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It’s not a machine optimized for performing power intensive tasks, but it can do a lot of low- to mid-level jobs well.

The short answer to whether or not the new MacBook can actually be used for work is that it depends on what you plan to do, but for a lot of people the answer is probably yes. The new 12-inch MacBook won’t beat the rest of the MacBook lineup in any benchmark tests, but it’s still a fast performer. The answer to whether or not the new MacBook can be used for work depends on two things: what tasks the MacBook is capable of performing, and how long the MacBook can perform those tasks on a single charge. The new MacBook has that single USB-C port and a headphone jack, but no regular USB (at least while the unit is charging), Thunderbolt, or Ethernet ports.Early reviews of Apple’s MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015) have framed it as an expensive prototype from the future - a notebook that will someday be the standard, but one most people aren’t ready for yet. Despite that classification, the new MacBook is extremely tempting if you’re in the market for a new computer: it’s more portable than even the MacBook Air, it’s the first Mac available in gold and space gray finishes, and it has a trackpad with a new feature called Force Touch.īut can you actually do work on the 12-inch MacBook? That’s the $1300 question everyone is asking. But it’s also significant what the machine omits. The new MacBook contains 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0, which is table stakes these days. The future is one without wires, Schiller also said. While watching a video in QuickTime, for example, the more you press, the faster it plays back. The Force Sensors sense a range of pressure levels, so you can get different things based on the type of click, such as a Wikipedia entry or a calendar entry. You can click anywhere and get the same feel over the entire surface, Schiller said, and you can adjust the feel for the first time.

The machine also gets a new Force Touch trackpad has Force Sensors and a Taptic engine.

The MacBook has a new, flatter-style keyboard with a revised mechanism that enables more even key presses, and letting it “be thinner, and more precise in its illumination,” Apple SVP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller said during the keynote.