12-inch MacBook
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The 12-inch MacBook (also called the Retina MacBook, officially marketed as the new MacBook) is a discontinued Mac laptop made by Apple Inc., which sat between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in Apple's laptop lineup.
Also known as | 12-inch MacBook, Retina MacBook, MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015–2017)[1] |
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Developer | Apple Inc. |
Manufacturer | Apple |
Product family | MacBook |
Type | Subnotebook |
Release date |
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Introductory price | USD $1299, CAD $1549, Euro €1449, GBP £1249 |
Discontinued | July 9, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-09) |
Operating system | macOS |
CPU | Intel Core m, m3, m5, m7, i5 or i7 |
Graphics | Intel HD Graphics |
Predecessor | MacBook (2006–2012) |
Successor | MacBook Air (Apple silicon) (indirect, fanless) MacBook Air (indirect) MacBook Pro (indirect) |
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It was introduced in March 2015. It was more compact than any other notebook in the MacBook family at the time and included a Retina display, fanless design, and a Butterfly keyboard with lower key travel. It only had a single USB-C port, used for both power and data, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack. It was released in 2015, revised in 2017, and discontinued in July 2019, a year after the release of the MacBook Air with Retina display.