Lisa Gade reviews the new MacBook with a 12” Retina display, released April 2015. The Mac weighs just 2 lbs. and is very thin and compact.
It has an excellent 2304 x 1440 IPS display with wide color gamut as well as high contrast and brightness. We look at the $1,299 model with a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M CPU (dual core with Turbo Boost to 2.4 GHz) with HD 5300 graphics, 8 gigs of RAM and a 256 gig PCIe SSD. Apple also offers a $1,599 model with a 1.2 GHz CPU, 8 gigs of RAM and a 512 gig SSD. The retina MacBook has a 3.5mm audio jack and a single USB-C port that’s used for charging and for dongle adapters for USB and display out.
It has dual band WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 as well as Apple’s new Force Touch trackpad.
