

There were hopes that we'd see a second port, either USB-C or something else, in this updated model, but that was not to be.

If you ask 10 people about the 12-inch MacBook - assuming they know enough about this product to differentiate it from other MacBooks - and they'll all say something along the lines of: "That's the one with just one USB-C port, right?" CNET/Dan Ackerman Still the elephant in the room It took a while to get used to, and it'll never be my favorite keyboard, but I found it was easy to acclimate to after a few days of heavy usage, and I've easily written more than 100,000 words on the 2015 version of this system.ĭan and Joe in the CNET Lab, via the MacBook's 480p webcam. It takes some getting used to, especially if you're accustomed to the deep, clicky physical feedback of other MacBooks or the similar island-style keyboards of most other modern laptops. The nearly edge-to-edge keyboard has very large key faces, yes, but the keys are shallow, barely popping up above the keyboard tray and depressing into the chassis only slightly. Part of the reason for that is the butterfly mechanism under the keyboard.

This is still the thinnest Mac that Apple has ever made.
