A TOP SPEC 12 inch Retina MacBook? Apple wants us to forget about this one...

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How is the 2015 - 2017 MacBook Retina in 2024? Well it's far from dead... watch the video and find out, I guess.
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@LexAngel 2 ай бұрын

Watching this on my 2009 white plastic Macbook fitted with a whopping 6GB of RAM, a 1TB SATA SSD and running macOS Sonoma.

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Hell of an upgrade! Nice machine.

@LexAngel 2 ай бұрын

It's the soft close lid I like most!

@weezintrumpeteer Ай бұрын

I want an Apple Silicon version of this machine SO BADLY. I have a 2016 16gb version of this machine and I love it. With better performance, I'd buy instantly. Great video, thanks!

@Wonder_Wicks 2 ай бұрын

This 12inch Retina was likely the catalyst for the introduction of M chip machines.

@dfcx1 Ай бұрын

So where's my M chip 12"? C'mon Apple you know we want it.

@Infelsinave 2 ай бұрын

This is my travel device. For $150 with 85% battery health. It’s great for light tasks! ♥️ 💜

@dkmillares 2 ай бұрын

Anxious waiting for the next video

@fixups6536 7 күн бұрын

I have the 2016 model, purchased reconditioned in December of 2016, which I have recently upgraded with a 16G RAM and 512GB SSD, year 2017 motherboard (they are 100% compatible). I have also replaced the original battery. The keyboard and screen are in perfect condition. It is currently running macOS Ventura. It's one of the best computer I have ever owned, and I have owned many since the eighties. It should not be viewed as a main computer. It's a secondary computer, and in this role I find it vastly superior to an iPad. Because it's so portable, over the years it has followed me everywhere, and I have clocked an impressive number of hours working in Xcode on it. Today, developing an iOS app on it has become difficult, because Xcode and the iOS Simulator have become too slow for this machine, but I can still use it for this purpose when I'm not at my desk, and for many other tasks: writing texts, watching videos, composing music with LMMS, developing console apps in C... It has all the versatility of a macOS machine with unmatched portability. I would purchase an Apple Silicon version of this Mac without any hesitation.

@KellsKats 2 ай бұрын

Your 10k subscriber special should just be an hour live stream of you saying Aluminum

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Lmaooo someone pointed out I say ‘soldered’ wrong, recently, and I notice it every time I watch myself now :/

@KellsKats 2 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd Naaaah it’s just you. Ain’t nothin wrong with that

@brunolovrekovic7400 14 күн бұрын

Hey man, very nice video. I am in a situation where i need a laptop and i found a 2015 12” for 400€. I know it seems much but in my country every apple product is 200€ more than elsewhere. Anyway i saw that you can install win 10 on these older macs and that it works better than macos. So what do you think, should i do something similar with this one? I would be using it for yt, emails, office etc.

@fragsie 9 күн бұрын

ive the base 2017 model - great for on the go.

@user-fz9sf3ni6w 2 ай бұрын

I had one. Had keyboard repsoredtwice by Apple. Eventually sold it on - missed it as loved the small form factor.

@njdude1988 2 ай бұрын

my favorite Mac book... i never needed an iPad because of this. Able to bring it anywhere and walk all over the house with it... obviously its not for video creation or hardcore image editting...

@PatrickDunca 2 ай бұрын

This is what I want to replace my 2015 11” MacBook Air, but with a M3 chip in it. Update the screen, and the keyboard. Beautiful.

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

I would love to see that happen

@nonfocus 10 күн бұрын

Can't wait to get the upgrade one of 12inch macbook for my wife !

@jjcoolaus 2 ай бұрын

The solution to data recovery problems with soldered storage is to not need data recovery in the first place. External SSDs, iCloud, onedrive/office 365, google drive, Dropbox and time machine backups to a NAS are all cheap alternatives to needing to do any sort of data recovery. Keep regular backups people, please.

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Yeah that’s a very fair point. I guess for those less technologically inclined it’s harder to keep doing those things, though.

@7hx89 2 ай бұрын

For this particular model, time machine to a local network drive such as Time Capsule or a HDD to Apple Airport Extreme is more practical.

@Dangansona 26 күн бұрын

I love this Macbook so much

@pressrepeat2000 Ай бұрын

This model still works perfectly fine for all office tasks and even iMovie. It’s incredible to type on as well. The clicky keyboard is just special. Apps open slowly but once they’re open they’re super fast, no real life difference between this and a new MacBook.

@montaguebarnabasltd Ай бұрын

Well there would be in editing multiple timelines in Final Cut, doing any gaming and using the graphics card to a high modern standard! But yes, they’re very nice still

@nabbit-hates-u-all67 Ай бұрын

Thinking of getting a 2015 MacBook Air

@ethan8761 29 күн бұрын

A 12 inch Silicon MacBook, A iPhone 15 Mini, A Silicon iPad mini, that is all I need.

@GregDowns Ай бұрын

I've got the lowest spec, base model 2015 edition of this classic machine and never had a problem with it. Dodged every bullet that the technorati say it 'should' have. Keyboard is still fine after 9 years. I've got it running Sonoma on OCLP and it can handle Xcode and an iPhone simulator (it's not exactly happy about it, but it does it!). I replaced the battery a few months ago and was amazed to discover the tiny size of the logic board. I'd somehow not known it was about the size of 1 and a half credit cards. Wow. Surely Apple can revive this form factor in the M-era?

@montaguebarnabasltd Ай бұрын

Technorati 😭

@ColinsCity 2 ай бұрын

Watching this on my 2009 17" Macbook with 8GB RAM, 2TB SSD & running Monterey which i find is quite responsive and capable. I feel this 12" Macbook series is best for people travelling that don't want a heavy laptop in their luggage taking up space, it should be treated like an iPad with a keyboard considering it has about the same amount of ports as one

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

If they released another 12” today it would be in direct competition with iPads, yep. Nice machine! Always wanted a 17”.

@Valentino_Crespo 2 ай бұрын

Great video, and love your channel. Keep it up! PS; I love the 12 inch MacBook, its so compact and portable, if they could bring it back even more compact with an even more borderless display and perchance use a smaller and more dumbed down m3 chip, that would be amazing. And of course, no butterfly keyboard!

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I think the iPad is the main competitor of ultralight MacBooks these days. I’d like to see one make a comeback though…

@Valentino_Crespo 2 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd Your welcome! An iPad with MacOS is just not the same in my opinion.

@vanCaldenborgh 2 ай бұрын

That won't happen because of the problematic keyboard. Maybe a slightly thicker model with a more conventional keyboard .....but somehow, I think, that is not the route Apple is going. My best guess is 13" will stay the smallest, but of course, I also don't know.

@_Digitalguy 2 ай бұрын

I am skeptical that Apple would bring it back but I would love it. It's feasible, my 13" Thinkpad Nano weighs just as much as my 2017 Retina MacBook (the one in the video) and it has a decent keyboard. But there are no rumors of this MacBook making a comeback so I am keeping mine for a few more years.

@guaiqueritech 2 ай бұрын

There have been rumors of an “MacBook SE” being in the work; the description given sounds very similar to what you describe 😂

@drill_fiend1097 14 күн бұрын

They should bring this back as the entry laptop with detuned M1/M2. Just like Air represents mid tier and Pro being the highest, they should also make base MacBook as smallest and entry level.

@Sa1designer 2 ай бұрын

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@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

You already emailed me bruvva

@Sa1designer 2 ай бұрын

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@TheRelaxingRide 4 күн бұрын

i would be all over an apple silicon 12 inch macbook that was fanless and at least on par with M1 performance. gotta make do with typing this on the glass of my ipad mini 6

@littlebill6245 2 ай бұрын

Thoughts on the 15 inch MacBook Pro mid 2017 ?

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

I think the 2017 15” doesn’t have particularly great performance versus older machines like the 2015 which have more ports and upgrade / self repair potential. It’s undeniably a brilliant looking machine though

@jowfigueiredo Ай бұрын

Watching this in my Macbook 2017 core m3, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD.

@GeorgeParkerCustom 2 ай бұрын

I ended up buying a 2015 MacBook Pro 15 inch for £180...I was due to get an M1 air but this came up and I thought why not...I had watched your MBP 2015 video, and sadly this has the 2.2Ghz, but 16GB of RAM and 256GB SSD isn't too bad, I can upgrade the SSD too of course. Have I messed up? :D

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

For £180 you made the right choice going Intel I think. You can always upgrade to M1 in years to come. Unless you use the graphics for gaming or other 3D stuff you genuinely won’t need it. I think you’re fine!

@GeorgeParkerCustom 2 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I’m hoping the Iris will tide me over for some basic games if I’m at a loose end away from my main PC in the interim between this and an M1. Hell I might even make a video testing games on it

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

@@GeorgeParkerCustom do it! People love the older mac content tbh

@nwmusic2010 Ай бұрын

The fact that Apple STILL sells 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM as exuberantly expensive upgrades is just ridiculous.

@techhubwiltsuk 2 ай бұрын

Cool video dude. I like the form factor but today this is nothing more than a web browser and office suite

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah you’re more or less right really…

@midnightcs1482 Ай бұрын

nothing wrong with that! the tradeoff is that it's light. that 16:10 aspect ratio is great to browse and suite with.

@oreoluwachurch1436 2 ай бұрын

Please if this MacBook 12 2015 air has an hard disk issue can it be fixed

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not. Not replaceable

@makaveli559m 2 ай бұрын

Watching this on my 2017 MacBook 12.

@_Digitalguy 2 ай бұрын

Same. Actually, the one in the video is my 2017 MacBook 12 so it felt really strage to watch it from the same Mac....😅

@makaveli559m 2 ай бұрын

Mine is the 1.5Ghz i5 8GB version :) I had a 2015 version, this one is way faster than one.@@_Digitalguy

@makaveli559m 2 ай бұрын

@@_Digitalguy I have the 1.3Ghz i5 with 8GB of RAM :)

@_Digitalguy 2 ай бұрын

@@makaveli559m I have that one too (I have 2), it's actually in the video too, it's the one you see when it shows the weight, it's slightly lighter than the i7

@chrisbalcombe 23 күн бұрын

The actual max spec's was the 12 inch MacBook with the core i7 at 3.6gz, 512GB storage, with 16gb of ram

@montaguebarnabasltd 23 күн бұрын

Yes, that’s the one in the vid…

@chrisbalcombe 23 күн бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd Sorry, my apologies, I confused the turbo speed with the normal speed 🥴

@briananeuraysem3321 2 ай бұрын

One usb c port? Small logic board? No fan? That’s not a laptop that’s a phone!

@JoaquinVacas 2 ай бұрын

How well does it run Linux?

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

From what I’ve seen, pretty well. Apple macs generally do well in that respect

@JoaquinVacas 2 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I may run a lightweight distro instead of macOS then, it may take care of that kind of delicate hardware 😆

@andylee7862 2 ай бұрын

Get the m1 mb air. best value for money apple ever offered

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Got one in January - I’m inclined to agree.

@7hx89 2 ай бұрын

Yet this one is a collector piece. Last major work of John Ive at Apple.

@N3tigen 2 ай бұрын

But still at used market this thing is costly than M1 mac mini 😮

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Maybe the max spec one. But yeah the Mac mini is an undeniably superb deal.

@beckamsalvatore1422 2 ай бұрын

“Like the fans in this laptop it won’t blow you away” 😂😂

@JeadilsonBezerra 2 ай бұрын

Apple still sells a machine like this but is called ipad

@gmailaccount4185 Ай бұрын

can I use this with its original operation system that it came with , will it work surfing the web

@montaguebarnabasltd Ай бұрын

Not fully, no. Some pages won’t work.