new MacBook at the “Spring Forward” event that took place on March 9. The new 12-inch Retina MacBook attempts to be one of the thinnest and most innovative MacBooks. Unfortunately, innovation does not always translate to productivity or user-friendliness, as designing a laptop so thin has some drawbacks.
First, we’ve reported that Apple decided to replace its brilliant MagSafe connector in the new MacBook with a single USB-C port, which is supposed to be a substitute for all the other ports that magically disappeared from the new MacBook, especially the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ones. This defines portability, as personally, we don’t want to buy and carry around with us several adapters just to make sure we can connect everything we need to our MacBooks.
Today, we found out that Apple also removed the glowing, beautiful Apple logo that is still available on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines, while attempting to design one of the thinnest laptops, until ASUS unveiled its ZenBook UX305 laptop, of course. Well, that’s not good at all, since the glowing Apple logo is a certification of the MacBook computer for years, as shown on many Hollywood movies and TV commercials around the world.
Apple will ship the new 12-inch MacBook Retina starting April 10
While Apple will ship the new MacBook starting April 10, 2015, buying one will turn out not to be what you were looking for, as purchasing an Apple MacBook Air 13-inch might be a better move if you’re looking for a thin and quite productive laptop from Apple. Yes, the new MacBook has a Retina display, a full-size keyboard, and a Force Touch trackpad, but does it really matter for a laptop so thin?
We do believe that Apple should add the full-size keyboard and Force Touch trackpad to its MacBook Air and Pro lines, and we hope that the famous Cupertino company won’t implement the other “innovations” in future refreshes of its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines. We also believe that refreshing the MacBook Air line with Retina and/or Force Touch trackpad would have been what users really wanted. Will you buy the new MacBook? If so, why?