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MacBook Models

Every Mac laptop since the MacBook name arrived in 2006 — MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the plain MacBook — with year, screen size, specs and what each one changed. Newest first.

Three lines, one laptop

The Pro has always been the one with the ports and the fastest chip. The Air started as the thin compromise and, since the M1, is the one most people should buy. The plain MacBook has been two different machines: the polycarbonate consumer laptop of 2006–2011, and the 12-inch Retina of 2015–2019.

29 of 29 releases

Model	Year	Size & display	Specs	Key features
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025) MacBook Pro Latest	2025	14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) with ProMotion, 1,000 nits SDR, nano-texture option 3024 × 1964 1.55 cm, 1.55 kg	Chip Apple M5 Memory 16 – 32 GB unified Storage 512 GB – 4 TB flash Ports 3× Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	M5, with a Neural Accelerator in each GPU core for on-device AI work Faster unified memory and roughly double the SSD read speed of the M4 model Only the base 14-inch was updated — the M4 Pro and M4 Max models carried on
MacBook Air (13-inch and 15-inch, M4, 2025) MacBook Air	2025	13.6-inch and 15.3-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2880 × 1864 (15-inch), 2560 × 1664 (13-inch) 1.13 cm, 1.24 kg (13-inch)	Chip Apple M4 Memory 16 – 32 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt 4, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	Base memory doubled to 16 GB and the price dropped to $999 Sky blue joined the finishes 12MP Center Stage camera, and two external displays with the lid open
MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch, M4 family, 2024) MacBook Pro	2024	14.2-inch and 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) with ProMotion, 1,000 nits SDR, nano-texture option 3456 × 2234 (16-inch), 3024 × 1964 (14-inch) 1.68 cm, 2.14 kg (16-inch)	Chip Apple M4, M4 Pro or M4 Max Memory 16 – 128 GB unified Storage 512 GB – 8 TB flash Ports 3× Thunderbolt 5 (Thunderbolt 4 on the base M4), HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 3 Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	Base memory doubled to 16 GB across the whole line, at the same price 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max — 120 Gb/s Optional nano-texture glass, and the base M4 gained a third Thunderbolt port
MacBook Air (13-inch and 15-inch, M3, 2024) MacBook Air	2024	13.6-inch and 15.3-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2880 × 1864 (15-inch), 2560 × 1664 (13-inch) 1.13 cm, 1.24 kg (13-inch)	Chip Apple M3 Memory 8 – 24 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	Two external displays at last — with the lid closed Wi-Fi 6E, and hardware ray tracing from the M3 The M2 13-inch stayed in the line at a lower price
MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch, M3 family, 2023) MacBook Pro	2023	14.2-inch and 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) with ProMotion, 120 Hz, 600 nits SDR 3456 × 2234 (16-inch), 3024 × 1964 (14-inch) 1.68 cm, 2.16 kg (16-inch)	Chip Apple M3, M3 Pro or M3 Max Memory 8 – 128 GB unified Storage 512 GB – 8 TB flash Ports 3× Thunderbolt 4 (2 on the base M3), HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	First 3 nm laptop chips, with hardware ray tracing and Dynamic Caching Space black — a new finish with an anodisation that resists fingerprints A base M3 model replaced the 13-inch Pro in the line Up to 128 GB of unified memory on the M3 Max
MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) MacBook Air	2023	15.3-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2880 × 1864 1.15 cm, 1.51 kg	Chip Apple M2 Memory 8 – 24 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	The first big-screen Mac laptop that is not a Pro Six speakers, two of them woofers, in a body 11.5 mm thick Same M2 as the 13-inch, so the screen is the whole difference
MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch, M2 Pro / M2 Max, 2023) MacBook Pro	2023	14.2-inch and 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) with ProMotion, 120 Hz, 1,600 nits peak 3456 × 2234 (16-inch), 3024 × 1964 (14-inch) 1.68 cm, 2.15 kg (16-inch)	Chip Apple M2 Pro or M2 Max Memory 16 – 96 GB unified Storage 512 GB – 8 TB flash Ports 3× Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID	Up to 96 GB of unified memory on the M2 Max HDMI 2.1 for 8K output, and Wi-Fi 6E Same body as 2021 — a chip update rather than a redesign
MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022) MacBook Air	2022	13.6-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2560 × 1664 1.13 cm, 1.24 kg	Chip Apple M2 Memory 8 – 24 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard with full-height function keys, Touch ID	The wedge was retired for a flat, uniformly thin body MagSafe returned, so both USB-C ports stay free while charging 1080p camera in a notch, and a four-speaker system with Spatial Audio Midnight and starlight finishes replaced space grey and gold
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) MacBook Pro	2022	13.3-inch Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2560 × 1600 1.56 cm, 1.4 kg	Chip Apple M2 Memory 8 – 24 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch Bar, Touch ID	The last Mac with a Touch Bar, and the last on the 2016 body M2 in a chassis with a fan, so it held its speed longer than the M2 Air Sold for two more years as the cheapest MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch, M1 Pro / M1 Max, 2021) MacBook Pro	2021	14.2-inch and 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) with ProMotion, 120 Hz, 1,600 nits peak 3456 × 2234 (16-inch), 3024 × 1964 (14-inch) 1.68 cm, 2.1 kg (16-inch)	Chip Apple M1 Pro or M1 Max Memory 16 – 64 GB unified Storage 512 GB – 8 TB flash Ports 3× Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 3, headphone Input Magic Keyboard with full-height function keys, Touch ID	The redesign that undid the 2016 one: MagSafe, HDMI and SD are back, the Touch Bar is gone Liquid Retina XDR mini-LED display with ProMotion — and a notch in the menu bar M1 Max offered 32 GPU cores and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth 1080p camera, six-speaker sound, and high-power mode on the 16-inch
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) MacBook Pro	2020	13.3-inch Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 2560 × 1600 1.56 cm, 1.4 kg	Chip Apple M1 Memory 8 – 16 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch Bar, Touch ID	First Apple silicon MacBook Pro, alongside the M1 Air and Mac mini 20 hours of video playback — roughly double the Intel model it replaced Rosetta 2 translated Intel apps, and iPhone and iPad apps ran natively Kept the Touch Bar and the old body; only the inside changed
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) MacBook Air	2020	13.3-inch Retina with True Tone, P3, 400 nits 2560 × 1600 0.41 – 1.61 cm, 1.29 kg	Chip Apple M1 Memory 8 – 16 GB unified Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4, headphone Input Magic Keyboard, Touch ID, Force Touch trackpad	First Apple silicon Mac, with the Mac mini and 13-inch Pro Completely fanless, and faster than the Intel MacBook Pro it sat beside 18 hours of video playback, roughly double the Intel Air Sold on at $999 for years as the entry Mac
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) MacBook Pro	2019	16-inch Retina with True Tone, P3, 500 nits 3072 × 1920 1.62 cm, 2.0 kg	Chip Intel Core i7 / i9, up to 8-core Memory 16 – 64 GB Storage 512 GB – 8 TB flash Ports 4× Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), headphone Input Magic Keyboard (scissor), Touch Bar, Touch ID	Replaced the 15-inch with a bigger screen in almost the same body The Magic Keyboard ended the butterfly era, with a physical Escape key back Much larger cooling system and a 100 Wh battery, the largest allowed on a plane Six-speaker sound system and a studio-quality three-microphone array
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) MacBook Air	2018	13.3-inch Retina, LED-backlit IPS 2560 × 1600 0.41 – 1.56 cm, 1.25 kg	Chip Intel Core i5 (Amber Lake), dual-core Memory 8 – 16 GB Storage 128 GB – 1.5 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), headphone Input Butterfly keyboard, Touch ID, Force Touch trackpad	First Retina Air, eight years after the design it replaced Touch ID without a Touch Bar, and a T2 security chip USB-C only, and made from recycled aluminium The 2019 refresh added True Tone; the 2020 one restored a scissor keyboard
MacBook Pro (13-inch and 15-inch, 2018) MacBook Pro	2018	13.3-inch and 15.4-inch Retina with True Tone, P3 2880 × 1800 (15-inch), 2560 × 1600 (13-inch) 1.55 cm, 1.83 kg (15-inch)	Chip Intel Core i7 / i9, 6-core (Coffee Lake) Memory 8 – 32 GB Storage 256 GB – 4 TB flash Ports 4× Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), headphone Input Third-generation butterfly keyboard, Touch Bar, Touch ID	Six-core CPUs and up to 32 GB of memory in the 15-inch Apple T2 security chip — secure boot, encrypted storage, "Hey Siri" True Tone display, and a quieter keyboard with a membrane under each key
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) MacBook Air	2017	13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1440 × 900 0.3 – 1.7 cm, 1.35 kg	Chip Intel Core i5, 1.8 GHz Memory 8 GB, soldered Storage 128 – 512 GB flash Ports 2× USB 3, Thunderbolt 2, SD card, MagSafe 2 Input Backlit keyboard, Multi-Touch trackpad	The last non-Retina Mac, sold into 2019 as the cheapest one A clock-speed bump and nothing else — the design was seven years old Still the last MacBook with MagSafe 1-style ports, USB-A and an SD slot
MacBook Pro (13-inch and 15-inch, 2016) MacBook Pro	2016	13.3-inch and 15.4-inch Retina, LED-backlit IPS, P3 2880 × 1800 (15-inch), 2560 × 1600 (13-inch) 1.49 cm, 1.83 kg (15-inch)	Chip Intel Core i5 / i7 (Skylake) Memory 8 – 16 GB Storage 256 GB – 2 TB flash Ports 4× Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), headphone Input Butterfly keyboard, Touch Bar, Touch ID, large Force Touch trackpad	Touch Bar replaced the function keys, with Touch ID beside it USB-C only — MagSafe, HDMI, SD and USB-A all removed at once Second-generation butterfly keyboard, later the subject of a repair programme Thinner and lighter than the 2015 models, with a wider colour gamut
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2015) MacBook	2015	12-inch Retina, LED-backlit IPS 2304 × 1440 0.35 – 1.31 cm, 0.92 kg	Chip Intel Core M, fanless Memory 8 GB, soldered Storage 256 – 512 GB flash Ports 1× USB-C, headphone Input Butterfly keyboard, Force Touch trackpad	Under a kilo, fanless and silent — the thinnest Mac laptop ever made One USB-C port for power, display and data, three years before the Air moved to it Introduced the butterfly keyboard, which halved key travel and later became notorious Terraced battery cells shaped to fill the case; updated in 2016 and 2017, discontinued July 2019
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) MacBook Pro	2015	13.3-inch Retina, LED-backlit IPS 2560 × 1600 1.8 cm, 1.58 kg	Chip Intel Core i5 / i7 (Broadwell) Memory 8 – 16 GB Storage 128 GB – 1 TB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt 2, 2× USB 3, HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 2 Input Backlit keyboard, Force Touch trackpad	Introduced the Force Touch trackpad — no hinge, no click, haptic feedback instead PCIe flash storage roughly twice as fast as the year before The 15-inch Mid 2015 model that followed became the one people kept buying for years, as the last Pro with MagSafe and a scissor keyboard
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Mid 2013) MacBook Air	2013	11.6-inch and 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1440 × 900 (13-inch), 1366 × 768 (11-inch) 0.3 – 1.7 cm, 1.35 kg (13-inch)	Chip Intel Core i5 / i7 (Haswell) Memory 4 – 8 GB, soldered Storage 128 – 512 GB PCIe flash Ports 2× USB 3, Thunderbolt, SD card (13-inch), MagSafe 2 Input Backlit keyboard, Multi-Touch trackpad	Battery jumped from 7 to 12 hours — the biggest single-year gain of any Mac First Mac with 802.11ac Wi-Fi and PCIe-based flash storage The 2015 refresh that followed added Broadwell chips and Thunderbolt 2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) MacBook Pro	2012	15.4-inch Retina, LED-backlit IPS 2880 × 1800 1.8 cm, 2.02 kg	Chip Intel Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) Memory 8 – 16 GB, soldered Storage 256 GB – 768 GB flash Ports 2× Thunderbolt, 2× USB 3, HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe 2 Input Backlit keyboard, glass Multi-Touch trackpad	First Retina Mac — four times the pixels of the model it replaced Dropped the optical drive, the Ethernet port and the FireWire port in one go Flash storage and soldered memory: fast, thin, and no longer upgradeable A 13-inch Retina model followed in October 2012
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Mid 2011) MacBook Air	2011	11.6-inch and 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1440 × 900 (13-inch), 1366 × 768 (11-inch) 0.3 – 1.7 cm, 1.35 kg (13-inch)	Chip Intel Core i5 / i7 (Sandy Bridge) Memory 2 – 4 GB, soldered Storage 64 – 256 GB flash Ports 2× USB 2.0, Thunderbolt, SD card (13-inch), MagSafe Input Backlit keyboard, Multi-Touch trackpad	Thunderbolt arrived, and the backlit keyboard came back Core i5 made the Air fast enough to be somebody's only computer Shipped with Mac OS X Lion, the first Mac sold without install media
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Late 2010) MacBook Air	2010	11.6-inch and 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1440 × 900 (13-inch), 1366 × 768 (11-inch) 0.3 – 1.7 cm, 1.32 kg (13-inch)	Chip Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2 – 4 GB, soldered Storage 64 – 256 GB flash Ports 2× USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, SD card (13-inch), MagSafe Input Multi-Touch trackpad, no keyboard backlight	The wedge redesign that defined the Air for a decade Flash storage as standard, on a bare card rather than a drive Added an 11.6-inch model — the smallest Mac laptop since the 12-inch PowerBook Instant wake and 30 days of standby, at the cost of the backlit keyboard
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) MacBook	2009	13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1280 × 800 2.74 cm, 2.13 kg	Chip Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2 – 4 GB Storage 250 GB hard drive Ports 2× USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet, MagSafe Input Chiclet keyboard, glass buttonless trackpad	White unibody polycarbonate with a rounded, rubberised bottom Sold mostly to schools, and quietly discontinued in July 2011 The last Mac laptop with a removable battery was the model before it
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) MacBook Pro	2008	15.4-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1440 × 900 2.41 cm, 2.49 kg	Chip Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2 – 4 GB Storage 250 – 320 GB hard drive, SSD option Ports FireWire 800, 2× USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, ExpressCard/34, MagSafe Input Backlit keyboard, glass buttonless Multi-Touch trackpad	The unibody redesign — the case machined from one block of aluminium First glass trackpad, with the whole surface as the button NVIDIA graphics in a switchable integrated/discrete pair Mini DisplayPort replaced DVI, and the battery became a sealed unit in 2009
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) MacBook	2008	13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1280 × 800 2.41 cm, 2.04 kg	Chip Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2 – 4 GB Storage 128 – 320 GB Ports 2× USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet, MagSafe Input Backlit keyboard, glass buttonless trackpad	The unibody process arrived on the consumer model the same day as the Pro Dropped FireWire, which caused an outcry among video editors Renamed the 13-inch MacBook Pro eight months later, in June 2009
MacBook Air (Original, 2008) MacBook Air	2008	13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy LCD 1280 × 800 0.4 – 1.94 cm, 1.36 kg	Chip Intel Core 2 Duo, 1.6 – 1.8 GHz Memory 2 GB, soldered Storage 80 GB hard drive or 64 GB SSD Ports 1× USB 2.0, Micro-DVI, headphone — behind a drop-down door Input Backlit keyboard, Multi-Touch trackpad	Introduced out of a manila envelope, as the world's thinnest notebook No optical drive, no Ethernet, no FireWire and one USB port Remote Disc borrowed another computer's optical drive over the network The SSD option cost about as much as a second laptop
MacBook (13-inch, 2006) MacBook	2006	13.3-inch Glossy CCFL-backlit LCD 1280 × 800 2.75 cm, 2.36 kg	Chip Intel Core Duo Memory 512 MB – 2 GB Storage 60 – 120 GB hard drive Ports 2× USB 2.0, FireWire 400, Mini-DVI, Ethernet, MagSafe Input Chiclet keyboard, single-button trackpad	Replaced the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook in one model Introduced the chiclet keyboard every Mac has used since Polycarbonate in white or black, the black one costing $150 more The first Mac laptop with a widescreen glossy display as standard
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2006) MacBook Pro	2006	15.4-inch Glossy or matte LCD 1440 × 900 2.59 cm, 2.54 kg	Chip Intel Core Duo Memory 512 MB – 2 GB Storage 80 – 120 GB hard drive Ports FireWire 400, 2× USB 2.0, DVI, ExpressCard/34, MagSafe Input Scissor keyboard, single-button trackpad	The first Intel Mac laptop, replacing the PowerBook G4 Introduced MagSafe — the power cord that pulls out instead of pulling the machine off the desk Built-in iSight camera and a backlit keyboard with an ambient light sensor A 17-inch model followed in April 2006 and stayed in the line until 2012

Reading the table

One row is one release, not one machine. Where Apple launched two sizes together — the 14 and 16-inch Pros, the 13 and 15-inch Airs — they share a row, and the size column names both. Mid-cycle speed bumps are folded into the model they refreshed.

The keyboard dates a machine faster than the chip. Butterfly means 2015–2019 and a repair programme; Magic Keyboard means 2019 or later. Touch Bar means 2016–2023, and only on a Pro.

Ports tell the same story in reverse. Everything went away in 2016 and came back in 2021 — if a model has MagSafe, HDMI and an SD slot, it is either pre-2016 or post-2021.

Instructions

Every MacBook release since 2006 in one table — model, year, screen size, chip, memory, storage, ports, keyboard and what each one changed, newest first.

Start with Three lines, one laptop if the question is which line to look at — clicking a card filters the table to it.
Type in the search box to match on model (Air), chip (M1 Pro), year (2015), size (16-inch) or any spec or feature (MagSafe).
The counter beside the buttons shows how many releases matched. Rows run newest first, and the most recent release is tagged Latest wherever the current filter leaves it.

Tips

Searching a component works across the whole line: butterfly lists exactly the models with the keyboard that was recalled, Touch Bar the ones that had it.
The Input row is the quickest way to date a machine — keyboard type, Touch Bar and Touch ID changed more often than the case did.
The PowerBook and iBook lines that came before 2006 are not listed here; the MacBook name starts with the Intel transition.
Your search text and family filter are kept in local storage on this device only — nothing about this page is sent anywhere.
Hit Example and click the search box to run a sample lookup.