įirst generation white polycarbonate MacBook, 2006 Apple continued to sell the MacBook to educational institutions until February 2012. On July 20, 2011, the MacBook was discontinued for consumer purchase as it had been effectively superseded by the MacBook Air which had a lower entry price. A third design, introduced in late 2009, had a polycarbonate unibody casing. The second type was introduced in October 2008 alongside the 15-inch MacBook Pro the MacBook shared the more expensive laptop's unibody aluminium casing, but omitted FireWire. The original model used a combination of polycarbonate and fiberglass casing which was modeled after the iBook G4. There have been four separate designs of the MacBook. Collectively, the MacBook brand is the "world's top-selling line of premium laptops." For five months in 2008, it was the best-selling laptop of any brand in US retail stores. Positioned as the low end of the MacBook family, below the premium ultra-portable MacBook Air and the powerful MacBook Pro, the MacBook was aimed at the consumer and education markets.
It replaced the iBook series of notebooks as a part of Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors. A new line of computers by the same name was released in 2015, serving the same purpose as an entry-level laptop. On November 10, 2020, Apple introduced the first MacBook Air to incorporate Apple's own M1 processor.The MacBook is a line of Macintosh notebook computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. In March 2020, it was updated with Apple's new Magic Keyboard. In October 30, 2018, Apple released the 3rd-generation MacBook Air, which incorporated a Retina display and USB-C, superseding the Retina MacBook. 3rd generation Main article: MacBook Air (3rd generation) Maximum flash storage and memory options were almost identical.
The new model was powered by new dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, had a backlit keyboard, Thunderbolt instead of Mini DisplayPort, and Bluetooth was upgraded to v4.0. On July 20, 2011, Apple released an updated model in the same form factor as the prior model. In addition, a new 11.6" model was introduced, offering reduced cost, weight, battery life, and performance relative to the 13.3" model, but better performance than typical netbooks of the time. On October 20, 2010, Apple released a redesigned 13.3" model, with improved enclosure, screen resolution, battery, and flash storage instead of a hard drive. MacBook Air 11.6" and 13.3" Main article: MacBook Air (2nd generation)įront and back of the 2nd generation MacBook Air A mid- 2009 refresh, introduced alongside the MacBook Pro family, featured a slightly higher-capacity battery, and a faster Penryn CPU. In late 2008, the CPU was updated to a faster, non-custom Penryn CPU and integrated Nvidia GeForce graphics while the hard drive capacity was increased and the Micro-DVI video port was replaced by the Mini DisplayPort. It featured a custom Intel Merom CPU and Intel GMA graphics. The first-generation MacBook Air was a 13.3"-only model, introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo as the "World's Thinnest Notebook" on January 15, 2008. Product history 1st generation Main article: MacBook Air (1st generation)