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5.0 out of 5 starsFor elegant jetsetters, writers and technogeeks who love ultraportability
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2016
I've had it for a week and I love it. I'm a (fast) two-fingered typist so this keyboard really took a few days to get used to and honestly I still prefer the traditional Mac keyboard. But the size/portability, the screen quality and the almost not credible sound quality are the overriding factors. To put it another way, if I had the opportunity to travel back in time this would be the laptop I would take to impress the hell out of everyone.
I do have a Macbook Retina 15 1Tb with the highest end processor, which I use for video editing and Photoshop. Yes that machine is a speed demon, but honestly I found with 95% of the thing I do during the day this 12" Macbook is more than adequate. I can even do Photoshop with this 12" Macbook, I mean high end Photoshop with a hundred layers or so. Other than the 3D interface (for those that know that) I am not inconvenienced here. Ditto for InDesign -- although high end graphics does start to show a tiny lag there but nothing that's a deal breaker. And for fun, I did so some video editing on Premiere Pro, and it did take longer to render out (the SSD disk isn't as fast on this machine). But it astonished me that it could. If I had to do minor editing on the road, in emergency cases, I can, although that's not the right Macbook for the job honestly.
For any other Word, Pages, Numbers, Excel, Keynote, Powerpoint, Evernote, iTunes ... anything, this Macbook is absolutely the correct computer. You will notice zero difference even with a few programs open.
If you want to do any accounting, writing, document design, travel on airplanes, sit in a cafe and write all day long, then this is the laptop. The charger is very light to carry around as well. This can be your only laptop if you are not a graphics artist or editor.
If you want to do heavy multimedia, you can somewhat but don't get rid of the more powerful machine. This is a wonderful second machine for you, even for presenting at client meetings.
Lastly, in case you guys are wondering whether iPad Pro or this Macbook 12, definitely this Macbook, no question. It's a real laptop, a real file system, real apps and programs, not just IOS clipped versions. If you have to draw with a pen then maybe consider the iPad Pro, or a Surface Book, but really those are really expensive compared to this,
