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iMac (21.5-inch, 2017), iPad Pro (10.5-inch), MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017), MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017), MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) and Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple announced six products on 5 June 2017: iMac (21.5-inch, 2017), iPad Pro (10.5-inch), MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017), MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017), MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) and Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. The day spanned Accessories, iPad and Mac.

It was the 3rd of 6 dated moments the archive holds for 2017, 73 days after the previous one, 24 March 2017.

iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) product photograph

Seasider53 · CC BY 4.0

What Apple announced

iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)

Mac · iMac · discontinued 30 October 2021

The iMac is a series of all-in-one computers from Apple, sold as part of the company's Mac family of computers. First introduced in 1998, it has remained a primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since and evolved through seven distinct forms. The iMac natively runs the macOS operating system.

Its original form, the iMac G3, had a gumdrop, egg-shaped look with a CRT monitor, mainly enclosed by a colored, translucent plastic case. The computer was, at the time, an inexpensive, consumer-oriented computer that would easily connect to the Internet. The second major revision, the iMac G4, moved a design with a hemispherical base containing all the main components and an LCD monitor on a freely moving arm attached to it. The third and fourth revisions, the iMac G5 and the Intel iMac, placed all the components immediately behind the display in a plastic casing, creating a slim unified design that tilts only up and down on a simple metal base. The fifth, sixth and seventh revisions swapped the plastic enclosure for metal and became progressively thinner over each revision.

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iPad Pro (10.5-inch)

iPad · iPad Pro · discontinued 18 March 2019

The iPad Pro is a series of tablet computers, positioned as the premium line of Apple's iPad brand. Models run iPadOS, a tablet-optimized fork of the iOS operating system. Early models were distinguished from other iPads by their ability to use the Apple Pencil stylus and their larger screen size. As other iPads have gained these features over time, the latest eighth-generation iPad Pro is notable among other features for its powerful processor (the M5) and being the thinnest Apple product ever released.

The original iPad Pro was introduced in September 2015 and ran iOS 9. It had an A9X chip, and came in two sizes: 9.7 inches (250 mm) and 12.9 inches (330 mm); the 9.7-inch came out in March 2016. The second-generation iPad Pro was unveiled during the June 2017 WWDC event. It came with an upgraded A10X Fusion processor and superseded the 9.7-inch model with a 10.5-inch (270 mm) model. The third-generation iPad Pro was announced in October 2018 with a new screen design. As a part of the redesign, the home button was removed in favor of Face ID. It comes in 11-inch (280 mm) and 12.9-inch models.

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MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)

Mac · MacBook · discontinued 9 July 2019

The 12-inch MacBook (also called the Retina MacBook, officially marketed as the new MacBook) is a discontinued Mac laptop made by Apple, which sat between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in Apple's laptop lineup. It shares the same name as its predecessor that was discontinued three years prior to its release.

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. It was revised in 2017, and discontinued in July 2019.

iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) product photograph
iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)

Seasider53 · CC BY 4.0

iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) product photograph
iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)

Rafael Fernandez · CC BY-SA 3.0

iPad Pro (10.5-inch) product photograph
iPad Pro (10.5-inch)

彭家杰 · CC BY-SA 4.0

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) product photograph
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)

Maurizio Pesce · CC BY 2.0

MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) product photograph
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017)

Matthew Yohe · CC BY 3.0

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) product photograph
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

Premeditated · CC BY-SA 4.0

Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad product photograph
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

KKPCW · CC BY-SA 4.0

Also in 2017

Sources

  1. iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) · Wikipedia
  2. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) · Wikipedia
  3. MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) · Wikipedia
  4. MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) · Wikipedia
  5. MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) · Wikipedia
  6. Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad · Wikipedia

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