It withstand Apple convention . MacBook Pros , MacBook Airs and PowerBooks — those systems don the silverish finish of aircraft - grade aluminum . iBooks and MacBooks ? They can settle for sheer old clean .
That was , until today when Apple presented their redesigned MacBooks have the new “ unibody envelopment ” fabrication mental process . So is a new finish and more rugged build enough to make the budget laptop finger like its premium counterparts ? In one parole , yes .
The novel MacBook feel exactly like the new MacBook Pro , just smaller . Literally , if there was not a “ MacBook ” label on the front , you could not say the difference without closely examining the ports . The same buttonless trackpad , the same shining black frame , the same beveled edges , the same keyboard with back - light up keys , the same conveniently side - mounted barrage fire display and the same optic - drive placement make this face a lot like the fabled 12 - inch MacBook Pro we ’ve been wait for … even though it technically isn’t — especially since the firewire port is go . ( The port depart include two USB , mini Display Port , ethernet , mic and headphone jack ) .
lease ’s talk about that buttonless glass trackpad for a import . It ’s really grand . The finish is just right , provide that perfect equilibrium of tactual resistance generally allow for the MacBook Pro trackpad .
The touch sensation of physically clicking the trackpad ( like a computer mouse release ) , while it sounds uneasy for sure , is something I unconsciously adapt to in seconds . The only oddity was when I used a two finger press for right clicking . On my current MacBook Pro , right clicking is a dewy-eyed two finger tap and I caught myself beg as opposed to fight frequently when I right snap . ( If you ca n’t adjust to the clicking launching pad , you may just bend the click feature off and default to touch options alone ) .
The 4 - fingerbreadth cognisance is better than I thought . A dim-witted swipe of four fingers pops up unmasking . So could I fool it ? Maybe if I only used 3 finger . perchance if I slip in a pollex . Nope . It was too impudent for me .
A agile tour of Spore outputted on the Modern 30 - column inch Cinema Display showed that while the MacBook ’s new NVIDIA GeForce 9400 M is decent , it does n’t make for a flawless , unbelievable play machine . The organisation reach passable framerates while running at 1280×800 resolving power at mostly medium preferences ( like phantom and textures ) . Not horrible , but not great either .
It ’ll be interesting to get wind the final finding of fact on the new alloy MacBook when we have time to sit down and test it in full . But for now , as a agio electronic computer for the average Apple user , I ’m digging it .
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