For starters, Apple now offers a wider range of more powerful and more efficient Intel Core M processors, starting at a Core m3, to Core m5 up to Core m7. What’s changed? Lots of stuff under the surface. You won’t be able to buy the 2015 MacBook direct from Apple any more, and if you’re buying from third-party retailers, make sure you’re getting the latest edition, or at least getting a nice discount on a 2015 model. Pricing hasn’t change, and the MacBook form factor is also identical. Update – : Apple has announced and subsequently launched a refreshed 2016 12-inch MacBook line up. Related: Apple MacBook Pro 2016: Everything you need to know There’s a great deal to love about it, but only if you can make peace with the compromises it forces upon you. It’s beautiful, brilliant and compact, but it’s also divisive, troublesome and a luxury. You need an adapter to use any normal USB cable and there’s no SD card slot for your camera’s photos. You still get a headphone jack, but a single new type of USB connector serves as the power input and only external interface in one. In fact, it has as many ports as an iPad. It has no normal USB ports, no normal video outputs. This slight, 12-inch laptop weighs just 920g and, like the original 2008 MacBook Air, removes almost all external connections. When you get your next Mac, be sure to avoid mistakes that destroy your laptop so you don't send it to an early grave.What is the new MacBook?Apple’s new MacBook is the laptop in its most basic, stripped-back form – I called it a laptop for the iPad generation when Apple first announced it. But when your computer has so many small quirks that it's barely usable, you should cut your losses and look into a replacement machine that will perform much better. Little problems, like your charger not working unless it's in just the right spot, dead pixels on the display, stuck keys, and crackling speakers aren't necessarily signs that you need to replace your Mac. You can live with a few odd issues if they don't impact your ability to use it properly, but eventually, something big will go wrong and you'll have to decide whether to fix it or upgrade. An old computer is often a lot like an old car. And as discussed above, it doesn't make a lot of sense to pour hundreds of dollars into an old or even obsolete machine when you can get a new one that will last longer.īarring a major hardware catastrophe, a long list of small issues can quickly become a big problem too. In these cases, your computer is unusable until you get it fixed or replace it.

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