Unboxing | Early Birthday Gift

I'm going to save the long story to myself and just going to write a short one. Well, hopefully it is short.  First of all, I did not post about this just to show off but I got a lot of questions about how worthy the laptop is, so this is me reviewing it, well half of it. If some of you interested in getting a Macbook, then keep reading.

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As some of you already know, my 2 previous laptops is completely broken. The other one is not completely broken but its hardly functioning that the only thing I can do with it is transferring data from my hard disk to the laptop and vice versa. No iTunes, no photoshop, no notepad, no videos, no Chrome or Mozilla, and definitely nothing useful for me to do with it.

I was 'laptop-less' for about a year. I've been borrowing others for the past 14 months to do all the blogging and the transferring photos and music to my phone and to my hard disk. One day my dad asked me to create my brother's business logo and I told him that I can't do it since I don't have a laptop to work with and I definitely need an editing platform for that kind of stuff. That's when it hit me that I need a laptop. ASAP!
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The seller was so kind as if he understands he asked me, "I want to open it, do you want to take a photo before I do it?" LOL!

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The amount I spent on the internet doing research and laptop comparing on my phone is just ridiculous but helpful because I don't need to waste my time searching once I got in the store. I have a few laptops on my mind so I can save all the talking about specs etc with the seller which I really hate. We went to Harvey Norman and Asus store in Mid Valley, but unfortunately I live in a country where most of the good stuff is unavailable, I wanted to cry when they said they don't have the Asus Zenbook UX330 (google it, it's very pretty, light and compatible to what I need).

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Got the case along with keyboard cover from Monocozzi

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So I made up my mind and with a heavy heart, I practically dragged myself to Machine (Malaysia's Apple Store) and walked straight to the laptop section. I am already familiar with all the models so I didn't take much time to choose what I want. I know about each model's pros and cons. Without hesitation, I asked the seller to get me the 128GB MacBook Air 13". I bought the 128GB because I have like 2TB hard disk so I can save some money on that part.

I don't really fancy MacPro. I mean, I'm just a blogger. I don't need a high tech device in my life unless I'm a graphic designer, a gamer or a national hacker. Although I admit MacPro (not the touchbar) spec is much MUCH better than MacBook Air, but I'm going to be honest here I'm only using 15% of the laptop. The rest of the built-in apps and features is left untouched.

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He kept on asking, "tak nak ambil gambar dulu ke?" ambik gambar cincai je sebab orang keliling tengok 😅

I asked all kinds of questions I need to know including anti-virus installer and how relieved I was when they said "Mac is a virus free device. You can't get a virus if you're using the new Mac." I forgot it's 2017. hahaha windows should have that too but maintain the price because Windows is so expensive but so easy to get virus.

PROS:

• It's an anti-virus device. You don't need an anti-virus software because virus and Mac is like me and boys. Boys is the virus and I'm the Mac, they'll never attracted to me.

• Any kinds of blogging platform looks good in Safari and I don't use Chrome.

• Pictures appears crisp and sharp be it in Photoshop, blog or Instagram web version.

• The Macintosh interface is top notch. I love how with 3 fingers swap from left to right I can access to full screen blogging to Mac dashboard.

• Built-in app screen recording. It's also allow me to record my iPhone screen even before the iOs 11 was released.

• Built-in video editor aka iMovie. So handy!

• Video float on top. I can watch my favorite movie while doing my work.

• Airdrop. My ultimate fave feature. Every time I take a new photos or videos, I just airdropped it from my phone and save it in my hard disk to save some space in my phone or if I want to watch a movie from my laptop to my phone real quick.

CONS:

• If you are using Android, you need to download a third party app to transfer file etc.

• Music, photos and videos has to be sync if you want to add it in your iPhone. Too much work.

• Fake Apple cable doesn't work to connect with your iPhone to Mac.

• No CD drive

• You have to format your hard disk to be able to transfer files between the Mac and your external hard drive otherwise you need to download a third party app... again.

• Overpriced.

• Other cables is sold separately at the cost from RM200-RM500.

• If you need to present a presentation at work or class, you need a DisplayPort to VGA Adapter for RM122.

• no HDMI port and the adapter is sold separately for RM150.

• For a newbie, the whole interface can be a little confusing and hard to understand.

I like it that it comes with an extension just in case the plug/outlet is a little out of reach

But sadly, it doesn't come with different types of adapter. Only two types.

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Like I said, I'm just a blogger, not a uni student or working so I didn't buy Microsoft package. I don't need them. I rather spend that money on Photoshop or Lightroom. So if you're a student or your work requires Microsoft Excel. Word, Outlook etc, then be ready to fork out RM600+ for it at Apple store, unless you're willing to get use to MacOS' built-in apps for similar purposes. I mean, you can use Pages which is equivalent to Microsoft Word, Keynote for your presentation need, and Numbers for spreadsheet.

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Total:

Macbook + casing (inc keyboard cover) = RM4199 + RM160 = RM4,359

Example of one of the Microsoft pack

I must admit, it's worth the money. Imagine buying the Asus Zenbook for the same price and as soon as I download a torrent, BAM! Virus starts flowing in. I guess for once in a while, you can reward yourself something regretful but worth it. hahaha 😂

But everyone has their own opinion and this is mine. I really hated this laptop for 4 weeks after I got it but as I learned its basic, playing around with it, with its apps and some other things I learned from random geek website about what I can do with it, I'm starting to love it.

Anyway thanks for reading. Much love, T.

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Peter Sandberg - Ending
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