The new MacBook isn't Apple's first 12-inch laptop. Look back at Apple's last 12-incher.
I'm really looking forward to the new MacBook for a whole host of reasons. The 12-inch Retina display is one of them. For Mac users of the current era, 12 inches sounds like an odd size ? everything's either 11, 13 or 15 inches these days. But Apple's had that particular size in its roster before. The last time Apple made such a beast was a decade ago: The 2005 12-inch PowerBook G4 model was discontinued in 2006, as Apple migrated from PowerPC to Intel processors.
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