MacBook (Retina)

The MacBook with Retina display (marketed as "The new MacBook") is a line of portable Macintosh computers announced in a special event on March 9, 2015 by Apple Inc. It was superseded by the 3rd-generation MacBook Air in October 2018.

Features
The new MacBook has a similar appearance to the MacBook Air, but is thinner and lighter, and is available in space gray, silver and gold. Other features include a high-resolution Retina display, a Force Touch trackpad with Taptic Engine, a redesigned keyboard, and only two ports: a headphone jack and USB 3.1 Type-C port for charging, data transfer and video output.

In the Macintosh product line, the MacBook sits between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in terms of average specifications. Notably, the base model MacBook has a 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM, double that of the MacBook Air base models.

Discontinuation
Soon after the MacBook was surpassed by the 3rd-generation MacBook Air, which incorporated its own Retina display and USB-C ports, it was discontinued in July 2019.