The story of the MacBook begins with Macworld 2006 (Jan. And it could put out a lot of heat under duress: Few probably remember this, but the G4 could actually handle World of Warcraft before developer Blizzard ported the codebase over to Intel.īut let’s talk about MacBook Pros, since that’s what Apple just did at WWDC 2012. By today’s standards - the 2011 MacBook Air I’m typing this story on, for instance - the PowerBook G4 seems a metal behemoth. In the early 2000s, ping-ponging between Apple and Windows machines, I impulse-bought one of Apple’s new titanium PowerBook G4s, the 12-inch model (again, more out of curiosity than need). Mac, then Mobile Me, and most recently, iCloud). That, and there was Macromedia’s suite of web editing tools to think about, learning the elements of web design in OS 9’s purplish environs and plying alien-looking utilities like Sherlock (Spotlight’s predecessor) and iTools (which went on to become. It didn’t play the kind of games I was into then - System Shock 2, Ultima IX, Planescape: Torment - but I was finishing up a graduate degree in creative writing, and it felt like a writer’s computer. I grew up with the Apple II in elementary school, of course, but my first “bought with my own money” Apple was actually a Power Macintosh G3, which I ordered in 1998 as much out of curiosity as need. I was a latecomer, in laptop terms, to what Apple was doing in the mobile space by the early 1990s with its first batch of PowerBooks. ( MORE: Apple Shows Off Air-Like MacBook Pro, iOS 6, Mountain Lion and More) Instead, it’s simply “the next generation MacBook Pro” or “MacBook Pro with Retina display,” a slender, MacBook Air-like 15.4-inch powerhouse with an unprecedented 2,880 x 1,880 pixel display and all the Pro-caliber luxury options.īut while you’re busy debating whether to drop $2,199 on one of these things (or more - over $3,500 if you’re feeling spendy!), how about a quick stroll down memory lane? Follow you’ve probably met the new MacBook Pro by now, which I suppose Apple could have called the “MBRetina” but wisely chose not to.
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