I bought every MacBook Ever.
16 products in this video, in the order they appear. Tap a timestamp to jump to the bit where I talk about it.
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Macintosh PortableImpressive for 1989 and surprisingly repairable with a great keyboard, but huge and absurdly expensive.
Apple PowerBook 100A massive jump from the Macintosh Portable, with a clever trackball placement and a much smaller body.
Apple PowerBook 500A big leap that felt much more pro, with a trackpad and see-through loading screen, though his unit died on camera.
Apple PowerBook G3The fastest laptop in the world in 1997, and the Wall Street model felt high-end, though he wished for curvier edges.
Apple iBookA playful, experimental and affordable laptop that introduced consumer Wi-Fi, and he wishes more laptops were this daring.
Apple PowerBook G4The first Apple laptop with a metal body; sturdy and functional, starting to resemble the modern MacBook.
Apple MacBook (2006)A nostalgic plastic laptop that felt high-end and was the first fun computer he used.
Apple MacBook Pro (2006)Metal-bodied, with a good display and slick keyboard, and the last Apple laptop with a latch.
Apple MacBook Air (2008)A paradigm-changing thin laptop and one of Apple's top moments, with a multi-touch trackpad that felt intuitive.
Apple MacBook (2008 unibody)Solid, bright and fast, the best-selling MacBook ever and the first proper MacBook design.
Apple MacBook Pro Retina (2012)A night-and-day screen upgrade in a thin body, with a keyboard he thinks Apple peaked on.
Apple MacBook (2015)Impressively thin with a nice Retina screen, but dropping all ports and fanless low-power chip made it unnecessary.
Apple MacBook Pro with Touch BarA love-hate laptop: futuristic and fun with a huge trackpad, but the Touch Bar bugged out and few developers supported it.
Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)A well-reviewed, no-gimmick Pro laptop that nailed the fundamentals, though the webcam was still poor.
Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M1 Max)The laptop he still uses daily, feeling far faster than Intel models, with a 1080p webcam though the notch is unnecessary.
Apple MacBook Pro (M2 Max)An incremental update with longer battery life, newer ports and a 30% faster chip, but no big redesign.