Apple MacBook 12 2016 [MLHA2]

Lighter than a kilogram

The 12-inch Apple MacBook of 2016 can be called without a drop of doubt one of the most unusual ultrabooks at the moment. Firstly, it weighs nothing at all — 920 grams. This, of course, is not a world record (some rare ultrabook models weigh 800 grams), but still very small. Secondly, the MacBook 12 "is equipped with a display with a resolution of 2304x1440 pixels (density 226 PPI), which corresponds to the 2K standard, but with an aspect ratio of 16:10. The screen coating, unlike most Windows ultrabooks, is glossy, but has a a truly effective anti-reflective coating.

Quieter than water, lower than grass

Thirdly, the MacBook 12" runs on a Core M3-6Y30 processor. Its power consumption is only 7 W, that is, the same as that of the low-cost Pentium N Apollo Lake, which allows you to get by with passive cooling. But at the same time, the architecture of the Core M3 is high-performance Skylake, the same as the Core i3 +. And only the frequency is forced to be reduced to 1.1 MHz (although there is a short-term Turbo Boost auto-overclocking up to 2.2 GHz). media player, text editor with formatting support, spreadsheet, video editor and many others.

Minimalist Approach

The main oddity of the MacBook 12 "(2016) is a single USB type C port, which is used to connect not only peripherals, but also a charger. In addition, unlike Windows ultrabooks, the MacBook 12" has soldered not only the RAM, but and SSD. Of Apple laptops, it is the MacBook 12 "(2016) that is perhaps the cheapest ticket to the world of Apple computers (only the Mac Mini nettop is cheaper). By the way, the updated MacBook 12" (2017) with the seventh generation Core M3 processor has recently gone on sale. , but it does not bring anything radically new, but it costs significantly more than the 2016 model.