Apple launched two new products at the spring launch, namely the Apple Watch, which has been on the market for a long time, and the new MacBook, which is finally on the market. Compared with the Apple Watch, which has plain functions and an amazing price, the new MacBook is a real surprise. With a variety of new technologies gathered on the new MacBook, is it possible to create an unprecedented notebook?
The key point of the new MacBook is also the main reason for the convergence of various new processes and technologies. Without these new processes and technologies, there would be no further thinness. The thickest part of the new MacBook is only 13.1mm, which is 24% thinner than our own MacBook Air, not to mention its body weight is only about 920g, even less than a kilogram. Such data is light, but it is not so simple.
Due to the pursuit of thin and light body, the new MacBook does not have much spare space in the body, and the interface must also be greatly improved. On the new MacBook, you can only see one headphone interface and a new USB-C interface.
What is the USB-C interface? This is an interface designed by Apple based on USB 3.1 protocol, which can realize the convergence of multiple functions into one interface. The USB-C interface on the new MacBook can be used as a power interface, HDMI, DP, VGA and ordinary USB respectively. Of course, these require special wires and need to be purchased separately.
In order to be thin and light, the keyboard on the new MacBook is the biggest contributor. The key components of the newly designed keyboard are 40% thinner than those of the previous generation. And its new design also makes it possible to achieve larger key area in a narrower space and reduce the rate of false press in use. The keys on the new MacBook use Apple's redesigned butterfly structure. Compared with the traditional scissors foot design, it can avoid the situation that side pressing cannot be triggered correctly, and improve the stability and consistency of the keys. Generally speaking, the keyboard of the new MacBook has lower out trigger errors.
On the basis of the new butterfly structure, the area of a single button has also increased by 17%, and has better radians and sags, which can make it easier and easier to locate the button and better complete the whole click trigger process. However, according to the dynamic pictures on the official website, the butterfly structure is about one third shorter in key path than the traditional scissors foot design, and the force area is larger. These all mean that the new MacBook keyboard has an intuitive change and decline in feel.
There are fewer body interfaces, and the convenience of using the mouse is also reduced to a certain extent. Can the touch pad perform better without the mouse? Of course, the answer is yes. It's the redesigned Force Touch touch pad. Although the Force Touch trackpad looks unchanged, it has added a new Taptic Engine and a force sensor.
With the addition of force sensor, the touch pad can realize more interesting functions and feedback more information. For example, the thickness of the line can be drawn through different pressing force; Gradually increase and decrease the force, and control the time bar of corresponding degree for fast forward and fast backward operations.
Of course, the combination of the new Force Touch touch panel and the Taptic Engine will reduce the thickness of the touch panel to a certain extent and make efforts to make it light and thin. And the combination is closer, so that the seesaw effect of the original edge pressing can be slowed down or even eliminated.
The thin and light body design often brings about the side effects of reduced battery capacity and poor endurance, which also makes the new MacBook's thin and light picture a big greeting. But Apple solved this problem through new technology. How to solve it? It is natural to use space as much as possible on this thin and light machine body and insert batteries with larger capacity.
On the new MacBook, its battery is not our common regular form, but is designed for multiple times and aiming at the internal space of the fuselage, so as to naturally use the space as much as possible. This technology can be simply seen as layering the batteries and then stacking them, which is somewhat similar to the 3D structure. It is this technology that enables the new MacBook to maintain its lightness and thinness while still having a MacBook Air level of endurance and 9 hours of web browsing.
Compared with the new battery technology, new key structure and new components of the touch panel mentioned above, the new MacBook's performance and screen improvements are quite appropriate. Many people have already shouted "Long live Retina high resolution screen", hoping to equip it on the small MacBook Air. Apple will certainly not let you down.
On the new MacBook, you will have a 2304 * 1440 12 inch screen, which meets the Retina standard. This is what you want, and what Apple wants from the Mac. Of course, this screen has also achieved a more lightweight structure through the newly developed technology, and also made an effort to be lightweight.
The new MacBook is 67% smaller than the MacBook Air in motherboard size, and it is Apple's first fanless notebook computer, all of which is attributed to the Intel Core M processor it uses. The power of the Core M processor is only 5W, and the cooling needs can be achieved by equipping it with graphite chips. In addition to reducing the volume, it also makes it run more quietly.
The new MacBook will provide three colors, namely gold, silver and deep space gray, which naturally correspond to the body colors of the iPhone and iPad. This is a perfect choice for consumers with a collection hobby. At present, Apple's products are only available in white or silver, and the unique black color has disappeared for a long time. The three colors of the new MacBook can be said to be long-awaited.
The new MacBook is a product that meets consumer expectations and Apple's evolutionary laws. The MacBook Air, which is sandwiched in a light and portable device, and the MacBook Pro equipped with Retina display screen, provide intermediate consumers with more satisfactory and ideal choices. The use of new technology has further improved the integration and integration of the new MacBook. The improved keyboard, touch pad and screen, as well as the newly added USB-C interface, have a lot of imagination and ability to play.