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Definition: MacBook
Apple's third laptop computer family, introduced in 2006. Prior laptops were the PowerBook and iBook. The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are the remaining models. The original MacBook was dropped in 2011 only to be resurrected thinner and lighter in 2015 and then discontinued in 2019.
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro was the first Mac laptop to use Intel CPUs, and the Pro line offers the fastest laptop processors and largest screens (see MacBook Pro). In 2020, Apple replaced the Intel CPU with its own designs (see Apple M series).
MacBook Air
Launched in 2008, the Air was initially Apple's lightest laptop, and its touchpad added gesture-based multitouch like the iPhone. In 2023, a 15" Air debuted with the largest screen on an Air model, and an M3-based Air was introduced a year later. See MacBook Air, Macintosh Portable and Mac computer.
PowerBook to MacBook in 15 Years
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro was the first Mac laptop to use Intel CPUs, and the Pro line offers the fastest laptop processors and largest screens (see MacBook Pro). In 2020, Apple replaced the Intel CPU with its own designs (see Apple M series).
MacBook Air
Launched in 2008, the Air was initially Apple's lightest laptop, and its touchpad added gesture-based multitouch like the iPhone. In 2023, a 15" Air debuted with the largest screen on an Air model, and an M3-based Air was introduced a year later. See MacBook Air, Macintosh Portable and Mac computer.
CURRENT MACBOOK MODELS
Max Max Max
Screen Cores SSD RAM Weight
Size CPU CPU/GPU (TB) (GB) (lbs)
Pro 16.2" M3 Max 16/40 8 128 4.8
Pro 16.2" M3 Max 14/30 8 96 4.8
Pro 16.2" M3 Pro 12/18 8 96 4.7
Pro 16.2" M3 Pro 12/18 8 36 4.7
Pro 14.2" M3 Max 14/30 8 96 3.6
Pro 14.2" M3 Pro 12/18 8 36 3.5
Pro 14.2" M3 Pro 11/14 8 36 3.5
Pro 14.2" M3 8/10 8 24 3.4
Air 15.3" M3 8/10 2 24 3.3
Air 13.6" M3 8/10 2 24 2.7
Air 13.6" M3 8/10 2 24 2.7
Air 13.6" M3 8/8 2 24 2.7
Air 13.6" M2 8/10 2 24 2.7
Dramatically thinner, the processing power in the 2016 MacBook (right) was considerably greater than the first Mac PowerBook in 1991. See PowerBook. (Image courtesy of Apple Inc.)