Apple's MacBook line marks 20 years since 2006 MacBook Pro debut
Apple's laptop lineage traces back to the 1989 Macintosh Portable and 1991 PowerBook 100, through the iBook G3 and PowerBook G4, culminating in the 2006 launch of the first MacBook Pro. Since then, MacBooks have set design and performance benchmarks that influenced the broader PC industry, including the rise of ultraportable laptops after the MacBook Air's debut.