MacBook (2006–2012)
A 2009 model MacBook | |
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
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| Product family | MacBook |
| Type | Subnotebook |
| Release date | May 16, 2006 |
| Operating system | macOS |
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| Display | 13.3-inch widescreen LCD, 1280 × 800 pixel resolution |
| Predecessor | iBook |
| Successor | 12-inch MacBook MacBook Air |
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The MacBook is a line of Mac laptops sold by Apple Inc. between May 2006 and February 2012. It replaced the iBook series of notebooks as a part of Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors. Positioned as the low end of the MacBook family, below the premium ultra-portable MacBook Air and the performance-oriented MacBook Pro,[1] the MacBook was aimed at the consumer and education markets.[2] It became the best-selling Mac in Apple's history. For five months in 2008, it was the best-selling laptop of any brand in US retail stores.[3]
There have been three separate designs of the original MacBook. The original design used a combination of polycarbonate and fiberglass casing which was modeled after the iBook G4. The second design, introduced in October 2008 alongside the 15-inch MacBook Pro, shared the latter's unibody aluminium casing, but lacked a FireWire port. A third design, introduced in late 2009, retained a similar unibody construction but lacked a FireWire port and changed back to white polycarbonate.
On July 20, 2011, the MacBook was discontinued for consumer purchase, as it had been effectively superseded by the MacBook Air, which had a lower entry price.[4] Apple continued to sell the MacBook to educational institutions until February 2012.[5][6] A new line of computers by the same name was released in 2015, serving the same purpose as an entry-level laptop.
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