Apple Should Bring Back The 12-Inch MacBook
The 12-inch MacBook was a failure riddled with controversy during its four-year lifespan, but in the years since its discontinuation, Apple has fixed all of the problems that led to the laptop's struggles. The computer was ahead of its time, and with the emergence of Apple Silicon, it's the perfect time for Apple to revisit the beleaguered thin-and-light laptop. It was first announced in 2015 as the smallest Apple laptop ever, besting even the MacBook Air in some areas. Due to various problems in design and available technology, the computer wasn't exactly a hit. The 12-inch MacBook last received an upgrade in 2017, and was discontinued in 2019 with no replacement in the company's lineup. With all that said, a 12-inch MacBook with Apple Silicon could be the company's best yet.
From design flaws, to technical flaws, to the price point, quite a lot went wrong with the 12-inch MacBook. The laptop was sold with a single USB-C port for power and data transfer, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack. That was the only way to connect the device to other sources, and in 2015, people weren't ready to take the leap to USB-C and were incredibly displeased with dongles. To make the laptop impressively thin, Apple redesigned the keyboard using the infamous first-generation butterfly keyboard, which required numerous service programs to correct issues like sticky keys, double clicks, and more. The Intel M-Series processor was comically underpowered, with a base clock of 1.1 GHz. To top it all off, the 12-inch MacBook had a flurry of solid stated drive (SSD) issues, and that component was soldered to the logic board. When that component failed, a whole new board was needed.
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