It looks beautiful. I'm not sure how I feel about the lack of USB ports.

I want it and I want it now.

Love the redesign but unfortunately I need more horsepower and screen than the new MacBook. Can't wait until more than the force touchpad makes it into the rMBP series.

This would never replace my MacBook Pro, but it's perfect for my girlfriend who is about to start grad school.

As someone who rarely (if ever) uses the USB port and never uses the HDMI port, I think this is a step in the right direction.

This thing is a masterpiece.

Landing page is not

RIP magsafe (2006-2015)

Seems like Apple's hardware lineups are getting harder and harder to distinguish. It was already happening with all the SKUs in the iPad and now they are doing it with the laptops. I also reeeeally can't stand that edge to edge keyboard. Yuck.

Gorgeous machine; I can't wait to see some of this engineering bleed over into the Pro line.

2 pounds, super thin, and has retina display... I think I can live with fewer usb ports.

Seems like a "less is more" move. And by less is more I don't mean improvement through simplification I mean it's more expensive for inferior technology.

Looks beautiful but I'd rather have a Microsoft Surface!

Good looking machine, without any doubt.

I'm holding out for Jony Ive to join PH as a maker.

I am a bit skeptical about the processor. :/

Amazing! This should be in a museum.

I'm glad that the "speaker" design of the rumored renderings were off. The rectangular cluster of laser cut holes, which now is as wide as the display hinge, is a far more pleasing choice. I'm not even sure if those are for the speakers exclusively. The audio output through the keyboard has worked quite well for the 13" models ever since. I can only guess they are part of the passive cooling of the logicboard, too. Personally I'm not a huge fan of the low resolution of 2304x1440 retina, which is just an equivalent of 1152x720 (ratio 16:10). The 11" MacBook Air (1366x768, 16:9) always felt too tight already. To put it into perspective: The 12" MacBook's equivalent resolution is roughly 20% lower than the one of the 11" Air and the one of the 13" MacBook Pro, which makes UI elements take up a huge chunk of your screen real-estate. – Yes, there are scaled resolutions available (only 1440x900 as a higher one natively, apparently, according to the tech specs), but this brings a whole different set of issues with it, like scaling induced stuttering of animations and scrolling etc., even if CPU and GPU could handle it performance-wise, it will never be as fluent as with the native resolution. There is no word about whether the scaled resolutions will be retina (hi-dpi) or low-dpi ones, either. Regarding the USB-C connector. I would really wish that this would become a "one cable" docking station. It has the potential. Plug it in at your desk and your laptop gets charged and cable-bound peripherals (external harddrives/monitors etc.) get hooked up with just one plug. This would be a advancement from the Thunderbolt display's docking station functionality, as it required a MagSafe and a Thunderbolt plug. But let's keep in mind that the performance of this low-power device is limited. It would make it tough to hook up an external display anyways. (edit: It states in the tech specs that external displays are supported up to 4k resolution in addition to the internal native resolution. All fingers crossed for a 27" 4k USB Type-C display, then? – My prediction is that this MacBook replaces the MacBook Air over the course of the next year, while the MacBook Pro series will see a design overhaul as well, including USB Type-C integration.) In my opinion the device is clearly marketed as a lifestyle device, hence the new color options. – It's the computer a average non-professional customer might need at home in their off-work hours, if an iPad is just too limiting as the only device. However there will be an inevitable overlap with students, and professionals (like journalists), who prefer to travel lightly, and they do require ports, at least a display output one for presentations. The German Apple store's website already lists a "USB-C-Digital-AV-Multiport-Adapter", which is a USB-C to USB-C/HDMI/USB 3.0 adapter to counter this problem. But for a whooping 89€; probably $89 in the US (there's an analog one with a VGA out for the same price, as well). – That's a lot. I really would have wished that the USB-C type power plug would at least have provided one or two regular USB 3.0 ports, which's connection then would be daisy-chained with the charging cable. I have a strong feeling that the design decision to only have one port was made, because of its capability to function as a charging input. Having two USB-C ports, would require both of them to be hooked up to the internal charging electronics, which is a tough job, given the limited internal space. And only allowing one for charging would be a ambiguous design choice. It's an interesting device non the less. The limitation has the potential to induce a change. Just like the initial MacBook Air did with the lack of an optical drive. Maybe a long-term consequence will be that we see a widespread of AirPlay and wifi-capability built right into projectors and presentation displays, along with portable external bluetooth/wifi hard drives for backups. Apps like Duet display and Astropad have already sound the bell for the age of non-cloud based, local "untetheredness". And it's true. We all hate wires. – So third party suppliers to the rescue!

I'm definitely looking forward to see it live. I'm thinking this first version is not powerful enough beyond simply web browsing, emailing. Definitely not a primary computer, but perhaps for traveling / couch / meetings as alternative to an iPad?

It looks fantastic, not sure what's gonna happen to the Air though...