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Apple just announced the brand-new 12 inch retina macbook that the tech world has been waiting for and while there's a lot of good there's also a lot of weird so I'm here to break down 10 things you should know before picking one up so what's up guys Jonathan here with TLD hope you guys are doing lawn this week kicked off apple's spring forward event the Apple TV got a price drop so it is now 69 bucks they expanded upon and gave us a little more info on the Apple watch which is hitting shelves next month but what stood out most to me and what I was most interested in was the new 12 inch retina macbook which I have mixed feelings about so I want to break it down first up and this is probably the most radical change of the new macbook and that's the fact that it is now fanless it utilizes Intel M chips which only consume 5 watts of power which translates to less heat and ultimately means no heat pipe or fan is needed also the logic board is small like really small for reference here is the new MacBooks logic board in contrast to the 11 inch MacBook Air second up is that these new MacBooks now come in three colors silver gold and space grey silver is cool but it's something that we've already seen before gold is really attractive and sounded like a good idea on paper but I'm a little apprehensive to rock one of those out in public and be that guy Space Gray on the other hand that is calling my name and if I do pick one up that is the route that I will go now real quickly touching a little bit further upon the design while the new retina MacBook is technically thinner and lighter than both the 11 and 13 inch MacBook Air the thickest part is actually thinner than the MacBook Airs thickest point but thicker the MacBook Airs thinnest point and yes I realize that's probably a little confusing but if you break it down the MacBook Airs are three millimeters at its thinnest and 17 millimeters at its thickest while the new MacBooks are three point five millimeters at its thinnest and thirteen point one millimeters at its thickest the new MacBook also weighs in at 2.0 three pounds whereas the 11 inch MacBook Air is two point three eight and the 13-inch is two point nine six and to me that's a little strange because here we have the MacBook Air air represents lightness that weighs more than the MacBook that doesn't include the air name so to me that is Apple logic at its finest so now that we've got that Fiasco out of the way the third thing you need to know that the new MacBook now has a retina display again this is a 12 inch display in this boast a 2304 by 1440 resolution with a total pixel density of 226 pixels per inch now this is also at a 16 by 10 aspect ratio and it break that down simply your TV for example unless it's like old school 4 by 3 is probably at 16 by 9 so if you're watching a movie you're not going to see the black bars on the top on the bottom unless it's really wide and this on the other hand if you're playing a movie back full screen you're still going to see those black bar on the top and the bottom now the fourth thing you need to know is that the built-in camera on these new MacBooks are a complete joke sure we're going to give you all those pixels on this beautiful display we're going to stick you with a 480p camera seriously and yes I totally understand this is really just a glorified netbook but web chat and video chat or one of the things you probably want to use as most for and you can't even get 720p so now that I got my potato rant out of the way the fifth thing you know is to break down on the cpu specs and actually what is inside these new MacBooks so these start out at $12.99 it's going to get you a 1.1 gigahertz dual core Intel Core M processor the next tier up which will run you $15.99 gets you a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor but that also doubles your storage from 256 gigs to 512 both of these also can be configured to a 1.3 gigahertz dual-core CPU but both are locked down to Intel HD graphics 5300 and a gigabytes of 1600 megahertz ddr3 memory so that means you are locked in to these 8 gigabytes of RAM there is no aftermarket upgrades on these new retina MacBook now next up at number 6 and this scares me a little bit and that's the fact that these new MacBooks run on one single connection yes one connection for the entire MacBook so this is done through USB seen you're gonna be able to charge transfer and output through a single connection and while that may sound magical and clean the simple revolutionary it really means you're going to spend a shitload of money on adapters Apple's basic adapter which you're going to need for most simple tasks is 80 bucks you can tack on nearly another hundred dollars to that price tag now obviously there's going to be third-party adapters and things like that in fact there's already some USB C products out there which I will link to down below now number seven is actually a combination of the fanless design low-power CPUs and the lack of ins and outs and that means that this is not going to be a workhorse laptop I myself have used both MacBook Airs for editing video even up to 4k just for chopping if I had to but if you're looking to pick one of these up for video editing I would definitely look elsewhere because these are not going to be powerhouse machines at all the number eight is the fact that these new MacBooks have a completely redesigned keyboard this is a full-size keyboard with individual LED lighting so instead of rows of LEDs this is going to result in better distribution of lighting on the keyboard it also implements Apple's new butterfly mechanism as opposed to the traditional scissor mechanism and for a visual on that allow me to demonstrate this is the scissors this is the butterfly an apple claims this will allow for a more stable responsive key that takes a blessed vertical space with improved stability uniformity and control no matter where you press on the key obviously this is something I really don't want to touch upon until I can actually try it out for myself and demo it so definitely stay tuned and subscribe if you haven't already that way you don't miss out on the full review now alongside the new keyboard there is also a new trackpad that is number nine to the naked eye it looks like your traditional trackpad but there's some different things going on below the surface Phil Schiller demoed how a traditional trackpad is hinged at the top and utilizes a diving board mechanism where the top end is stiffer and the bottom end is softer with this however you can click anywhere and get the same feel and it's also adjustable through software as well at its base there are four four sensors which gauge how much pressure is being applied so with this you'll be able to control different aspects on your Mac based on how much pressure you apply deep clicks are referred to as force clicks which activate a gesture an example would be to force click a file so you can preview or when you're watching a movie the deeper you press the faster it fast forwards there is also now a taptic engine which brings haptic feedback to the macbook so if you ever use the phone where you're typing or clicking you get a little bit of that vibration sensation just to let you know you've hit it that's what happed ik feedback is and that is what is coming to these new MacBooks so last up at number 10 is because the logic board and trackpad take up such little space that leaves a lot of open room for battery now traditional batteries those pretty much equal rectangles both apple's new battery technology they're able to produce terraced contoured cells so you're able to fill up the entire space rather than leaving empty real estate and this allows 35% more than if they use traditional batteries now you might see this and think oh my god it's gonna have crazy all day two day three day all week battery life but in reality you're going to get nine hours of web use and 10 hours of movie playback so it's not terrible and it's going to get you through the day but it's not groundbreaking or anything it just means that they're able to fit a sufficient battery in a really small space so yeah that about wraps up these new MacBooks that was a lot of information hopefully you guys enjoyed it if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button it is much appreciated and of course in return you get a virtual high five at yo face obviously these are not coming out until April but I will have one as soon as they are out so again definitely subscribe if you haven't already again this is Jonathan with TLD and I will see you guys later you