Hello, dear reader! I recently bought a new MacBook, and in this post, I want to tell you about it. I have wanted to get this laptop since the time when I had no laptop or any other personal computer at all.

Review

Design & Quality

The laptop is made from aluminum, and I got the dark space gray color. It has a good keyboard with a backlight. It also has a large touchpad, and the most interesting thing is the touch bar, but we will talk about it more later. It has four ThunderBolt 3 ports and one 3.5mm jack port. It also has a FaceTime camera with awful quality. It’s very thin and weighs only 1.8kg, making it convenient and easy to carry around or take somewhere outside, for example. The build quality is great, but the paint has a problem, and eventually, it will become a bit silver, haha.

Specifications

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ (8 cores)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630, Radeon Pro 555
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Screen: Retina 2K 15”

Audio

It has stereo speakers, and honestly, it’s the best sound I have ever heard. It’s very loud—when I’m listening, I set the volume to 30-40% as it can be very loud. The sound from the 3.5mm jack is also very good. Overall, it has awesome sound, and it can easily be used instead of speakers. Bluetooth sound is also great.

Touch Bar

First, what is it? The Touch Bar is a little touchscreen OLED screen instead of functional buttons on the keyboard. Before I used it, I thought it would be useless, but it’s very functional, useful, and convenient! It can do really a lot of things. For example, you can switch tabs in the browser, add a new tab, or open a bookmark. You can also select the font and size for text when writing notes, among other things. You can control the screen or keyboard brightness, volume, and playback on iTunes or the browser, or any other application, anywhere. It also has a fast fingerprint reader near it.

Screen

As you can read above, it has a Retina 2K 15” screen, and it has an awesome screen quality. You can look at it from any direction, and it will look the same. Such a screen can be easily used to work with graphics, videos, and other such activities. There’s not much to say about it—just good quality screen.

Battery Life

As I have used the battery, depending on battery cycles, battery life can vary. I have not extensively tested it, but it’s likely enough for 6 hours. I will update the information when I test it more. For more information, you can contact Apple.

Why I chose it?

I chose this MacBook because I really liked it, and for its price, I couldn’t find anything better. I got it, and it wasn’t a mistake. Everything is great, and I like this laptop. I will write a post about what I like and what I dislike about Apple. There are many things to discuss as it has lots of problems and many good things. Please wait for the second post that I will write after a month of using it. I am not writing pros and cons as I have not found any cons (yet?). We will not know until we try!

Thank you for reading! Wait for further posts, and have a happy Pride month! <3

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