- Hey guys this is Austin.
This is the 12 inch MacBook and
when it came out back in 2015 it
wasn't exactly received very well which begs the question,
why does this still exist in 2018 or 2019 I guess?
The biggest issue with this machine
has always been the single port.
The USB-C is great but the issue,
just like I said in my original 2015 video
is that a single port means that you are
stuck forever as a resident of Dongle Town.
Yes my friends Dongle Town it's right
down the road from Garbage Town and just
a little ways a way from Notch City.
Now these days USB-C has become
a lot more popular so a lot of
accessories do support it natively but
the problem still here is if you wanna do
I don't know something like plugging in something as well as
using a charger at the same time
you just can't do that without a dongle and
that's simply not an issue that you have to
deal with on other Macs or well any other laptop you buy,
like literally any other laptop.
Complicating all of this is the current Mac lineup so
we have the 12 inch MacBook, the 13 inch MacBook Air,
as well as the 13 inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar.
All of these systems are almost the exact same price,
they share a lot of similarities and
it just doesn't really make a lot of sense right now.
My friend Quinn from Snazzy Labs did an
excellent comparison between all three which
you guys should definitely go check out but
the gist of it is,
is that there is a lot in common with
these three laptops which kinda means that
the 12 inch is the odd one out.
Now that doesn't mean there are no advantages to
using the 12 inch MacBook.
First of all this is one of the thinnest and
lightest laptops that you can buy today full stop.
There is something to that we have
full fledged MacOS running here on a laptop
which is really about the same size as an iPad.
It also has the fundamentals down,
not only do they have a sharp and accurate screen but
you also have one of the best touchpads in the game.
- Hey guys this is the craziest weapon of all time.
- The speakers are there, the battery life is pretty solid
I mean a lot of the main things that
you look for in a laptop are here and
accounted for with the 12 inch MacBook.
That is until you look just a little bit closer.
The keyboard for example is the
older style butterfly switches and
while they're fine the new ones on the
MacBook Air not only feel a lot better but
they're also more durable.
The webcam is also famously potato quality with
a whopping 480p resolution.
I'm not really sure why this still exists in 2018 or 2019
or 2015.
Then there's the performance. Now this is
a fanless laptop which is a
big reason why it is so tiny but because
of that you give up a fair bit of actual speed.
So especially that Core m3 model its fine for
a lot of basic use,
if you want to do web browsing and
maybe a little bit of very light audio and
video editing it's fine but
anything more heavy it does start
to chug a bit on this guy.
Put this all together and unless you just
have to have the smallest size the MacBook
doesn't make a ton of sense right now.
That got me thinking though,
I had a little chat with my buddy Jon about
what exactly the future might hold
for the 12 inch MacBook.
- This my friend is a 12 inch MacBook.
Are you familiar with such a wondrous computer?
- Is this what they call a Mac?
- That's what they call a Mac.
What do you think about the MacBook, where it is today?
Like as far as the 12 inch MacBook it's
been updated a time or two over the last few years but
for the most part this is pretty similar
to what came out in 2016 or 2015?
- Right yeah. - 2015 wow.
- Yeah its not been updated in a while.
I think it should be,
12 inch MacBook, - Yes.
- 13 inch MacBook Air, - Yes.
- Get rid of the MacBook Pro without Touch Bar
- Yeah.
- And if you want a MacBook Pro not that the
Touch Bar is what you know separates a Pro
- The quad core does separate it.
- That's what the big deal is - Yeah.
- That's what people miss a lot of the time
is that the 13 inch MacBook Pro
without Touch Bar is dual core.
- Do you remember when they announced the non Touch Bar
MacBook Pro they were like,
this is great for people who are upgrading from an Air.
Like they specifically called it out
as like the Air replacement.
- Yeah and I think that was like
that takes place of the Air its just
I think ultimately they realized its the stupid name.
People for vanity or for whatever it is
they want a MacBook Air. - Yeah.
What do you see as the future not only the Mac but
specifically what do you see as the
future of the 12 inch MacBook?
Cause I do really feel like this doesn't make
a lot of sense to buy right now like
I feel like this is way too close
to that MacBook Air and that MacBook Pro.
- Apple is playing the long game and
they're okay with making short term sacrifice
in regards for the future.
It's not like the iPad Pro is this
magical life changing device that
you should go sell everything for.
- You would have to.
- Why I'm excited is because it
plants a seed for the future so
I think that's like seed one which sets the path for this.
I feel like everyone so stuck in the past of like
well x86 is a different platform its
never going to happen but why do you want to stick in an
archaic system?
- If you look at where the x86 has
tracked over the last few years we've got
performance improvements but ya know
5% here 10% there.
Whereas if you look on the ARM side specifically
with what Apple's been doing with their
A6 processors its like
oh look 20%, 50%, 100% like there's these
massive performance gains to the point
where I would think that in most anyway
you measure it a MacBook,
a 12 inch MacBook is not as powerful as
the eight cores that are inside that IPad,
right you've got that GPU,
there is a ton of power there.
- People always say,
why doesn't Apple but MacBooks in the iPad.
One if they did that it would have to be x86 and
they would just erase everything that's in the future.
Two you know the other thing is,
why don't they put their Pro apps on the IPad?
Why don't they do that?
Give me Final Cut give me Logic.
I guarantee you they have a Final Cut version
that's ready to go on the IPad.
I guarantee you they have Logic but
they don't need Apple to put their
apps on they need everyone else and
like Photoshop coming to ARM is huge and
the interesting thing is like right now
they're already doing like a
hint of the future where like
their T2 chip or whatever like
it is doing co processing along with Intel.
- Very good point.
I guess my thought here is with the 12 inch MacBook this
seems like the prime candidate for it
to be like the very first Mac to be
powered by an Apple A12 or A13.
or A17 whatever the case is but an Apple processor.
- Again Apple is playing the long game,
short term sacrifice, long term gain.
- If you guys wanna know more from Jon
he has an entire series about why the iPad
is the greatest invention known to mankind.
Used by professionals of all sizes and
shapes and if you can go check that out.
I'm gunna go back to talking about Macs though.
- Can I shoot one of your videos and
edit it on the iPad Pro?
- Yes you can actually.
That'll be a great idea. - Let's do it.