Is the 2015 MacBook Worth it in 2018?

When the new MacBook was first introduced in

2015

, I was a little suspicious, but now, three years later, let's take a look at the original MacBook, well, not the original, but the first one, when they can't do it again, right? did you know? I mean, ever since Apple discontinued the white plastic MacBook, you had three options for Mac laptops: the MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and the 15-inch MacBook Pro, as those who watch my channel regularly will know. I am very partial to the 15-inch MacBook Pro. but I do see the merits of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.

On the other hand, I have an irrational hatred for the MacBook Air. I can not explain it. I just hate their thick, stuck-up frames. Its ridiculously dated design was last updated over six years ago. It's a low price but it's still too high. I absolutely hate it and now that I've run out of hate synonyms, let's look at what I thought was the MacBook Air of the future. The MacBook was supposed to be everything the MacBook Air is not. a cheap Mac with a nice design, a small size and the job is done, but as soon as Tim Cook showed that surprising starting price of $1300, I put the MacBook to the back of my mind, who in their right mind would shell out that kind of money? cash for a high-priced, low-power modern netbook for Apple shills who make money and work at a Starbucks where reputation and success are determined by the laptop you buy.

Well, apparently it's been three years since that day and the depreciation has taken its toll. the first second generation MacBook, you can now buy it for around $700 and that was enough to pique my interest. At $1300, the MacBook is positioned as a high-end ultrabook and certainly fails for the three hundred bucks I can pick up. a very good SPECT Dell XPS 13 that is arguably more functional and certainly more powerful; However, at $700 the MacBook seems more comparable to an iPad pro and this is where the magic happens, at least for me the MacBook is actually somewhat similar to the iPad. pro is thin, fanless, lightweight, and has a 12-inch screen, but look, the iPad pro starts at $799 and that only gives you 64 gigs of storage.

My MacBook, which was only $700, has half a terabyte to get that kind of storage on an iPad. pro, you'd be fine for eleven hundred and fifty dollars, on top of that I think the MacBook is just as portable as an iPad pro with a keyboard attached, if not more, due to its convenient clamshell design, plus as much as Apple has tried to pump out. increase iPad functionality on iOS I still don't see a comparison with full Mac OS, the MacBook is objectively more functional than an iPad C, well an iPad can do things that are optimized for an iPad, so games or apps iOS that are designed specifically for If the MacBook is more versatile because it has an operating system where things just work if you were writing a document or viewing multimedia content.

Now I prefer to do it on a laptop than a tablet, that may be partly because I'm a bit of an old fashioned kind of person and I really prefer traditional laptops and desktops to modern tablets and I never got on that train, so for me a full operating system has more appeal. I'm sure there are a lot of people. That won't agree with me and think the iPad is more functional and it really depends on what you need it for, but if you're someone looking for a secondary device but don't really like the idea of ​​a tablet, I think the MacBook.

It is a pretty good option, in addition, the MacBook has a long list of new features from Apple in terms of new technologies and design. First of all, it doesn't have a fan. This is a completely silent and passively cooled MacBook. It is also the first to feature a butterfly. keyboard which is becoming standard across the MacBook line the Force Touch trackpad was designed for this specific Mac it is the first and remains the only

macbook

to feature tiered batteries for additional capacity it is also the first

macbook

to be fully powered by USBC yes You want it, it's the first MacBook to ditch the plastic hinge cover and shiny plastic Apple logo in favor of an all-metal design and it's also the first MacBook to come in space gray and gold.

You know, pretty much anything other than silver, this MacBook is actually a small achievement. A technological perspective and that huge list of new features is very impressive, whether you like it or not, I think this is one of the only truly innovative Apple products that have come out in recent years and if you look beyond its low-power internals and You see the MacBook so it's a brilliantly designed Ultrabook. I think it's actually very useful and practical. I found it perfect for taking notes for watching movies in bed or on the train and I personally prefer the traditional laptop to feel too tacky as a two in one and can be converted into convertibles or tablets with crappy keyboard attachments, like I said this doesn't suits everyone's needs, there are a lot of people who for $700 would rather get a gaming laptop or an iPad pro or something, but that's the whole point of the tech world, there are options at $1,300 I personally didn't see the MacBook as a viable option was simply too expensive for what it is, but now that it's dropped in price to $700, I think this is a valuable option if you're someone looking to buy an iPad. but you don't really like the tablet experience, the MacBook is a great option if you are someone looking to work, you need the thinnest, the lightest and something that is not absurdly expensive but is nice and quality, the MacBook is excellent.

Option I'm not saying it's the best, but I am saying it's

worth

considering, just not at its original price.