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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)

Discontinued 13 Apr 2010

Released

8 Jun 2009

Announced

8 Jun 2009

Launch price from

$1,699

Discontinued

13 Apr 2010

Lifespan

10 months

Category
MacBook Pro
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
Replaced by
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
MacBook Pro (Intel-based) on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

Apple sold the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) in three versions: $1,699 for a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo with a 250GB hard drive, $1,999 for 2.66GHz with 320GB, and $2,299 for 2.8GHz with 500GB. All three came with 4GB of memory.

The entry price came down by $300. Apple put some models at up to $300 less than the generation before and made a point of the new $1,699 starting figure. No 15-inch MacBook Pro was ever cheaper again, because the model that replaced it ten months later started at $1,799.

Apple built the battery into the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), using the charging system and chemistry it had first tried on the 17-inch model five months earlier. It rated the result at up to seven hours of use and 1,000 recharges before the battery fell to 80 per cent of its original capacity, and offered to replace a worn one for $129 or $179.

An SD card slot was added, and the machine could take 8GB of memory, which Apple called a first for it. The 4GB it came with was two 2GB sticks that could be swapped out by hand, a kind of upgrade that left the 15-inch line when the Retina models went on sale in 2012.

The screen measured 15.4 inches at 1440 by 900, glossy and LED-backlit, which Apple said covered 60 per cent more colour than before. Only a glossy finish was offered, with no antiglare option and no higher-resolution choice, both of which the model that replaced it added.

An NVIDIA GeForce 9400M handled graphics on all three, with a second chip, a 9600M GT, added on the two dearer ones. A Mini DisplayPort drove external screens, alongside two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port, a Gigabit Ethernet socket, the new SD card slot, audio in and out, a MagSafe charger and an 8x SuperDrive for CDs and DVDs.

It weighed 5.5 pounds at 0.95 of an inch thick, a tenth of a pound lighter than every 15-inch MacBook Pro that followed in the same shape, and an iSight camera sat above the screen.

Apple replaced it on 13 April 2010, when Intel’s Core i5 and i7 came to the 15-inch along with automatic graphics switching, and the entry price went back up to $1,799.

It was announced on 8 June 2009 at WWDC. It went on sale the same day, priced from $1,699.

Check out the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) that replaced it.

MacBook Pro release history

  1. 2026

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max ReleasedCurrent

  3. 3 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro (M4) Discontinued

  4. ↑ 4 months later
  5. 2025

  6. 22 Oct 2025

    Macbook Pro M5 ReleasedCurrent

  7. ↑ about 1 year later
  8. 2024

  9. 8 Nov 2024

    MacBook Pro (M4) Released

  10. 30 Oct 2024

    MacBook Pro (M3) Discontinued

  11. ↑ about 1 year later
  12. 2023

  13. 7 Nov 2023

    MacBook Pro (M3) Released

  14. 30 Oct 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Discontinued

  15. ↑ 9 months later

  16. 24 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Released

  17. 17 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Discontinued

  18. ↑ 1 year, 3 months later
  19. 2021

  20. 26 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Released

  21. 18 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Discontinued

  22. ↑ about 2 years later
  23. 2019

  24. 13 Nov 2019

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Discontinued

  25. ↑ 6 months later

  26. 21 May 2019

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Discontinued

  27. ↑ 10 months later
  28. 2018

  29. 12 Jul 2018

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Discontinued

  30. ↑ about 1 year later
  31. 2017

  32. 5 Jun 2017

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Discontinued

  33. ↑ 7 months later
  34. 2016

  35. 14 Nov 2016

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Released

  36. ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
  37. 2015

  38. 19 May 2015

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Discontinued

  39. ↑ 10 months later
  40. 2014

  41. 29 Jul 2014

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Discontinued

  42. ↑ 9 months later
  43. 2013

  44. 22 Oct 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Discontinued

  45. ↑ 8 months later

  46. 13 Feb 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

  47. ↑ 8 months later
  48. 2012

  49. 11 Jun 2012

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) Discontinued

  50. ↑ 8 months later
  51. 2011

  52. 24 Oct 2011

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) Discontinued

  53. ↑ 8 months later

  54. 24 Feb 2011

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) Launch

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Discontinued

  55. ↑ 10 months later
  56. 2010

  57. 13 Apr 2010

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) Discontinued

  58. ↑ 10 months later
  59. 2009

  60. 8 Jun 2009

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) Discontinued

  61. ↑ 8 months later
  62. 2008

  63. 14 Oct 2008

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) Released

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