Two decades have passed since Steve Jobs killed the PowerBook to change laptops forever. He showed off the original MacBook Pro at Macworld San Francisco as a replacement for professional gear. The release marked a massive shift away from PowerPC architecture to Intel silicon.
People paid 1,999 dollars for the entry-level rig featuring a 15.4-inch screen. That money bought a 1.83GHz Core Duo processor paired with 512MB of DDR2 memory. Internal storage seems laughable because it only offered an 80GB hard drive.
Rich users dropped 2,499 dollars to get a faster 2.0GHz or 2.16GHz chip option. This premium tier doubled RAM to 1GB while bumping drive capacity up to 100GB.
Subsequent versions added legendary features like magnetic MagSafe connectors or built-in webcams inside aluminum unibody shells. Everyone still remembers hating the butterfly keyboard disaster or that useless Touch Bar gimmick, though.
Future iterations might finally bring OLED panels or actual touchscreen support. Leaks even hint at a dedicated Dynamic Island cutout arriving within the next couple of years.
People paid 1,999 dollars for the entry-level rig featuring a 15.4-inch screen. That money bought a 1.83GHz Core Duo processor paired with 512MB of DDR2 memory. Internal storage seems laughable because it only offered an 80GB hard drive.
Rich users dropped 2,499 dollars to get a faster 2.0GHz or 2.16GHz chip option. This premium tier doubled RAM to 1GB while bumping drive capacity up to 100GB.
Subsequent versions added legendary features like magnetic MagSafe connectors or built-in webcams inside aluminum unibody shells. Everyone still remembers hating the butterfly keyboard disaster or that useless Touch Bar gimmick, though.
Future iterations might finally bring OLED panels or actual touchscreen support. Leaks even hint at a dedicated Dynamic Island cutout arriving within the next couple of years.
