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This article was published March 10, 2015 at 15:53.
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“We have set ourselves the challenge of reinventing the notebook … and we did it.” Tim Cook speaks to the audience curious to know more on Apple Watch and a little ‘surprise, although some indiscretion had emerged, introduces the new 12-inch MacBook. Thin: only 13.1 mm against 17 of the MacBook Air. And super lightweight: 0.88 pounds against 1.08 Air. “Can you see it? I almost do not feel it. “
This will be the moment of the keynote wow, since the Apple Watch had already been shown in September. The new MacBook at first seem the perfect cross between iPad and laptop. The colors of the aluminum body are gold, silver and gray sidereal. Detail for fans: the apple logo disappears lit on the cover, replaced by an apple in metal with a mirror finish.
The innovation that stands out most is the presence of only one connector, called USB-C, which serves as input for charging the battery, USB and video (DisplayPort, HDMI and VGA). A choice dictated by the need to reduce thickness and weight that pleases on design, not on that of functionality: if you want to use more inputs together touches buy a Multiport adapter (costs 89 euro on the Apple store). It is not the first time that Apple makes such choices: the Air does not have an ethernet port, the iPad has only lightning connector for headphones and audio. In addition to the requirements of space there is the idea of Apple to push its services AirDrop and AirPlay that are there to make transfers without cables, but are limited to the Apple world. And then there’s the fact that the battery, says the company, lasts a whole day.
Another novelty is the new trackpad Force Touch. The integrated pressure sensors allow to click at any point with the same result, and above all there is a new input: doing a click followed by a more profound pressure is obtained, for example, the definition of a word, a map or l ‘ preview of a file. Or – we tried it in the demo – you can accelerate the speed of propagation of a video based on what we do pressure. It is a technology that, especially when you can get on the touch tablet and smartphone, will find applications in the world of video games.
He spoke at length of the keyboard. The keys – each has an LED backlight – have a new mechanism that reduces throttle their thickness by 40% compared to traditional scissor mechanism. Also promises more stability and precision.
The new MacBook does not have the fan. The retina display is 12 inches in 16:10. Resolution of 2304×1440 pixels. Not even the price goes unnoticed. The model with energy-saving processor Intel Core M dual-core 1.1GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.4GHz, 8GB of RAM, flash drives from 256giga and Intel HD Graphics 5300 costs 1,499 euro. The model which has instead 1.2GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.6GHz and flash drives from 512GB coast in 1829. On sale from April 10.
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