Archive for March, 2015
Apple unveils 12-inch MacBook in gold, only 13.1mm thick and with a new keyboard
At the Apple Watch event in San Francisco yesterday, the company showcased the new MacBook, calling it the thinnest Mac ever built. The new MacBook comes in three colours: Space Grey, silver and gold, just like the iPhones.
It has a 12-inch Retina display screen with a resolution of 2304 x 1440 pixels. According to Apple, the new MacBook’s display comes with 16:10 aspect ratio and it is only 0.88 mm thin making it the thinnest display ever on a Mac. The company also claims the new Retina display uses 30 percent less energy than previous versions.
Where the form factor of the new MacBook goes, it is only 13.1 mm at its thickest point and weighs only 2 pounds which is 0.9 kgs. According to Apple, the new MacBook design is ensures that it is 24 percent thinner than the 11-inch MacBook Air. Read More.