macbook: everything we know

MacBook is Apple's thinnest, book with Kaby Lake, Retina display, USB-C, and revamped trackpad.   When it comes to appearance, MacBook looks like marriage between MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, featuring super thin clamshell design and black bezeled display.   In MacBook models, Apple has introduced second-generation butterfly mechanism with dome switches beneath each key on the keyboard that have been optimized for more responsive feel, delivering greater sense of keyboard travel for more satisfying press under the fingers..   Along with Kaby Lake processors and faster graphics, MacBook's performance is also bolstered by much PCIe-based flash storage.   Force Touch trackpad also has the benefit of being able to register click on any part of the trackpad, improvement over the trackpads of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.   Apple downgraded FaceTime in MacBook likely due to size constraints.   Like MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, MacBook includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0..   Chips appropriate for MacBook include 1.1GHz Core m3-8100Y, 1.3GHz Core i5-8200Y, and 1.5GHz Core i7-8500Y, ing some performance and battery improvements..   All of the chips use Intel's UHD 620 integrated graphics and are expected to be released in the quarter of 2018, with the timing perfect for fall refresh of MacBook..   Kuo's wording is somewhat unclear, though, 200..   Read more