Hands-on review: New MacBook 2015

By Gareth Beavis

This is a flash hands on review to give you the chance to see what the laptop is all about as soon as possible. Stay tuned as we’ll be expanding and upgrading this review very shortly with more info.

Apple’s new Macbook is all about style, while still combining it with oodles of power. This is apparently the ‘notebook redefined’ according to the Cupertino brand, and it certainly does push the envelope in one area: the lightness of this thing is insane.

It’s so light you could mistake it for a half-empty sheaf of papers. Holding it in one hand is quite unnerving, as you feel you could snap it without holding properly.

The keyboard has been retooled to include a ‘butterfly hinge’ underneath each key. This means they’re massive and to be honest, lacking in travel. I’m sure that’s the sort of thing that after a while will become a genius idea for some, but in my brief time with it all I could think was ‘man, these are some big ol’ keys’.

The force touchpad is cool, with levels of clicks that aren’t really there. That’s to say that the …read more

Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac