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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) and MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Apple announced two products on 19 May 2015: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) and MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).

It was the 4th of 10 dated moments the archive holds for 2015, 25 days after the previous one, 24 April 2015.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) product photograph

Rafael Fernandez · CC BY-SA 3.0

What Apple announced

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)

Mac · iMac · discontinued 13 October 2015

The iMac is a series of all-in-one desktop computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. Between 2006 and 2022, the iMac series used chipsets based on Intel architecture. While sold, it was one of three desktop computers in the Mac lineup, serving as an all-in-one alternative to the Mac Mini, and sat below the performance range Mac Pro. It was sold alongside a higher-end, Xeon-based iMac Pro from 2017 to 2021.

The earliest Intel iMacs reused the same white polycarbonate enclosure as the iMac G5. Later models shifted to aluminum and plastic, and then a unibody aluminum case. The iMacs released after October 2012 also featured a much thinner display, with the edge measuring just 5 mm. This design would persist until the line was discontinued.

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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) product photograph
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)

Rafael Fernandez · CC BY-SA 3.0

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) product photograph
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Premeditated · CC BY-SA 4.0

Also in 2015

Sources

  1. iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) · Wikipedia
  2. MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) · Wikipedia

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