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Published Jun 11, 2015

2015 Macbook Review!

Marques Brownlee delves into the 2015 MacBook's groundbreaking design, analyzing its revolutionary user interface, portability, and performance, while weighing its potential as a tablet competitor and addressing both its innovative features and functional constraints.
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  • Keyboard

    The 2015 MacBook introduces a new keyboard design that has sparked mixed reactions. shares his experience with the butterfly switch mechanism, noting its lack of travel and clickiness, which initially made typing challenging. He mentions, "After a few weeks, I actually did get used to typing on this keyboard, and I stopped messing up and double pressing letters so many times."

    But that doesn't mean I enjoyed it, but at least it's possible to get used to it.

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    Despite its backlit design, the keyboard's unconventional layout, particularly the cramped arrow keys, detracts from the overall user experience 1.

       

    Trackpad

    The MacBook's trackpad, despite initial skepticism, emerges as a standout feature. highlights the innovative force touch technology, which uses a vibration motor to simulate clicks on a solid glass surface. This design allows for consistent click sensations across the trackpad and introduces pressure-sensitive functionality.

    Force touch acts as a sort of a more info button, letting you scrub through media or get definitions of words that you force touch in safari and stuff like that.

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    While he didn't frequently use the force touch features, Marques appreciates the trackpad's overall quality and responsiveness 2.

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