Today's protagonist is a Macbook Pro 15-inch MC975 is a mid-2012 product. So, why suddenly wrote an evaluation of such an ancient notebook? It was because I saw Xiaomi’s release of a notebook today. I joined the public test and wanted to improve my chances of winning. At the same time, I share my experience.
In mid-2012 and now, for 4 years, the computer hasn't been replaced by a digital control or fruit powder because its performance is still sufficient, the configuration is not out of date, and the design is not out of date. I7 quad-core eight-threaded processor, custom high-frequency GT650 graphics, SSD, resolution, these are more than enough for a configuration not as a main game.
Gossip to say less, first on a few pictures, wipe a long time before wiping clean.
At the time of writing, I discovered that Mac OS was unable to upload photos on Zhang Ama's website. Had to take out the main windows machine.
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2, appearanceI can't say which kind of appearance is good or not good, but at present the major manufacturers follow the appearance of Apple's appearance, and it cannot be said that Apple's design is successful. Metal, thin, concise, and shiny logos, remember that when Apple bought the first apple book, the apple logo brightened the moment and it felt like the world was getting better. N. For years, Apple was only a minor change in appearance. Can I say that it is because of perfection? Please forgive a paranoid fruit powder.
3, configurationThe configuration mentioned in the previous article will no longer say that the hard disk is Samsung's SSD, USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI 1.4 and Apple's own Thunderbolt high-speed interface. Now it seems that these configurations are even slightly higher, but four years ago, this was the most advanced technology and hardware in civilian use. And, Mac OS system does not eat the configuration, even if the integrated video card, to deal with this screen is more than enough. Running speed has never felt a drag, including turning on and off the machine, or opening the final cut inside more than 100 G of resources, are 10 seconds of things, installed windows to play the highest effect of LOL resolution perfect 60 frames. Because the screen refresh rate is 60, I didn't increase it. Final fantasy, full effect, perfect and smooth. I haven't tried other games yet.
To say a little more about this screen, the resolution of this screen is still not 4K, and it is not a rare thing, but its saturation and contrast and the reduction of colors are wonderful. Once I helped people make a publicity album, and used Page to do it, and used some shadows, reflections, and other effects inside. I created a PDF and printed it on a factory computer (normal windows desktop but equipped with professional The monitor), these effects show no level, a lot of dark shadows, I was skeptical at the time of turning PDF a lot of effects lost. Unexpectedly, when printed out the finished product, these effects are the same as those displayed on the macbook. Only his desktop computer did not show this many details. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a design artifact. In addition, the words displayed on this screen will not be very small or very small, so you will feel tired. When you edit a document, it is an enjoyment. Of course, these are related to the encoding method. Apple's color management method is unanimously affirmed by professionals, and Apple's text is vectorized. I can only say that its encoding method is perfectly integrated with this Retina screen.
4, useCan not play the game's book, do not know whether the advantages or disadvantages, use it to edit documents or do other work can really let me not play long grass, can improve my work efficiency. Using Apple for a few years, I feel that one of the common features of Apple's design is that it is not designed, it is very simple, including its power. Such a high-profile, lightweight book can be used for about 7 hours in a small, continuous battery life. With a large, sensitive touch pad, the mouse can sometimes be very tasteless. Only one book on the table can work, bid farewell to the bloated power and mouse. Moreover, even with the power supply, its power supply design is also very beautiful, on the table is definitely not ugly. The main power source for my current gaming laptop is the power of an electric car. I hide it behind the desk. It's ugly.
1, microphone
I haven't seen related articles devoted to the Apple laptop's microphone, but it's really good. There is no noise during the video chat, the volume does not need to be raised during speech recognition, and the mouth is not required to be aimed at the mic mouth to speak, and the recognition is very accurate. When recording with a tape recorder, it was very clear and the noise floor was very small. When I was doing video narration, I sometimes recorded it directly. There is also a small and intimate function, press Fn continuously twice, when the voice recognition is called out, the fan speed is automatically lowered, it is afraid that their own noise affects the recognition of the voice. Every time I feel warm in my heart.
2, touchpad
This estimate is also not part of the Windows computer mentioned. Jobs originally hated the mouse, he felt cumbersome, so the touchpad was carefully designed, not only to accurately track the fingers, pointing to that beat, two-finger drag the screen smooth scrolling, two fingers swipe around the page forward and backward, Rotate the two fingers to rotate the picture. Touch the three fingers to activate the dictionary. Drag the three fingers. Push the four fingers up and down the mission control. Swipe the four fingers around the sweeper. Swish the four fingers up to the Lauch pad and open the four fingers to the desktop. Control is cool to home. Unless you play games and videos, you're really better than using the mouse.
3. Heat dissipation
Have to say that the Macbook's cooling is its short board, however, only under windows. Because Mac OS's power consumption is very low, it doesn't generate much heat. Most of the time, the fans didn't turn, and they didn't turn around. I opened them. In the CPU to do a lot of rendering, the temperature is also well controlled. Win, it is more moving, a row of metal bars above the function keys, basically can omelette.
4, system compatibility
Personally I think the Mac OS system is still advanced. Let me talk about the compatibility of my own apple ecosystem. This is equivalent to a closed, complete ecosystem. With a Macbook, no matter if it is a text message or a phone call or email, you don't need to go to the phone. You can directly answer the phone call, reply to text messages and e-mails, etc. on your iPhone. Unfinished Safari web browsing, you can also jump directly to the book and see. However, in the era of win, individual online banking shields, almost all mainstream games, and some office software can not run, need to use virtual machines or boot camp. This basically made it impossible for me to use only one computer or not to install a virtual machine.
5, accessories prices
expensive! (Thunderbolt interface technology is relatively high-end, but the accessories are too expensive. A mobile hard drive with a thunderbolted interface is several times more expensive than a USB hard drive. Other accessories are also expensive, as if it were affixed with an Apple tag, it becomes a luxury accessory.)
6, cost-effective
Many people say that Apple devices are not cost-effective. It is expensive! In fact, this configuration and this screen, on which brand will not be too cheap. The present thin and light book has a lot more distortions, and the prices are not even more.
All metal, I do not know whether the shortcomings, I really like the feeling of all-metal, but the legs are too cold in the winter, sometimes running a software on the legs and hot panic.
Keyboard, short-range key, according to uncomfortable. Moreover, it does not even have a keypad, and even a 17-inch keypad does not have a keypad.
Software, compatibility is poor, sometimes video can not broadcast.
The file management capabilities are not as strong as win, and sometimes the files themselves forget where they are.
The screen and keyboard cannot be filmed. Because their gap is basically less than 1mm, the film will touch each other, causing the keyboard to quickly pulp
The last purchase link was actually bought in a physical store, so no link was purchased. 4 years ago did not join the Aunt Zhang, if it is now, will be bought in the United States and Asia or ebay turned over, in order to avoid advertising the last ebay link.