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Review on Apple MacBook 13 Inch 2 3GHz 256GB by Wiktor Janusz ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The perfect purchase for me, exactly what I was looking for!

I don't know if this is a plus or minus, but 1. I really expect reliability from this device, which can be carried in a backpack and it will withstand everything, it will work for 10 years and there will be no scuffs, but it’s too early to talk about it. While it is mostly at home (I bought it in May, now it's August), I wore it in my backpack only a few times, there are already stripes on the case. 2. In terms of performance - I can give you an example. At home, my parents have a computer, intel i5, 8 gb of memory. So, when gluing panoramas in Lightroom, the MacBook shows about the same speeds. If it needs more than 5-6 gigabytes of RAM for gluing, it also freezes for 10-30 minutes. - November 2022. Everything written earlier is correct. Only for some reason the rating was put "4". It's definitely a five. The laptop is good.

Pros
  • 1. Screen - no doubt 2. deep and fairly high-quality sound
Cons
  • 1. A clear lack of usb ports. I bought an adapter for yusb (original) - it broke (bent in a backpack). I bought Chinese in general for everything, with hdmi. There are big problems with it, it gets very hot, the external monitor falls off after a long work, the external hard one does not see. In short, sticking something peripheral can be a problem. Maybe I can find where to buy a normal adapter 2. Small size is a plus for someone, a minus for someone ( November 2022: this is a giant plus, not a minus) 3. Ease of use raises many questions. Small keys up and down. As for me, adjusting the volume and screen brightness on the f1-f12 keys is a clumsy solution. As on Linux, alt + arrows are much more convenient. The mouse wheel is spinning in the wrong direction. And if you change it in the settings, and the trackpad starts flipping in the wrong direction. I will become a psycho, at work I turn in one direction, and at home in the other. 4. Performance (processor). With graphics, everything is fine. But the processor, when a small load appears, starts to make a lot of noise. Even when flipping through photos in Lightroom. The extra noise is annoying. 5. Low disk space. This could be the first line of the shortcomings. Only 40 gigabytes of photos (one and a half flash drives - about nothing), installed xcode (it's bold, but it seems to be useless) + running lightroom and photoshop (they have caches measured in gigabytes there) - and the place is over. Opa. We've arrived. 6. A slight drawback (rather a gimmick) - the sound of the keys on the keyboard. In principle, it doesn’t seem to bother, but I would prefer a quieter one, without clicks.