History of the MacBook Pro
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Apple has released all kinds of notebooks since the first Macintosh Portable in 1997, but we don’t have time to cover every single model in this video, so we’ll focus on the MacBook Pro and it’s predecessor the PowerBook G4 since the two are very closely related.
So the PowerBook G4 was introduced by Steve Jobs back in 2001 at the MacWorld Expo and it was a huge release. It was the first time Apple used pure titanium metal in any of their products, a sharp contrast from the black plastic PowerBook G3. That of itself was such a cool concept that Apple included the word when naming it the Titanium PowerBook G4. The notebook was just 1 inch thick which may not be impressive by today’s standards, but the PowerBook G3 was 1.7 inches thick, so Apple had reduced the PowerBook’s thickness by 40% which was an incredible feat of engineering.
It was also one of the first notebooks with a wide-screen aspect ratio, which Apple marketed as an “ultra-wide screen display” that measured 15.2”. It also featured a slot-loading disk drive on the front rather than on the side which made inserting and removing disks more convenient when space was tight. Now although this notebook’s official name was Titanium PowerBook G4, users nicknamed it TiBook, which went well with the lower end iBook.
Now, remember how I said this was the first time Apple used titanium? Well, it was also their last. You see, the titanium metal was painted in order to give it a more attractive finish, and that paint would start to peel and bubbling after extended use, especially around the trackpad and palm rest. But this wasn’t the only problem, the hinge was made from plastic and became notorious for breaking even under typical use. And because the video cable was routed was routed through the left side of the hinge, it was vulnerable to damage, causing random lines, a jumbled screen, or backlight issues.
So, while the Titanium PowerBook G4 had some good qualities, Apple knew they had to make it much more durable. Which they did two years later with the Aluminum PowerBook G4. It was released in 2003 and not only brought a new design but laid the foundation for Apple’s notebook designs for the next five years. Even the keyboard was given a big upgrade. It was a silver aluminum instead of black plastic and featured backlighting. Which was the first case of keyboard backlighting seen on a notebook computer. In addition to the 15 inch model, this release reintroduced the 12” notebook back into Apple’s line which was missing since 1998. But they didn’t stop there. For the first time ever Apple offered a 17” model in their line of notebooks.
Now, the transition from the PowerBook G4 to the MacBook Pro in the beginning of 2006 wasn’t as dramatic as you might expect. The MacBook Pro used the same design at the PowerBook G4 so they weren’t really distinguishable at first glance. But the MacBook Pro received some exciting updates that really modernized Apple’s notebook line. - Наука та технологія
When I bought my first MBP, I didn't know much about them. But I just happen to get an early 2015 MBP, with the haptic touch pad, and I have to say I lucked out. I think its still the best that was ever produced, this far.
4:29 I'm so used to sponsored videos that I thought at first he was going to say "The unibody design was made possible by Squarespace." :D
@@dinuovoulisse Your reply could have been sponsored by Squarespace
@@donttouch6692 your reply for a reply that states that the original comment was sponsored by squarespace is made possible by squarespace
Me too lmao XD
Same
Watching on my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro!
yup non-retina, right?
I'm watching on the Late 2011 15" Macbook Pro. Non-Retina.
Me too! 16GB's RAM, SSD in primary drive bay, and I never got around to installing a second SSD (for RAID 0 speeds!) so the optical bay has a spinner (1TB hard drive). RAID 0 with dual SSD's would've brought the speed up to almost 1GB/sec! But some things ya just never get. I sure miss the upgrade-ability of the older MBP's! Having the 16GB's of RAM has saved this system - I'm content with it...for the most part. I finally upgraded to High Sierra and the RAM usage is WAY better - they put in some code to compress unused RAM or something like that and it works very well!
everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.3-15-mid-2012-unibody-usb3-specs.html
That website has helped me a lot. Apple claims the old 2009 MacBook can only use 4GB's RAM...not so. They also claim that my 2012 MBP can only use 8....nope, I'm running 16GB's of RAM, and it does not over heat (the screen is always open even though I'm always using a (cheap) 27" monitor).
My next machine will probably be an iMac instead of a notebook. I never take it anywhere anyways, so why pay for the portability?...and desktops have faster CPU's and GPU's etc.
Mid 2009 17" with matte display here - still able to watch 1080p 60fps stuff, no need to update yet :) Also, DVD-drive removed and 1TB disk instead of it and also main drive replaced with SSD manually
I dont even have one😢
Great video. It would have been nice to see some coverage of major past defects like the GPU issues on a few models.
Love these videos, I'm new to older MacBook/MBP models, so seeing the camera lens with rounded corners similar to iOS app icons is quite nice, I think I prefer that to the round camera lenses
thank you so much for doing this particular video! its great!
watching on my 2012 macbook pro, non-retina 😳 i’m upgrading to the 2020 mbp tho when it comes out.
Nice, I have a 2014 version
@@yessssss210 same, it is underrated
4:24
That was just false advertising. It was really just two pieces of aluminium glued together.
Bring back:
SD card slot
USB port
Normal/ upgraded butterfly keys ( that actually makes a difference unlike the butterfly keys 2)
MagSafe cable
Side battery status lights
When did they remove the USB ports?
Looks to me like back in mid-2015 when the MacBook nameplate came back as a 12" ultrabook.
@@volundrfrey896 type A is gone, and that means it sucks
@@Yawoongii Type A is a legacy port, it's nice to have but far from needed. But they still have USB.
@@volundrfrey896 far from needed?? ...really?? you sure?? still many type c macbook users buy hubs that let them use type a
Love the videos, keep up the good work.
I have the 13 inch with the touch bar, love the keyboard, the screen, sure the touch bar isn’t always the most helpful but it was still a great buy
Can you play sims 4 on it?
Droobster SE yes
2016-2019 models suck. Stupid ports, keyboard, touchbar, flexgate, battery, etc... 2015 ftw.
@@m-stat9 u trippin with 2019, and ppl just complain bout the Touch Bar
Edit: also in 2019, the butterfly keyboard was removed Im pretty sure
@@m-stat9yep. 2015 and prior is peak MacBook.
so so interesting, I love getting to know not jus new things about my favorite company ever but detailed information ☁️. thank you for your work
The 12 inch Powerbook was my first Mac. I loved that thing!
Still almost 15 years later I still think the neatest Apple drop (aside from the iPod) was the first MacBook Air. My aunt got one and I was absolutely amazed. I didn’t mind the I/o… loved the idea of no moving parts.
4:24 False advertising by Apple, it is actually two pieces glued together.
NeoBlue and when you used the gpu heavily, the fans inside the laptop pushed the hot air onto the back, melting the glue
Great video 👍
great information
Great video
Dude appreciate your work but you rushed through this one way too fast, more spec and performance information at each iteration would have been useful...
it's 12 mins tho... I think he was trying not to completely lose people's attention
Watching this on my MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011. The first and only laptop I've ever bought.
Nice video! 👍
I bought the very first unibody MacBook Pro 15" late 2008. I now have two 17" MacBook Pro's from 2011, the last year for both a 17" and Snow Leopard compatible. And they run up to High Sierra (run it and Snow Leopard on separate partitions). No backlit Apple logo would suck.
I had the first generation Retina back in 2012, that display was way ahead of its time. The 2012 - 2015 models are still my preference over the 2016 - 2017 models.
I’m looking for one under 200$
Yep. 2015 is peak MacBook.
I am watching this on my mid 2009 MacBook Pro with a Core 2 duo T9600 chip and 2 TB SSD upgraded to High Sierra. The laptop runs great and especially for school it could not be better.
I have the highest speced powerbook g4 from 2001 in mint condition and it is sooooo slow running tiger, I'm surprised apple made it able to update to leopard. Saving it so I can sell it once it becomes more valuable than the original price back in 2001
steve igiehon Sell it in 10 years
Love yoour videos!!!
Good video
Thanks!
as a dedicated and hard core T520 and X220 thinkpad fan...the 2011/2012 macbook pro...man I love that machine!
This is great, can you do a news roundup a year after the next macbook pro is released?
I love how the screen of the g4 is like the size of a modern mac book pro
And crazy light weight! I had one used eBay then went nuts buying a few to fix up to resell, but if you picked them up by the left or right corner the base would flex then issues with the graphics processor on the logic board with the cross hatch (Scottish kilt) patterns which I learned how to patch fix and those metal hinge to plastic problems. And I had a couple of those 12” Titanium they were sweet!
You should have at least made mention of the Duo Dock from the early ‘90s. That was my first Mac laptop and was unique in the industry. Maybe you could do a 68k/pre-PPC MacBook series.
I only have had macbook pro for 6 months, it’s cool to see everything that got to this
I got a 15.4 inch 2016 MacBook Pro and its been a great computer. I can play my simple games like minecraft and csgo with a constant frame rate and good resolution. It worked fine until a few months ago when the battery started having strange problems. Half the time it will refuse to charge even though plugged in, and the other half is it will randomly go down pretty fast under load, then when I force quit everything the battery percent somehow goes up even though its not plugged in!? Also about a year ago the space bar 1/3 of the time does a double space which can get pretty annoying for typing because I have to go back and delete the extra spaces like I am doing so right now. Besides those flaws, I still love this computer, its great for watching tv and the clean design is amazing. People have complained about the Touch Bar being faulty but mine has worked flawlessly with 0 problems.
Hi, from 10-30-18. Funny how the bezel-to-screen ratio on this TiMac looks sorta the same as the new iPad pro. Even the squared frame edges. Great video!
You should have mentioned the graphics card and oleophobic Coding issues
i appreciate the work you put into the videos but why dont we have time to go through every model? i would find that more fascinating and interesting. can you just cover every single model in another video? i think it shows great progression of ideas and thought
Man, youre gonna run out of things to explain soon.
squishystuffs05 now the history of the apple covers
History of Apple explained
Pessimist say what...?
@@mduhyx2120 what?
Hi, it’s Greg with Apple Explained today we are gonna talk about me switching to Android Explained
I actually never noticed that the name wasn't on the bezel of my retina mbp
Power book g4 was a mean machine. I used a full maxed out and modded 2004 15 inch up until only 6 months ago. Was full capable even though it didn’t run anything past 10.4 before upgrading to a first gen MacBook Pro because I like the style.
Another great video apple explained I own the late 2008 MacBook Pro which does have a CD slot and MagSafe charger and 2 USB ports and FireWire I have the 15 inch Model
My 2011 pre-retina 15" is still running strong with 16GB of RAM and two SSD's. I have a disk drive, replaceable battery, and all the ports I need.
I actually like the touch bar. And I love the fact it has Touch ID.
Perhaps you should cover the PowerBook Duo line from the 90's in light of the Nintendo Switch.
11:22 I have been using that 2016 model for 1.5 years and never had any problem with my keyboard
Very interesting
I have a 2015 13" Retina MacBook Pro. The force touch trackpad is much better than the trackpads in 2014 and earlier MacBooks. I'm surprised that you didn't point that out.
it's improved but hardly enough to make a song and dance about it
Same here :)
Which model of macbook pro that has the unibody is useful in 2018?
I got an original PowerBook 5300 & 5300cs! The first PPC based Mac laptops!
Plus a Power Mac 8100/80! Very happy that I own both of these!
I once had a bunch of PowerBook 150's, I was going to keep one, but this was many years ago, and a fellow seen all the ones I had and offered to buy them all, wasn't allot of money, but it was a return on investment so I sold them....
With I kept one.....
I once had a PowerBook G3, can't recall what model, but I sold it when I got an Ibook G4 1ghz.
I still own today a Powerbook G4 17inch 1.67ghz! I got it when it was 2 years old, still mint!
I got a 2008 Macbook Pro 17inch 2.6ghz,
But it's the ones plagued with GPU issues..... Mine died 2 years ago, I revived it my smothering it in a blanket for an hour, got all my stuff off it, but it broke after a week, I very recently decided to revive it once more and see how long I could get it to work!
So far so good.....
Wasn't happy when they ditched the 17inch models.....
Also I hate how Apple makes everything non upgradable now!
First the batteries and now everything else.....
Makes it so I don't want to buy any new Mac's..... But I'll stop my self from ranting....
the MacBook pro had to log out and log in to use the 9600GT or 9400M. It was not automatic by the task. That was introduced with the 2010 model or later.
(also, gpu instead of graphics card, we are talking about a notebook)
I ordered the MacBook Pro the moment they were available for presale after the announcement in 2006. It was the first time I ever bought a brand-new Mac, and the last. (I've only bought used Macs both before and since.)
I think the Macintosh portible came out in 1989
You're right, thanks for the correction!
Your welcome!
One correction at 5:40 - the "aluminum" keys on the Aluminum PowerBook G4s and the pre-unibody MacBook Pros were not themselves aluminum - they were clear plastic with an aluminum-color paint job.
By mine opinion. The best of all these are Retina's MacBook Pro between early/mid 2013 and late 2014. I have on my mind ones with 750GT 2GB - the best compared to price/performance ratio. The new ones isn't be the "right - steve's" MacBooks... for work also. I'm truly glad I've catched to bought the mid 2014 CTO model. The best kind of Mac what I've ever had :3
What about the Unibody 2011( Generation right before Retina)
I have the newest MacBook Pro 15 inches and this new keyboard is incredible ! I personally didn’t have any issues (even if I’m using it outside most of the time) so I don’t know...
Watching on my 2018 MacBook Pro!
This music is iconic
i really don't get why they got rid of the magsafe adapter....this thing was genius!
just to make the laptop 0.001 cm thinner? :(
Yep, the 2016 design was a total failure. I still have my 2015 MBP.
Great work, but one correction: the Macintosh Portable came out in 1989, not 1997 (according to Mactracker)!!
I have a mid-2014 MBP and a 2017 MBP. I highly prefer the 2014 model. I like the keyboard so much better. And the lack of ports on the 2017 is a huge issue when traveling. Dongles are a pain in the butt. The trackpad changes aren't a big deal for me. Both are highly useable.
Cool!!!!
This might sound weird but can you do:
history of apple adapters
history of apple displays
Me and my family have a Unibody MacBook Pro from 2011,also my mom got herself a 2nd gen iPad
1997?!?!? The Macintosh Portable is released in 1989, *mind you!*
Still Tops 🖒, just bought a 13 in 2020 ❤
So is there really no other way to upgrade the ram on the 2013 macbook pro? That kinda sucks to know :/
i just got the 2020 macbook pro! it works really well. im not too used to it though,,,,
Who else is in 2020 and is super excited for the 14 inch?
New video!
took mine apart. still use the screen as a plug in camera monitor
I bought MacBook Air 2019 like a month ago and it is amazingly fast snappy and specs don't matter since it smoother then most doubly spaced Windows PCs but one complaint is that when switching from one user from another (one school user one private user so i have everything in there own categories) the switch is really slow getting to the login screen part takes like 45 sec and about 30sec to log in, in that time i would have switched seamlessly on Windows hope apple fixes that, but the retina true-tone screen blows everything on the market for 999$ out of the water the trackpad is more responsive then most windows touch screens and very unlike Apple there are still a ton of options and customisations in Mac OS unlike on IOS, sadly IOS in my opinion still is not suitable for me as a daily driver. but mac os is really the best computer os i have used so snappy, responsive, reliable and updates just magically happen
Wrong info in the video: the MacBook Pro with Retina Display did have a backlit Apple logo. The 12” MacBook in 2015 stopped using a backlit logo. And the first generation MacBook Pro with Retina Display used a scissor mechanism on the keyboard, not the butterfly mechanism. That also came with the 2015 12” MacBook. The second generation butterfly keyboard came out in 2016 on MacBook Pro, followed by MacBook in 2017.
As dual system user, I'm watching this on a Lenovo W530, which runs cooler in the "heat of September/October." (The 15 inch Core2 Duo and i7 MacBook Pros sound like jet aircraft racing down the runway during the 88-93 degree Fahrenheit days.) Ye Olde i7 MacBook Pro is a 2009 version, since I prefer a CD/DVD SuperDrive instead of a "plug it in somewhere?" USB external DVD drive.
Nice
Does anyone know when the Macbook 2018 will be released?
Best MacBook Pro’s are the pre-retina 13” 2012 models with the DVD drive and fully upgradable RAM, hard drive and replaceable battery. It’s no real wonder these machines were so popular they were produced for four years, and their prices still remain very strong on the used market. And they can run Mojave.
I love my 2017 MacBook Pro 😍
Does the mid 2012 mbp have the same design a the 2015 mbp or 2009 mbp?
History of PowerMac / MacPro please
Now that the airport is being discontinued soon you should do a video of the history of the airport
greetings from 2021: the ESC key returned to the keyboard as a physical key next to the touchbar. And the 13 inch model is available with an M1 inside.
Thank you so much Greg l love Apple 🍏 products l have an iPhone SE that I love
Hey, in the subtitles at 7:24, disc should be spelled with a c, not a k! It's an optical disc drive!
This is such a good comprehensive video. I have not watched your other videos yet but I do have a suggestion. I am not sure why so many vloggers seem to be on some kind of time constraint. They seem to want to pack a lot of information in a short time. Perhaps it is some daft analysis on watch times and how to maximize the information in a shorter and shorter time frame so people watch it to the end. Here is my take on this. If one is an intelligent individual, interested in learning as much as possible about a subject and values good content, one is going to appreciate just that ...the content value and watch the video to completion. If one is just some know-it-all with the attention span of a monkey on crack, well they would click off after the first minute. The question is, which audience would you rather have. The first set is likely to subscribe and STAY subscribed. AND attract like minded 'geeks' to your channel. SO my point is, use pauses and periods in your sentences and pace the information. Watch an Apple video if you want a good idea of what a reasonable pace should be. This is not meant as an insult at all but as constructive feedback because your material is really good and educational.
To part I leave you with this message:
The definition of a word is "the smallest unit of grammar that stands alone in complete utterance, separated by spaces in written language and potentially pauses in speech"
Thank you for your content. I hope to watch many more.
What the fuck
Oh, i just love Apple.
But not today's Apple. Rather the Apple that was controlled by Steve Jobs.
LOL I was going to ramp about the comment, Apple died in 2012
L B
You just wait
Péter Varga He was a people pleaser
and also a huge jerk but not toward the end of his life
move on with the times
they're really not much different, i feel like you people have no idea who Steve Jobs was
8:18 damn kinda wondering rn how long this guy has been dying his hair red, because im pretty sure I also saw him on the WWDC18 livestream😂😂
Please do history of the MacBook air
Could you do the history of the iPad or the history of the iMac
My 17inch macbook Pro just died after a few years use. I went back to using my powerbook G4. I still use it.
Yeah that Butterfly mechanism locked 4 of my keys and then 7 other keys on and off. I had to go to Apple while still on my warranty and they fixed it and cleaned up everything. Now, I do face that problem where my keys get stuck but it happens once in a few months
Do history of the MacBook air
The MBP retina was fucking amazing 👌
I LOVE the Aluminum Powerbook G4
it looked nice for its time, but the old ppc chips are too weak to be useful for anything these days except email... sadly the g5 mac pros are weak as well by todays standards and get trounced by the intel mac of 2006 that followed..i own both,speaking from experience
It's cute, how it looks. Besides, my iMac G4 could beat a few things on bootup
1:00 It's easier to make thinner via switching to metal especially titanium because metal has the strength (especially with titanium) to be thinner, plastic does not.
So there's been ~eight generations of MacBook Pro?
2:16 R.I.P. Vern Troyer, who even appeared in the Aluminum PowerBook commercial
Rip
The 2015 Retinas was the last great MacBook Pros.
There's nothing Pro about trading all the ports for a 12% thinner body.
There's nothing Pro about removing the function keys for a dumb Touch Bar that doesn't really do anything.
There's nothing Pro about having an oven cook your lap.
There's nothing Pro about making the keyboard as fragile as ice.
There's nothing Pro about removing the charger that has saved thousands of laptops thousands of times.
Edit: 2021 was a godsend.
I actually like that keyboard
the Macintosh Portable is from 1989, not 1997
So which MBP is best then ?