Apple Sunset

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

Discontinued 29 Jul 2014

Released

22 Oct 2013

Announced

22 Oct 2013

Launch price from

$1,999

Discontinued

29 Jul 2014

Lifespan

9 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 (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
Replaced by
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
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 (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) from $1,999, with 8GB of memory, 256GB of storage and four processor cores, or $2,599 for a faster processor, 16GB of memory, 512GB and NVIDIA graphics alongside the Intel ones.

It went on sale the day Apple stopped charging for its own apps. The same announcement said that iWork and iLife were now free with every new Mac, which put the word processor, the spreadsheet, the presentation software, the video editor and the music software in the box at no extra cost.

Thunderbolt 2 was introduced on the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), with two sockets each carrying up to 20Gbps, double what the port had managed before. Wi-Fi moved to the 802.11ac standard at the same time, which Apple put at up to three times faster than the one it replaced.

Storage moved to a PCIe connection, which Apple said read up to 60 per cent faster than the generation before. Intel Iris Pro handled the graphics on both versions, and the dearer one added an NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with its own 2GB of memory that switched in when a program needed it.

The battery held 95 watt-hours, rated at up to 8 hours of web browsing, which Apple put at an hour more than the model before it.

A MagSafe 2 charger, two Thunderbolt 2 sockets, two rectangular USB ports, an HDMI socket, an SD card slot and a headphone jack sat along the sides, with twelve physical function keys above the keyboard. It weighed 4.46 pounds and measured 0.71 of an inch thick.

Apple replaced it on 29 July 2014 with a model that ran a little faster, gave the cheaper version 16GB of memory as standard and brought the top price down by $100, so this one was on sale for just over nine months.

It was announced on 22 October 2013 at the ‘We still have a lot to cover’ event in San Francisco. It went on sale the same day, priced from $1,999.

Check out the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) 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 (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 (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

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