Apple Sunset

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

Discontinued 12 Jul 2018

Released

19 May 2015

Announced

19 May 2015

Launch price from

$1,999

Discontinued

12 Jul 2018

Lifespan

3 years, 2 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, Mid 2014)
Replaced by
MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016)
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 (2015) from $1,999, with 16GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or $2,499 for a faster processor, 512GB and separate AMD graphics. Both had a 15.4-inch screen and four processor cores.

The Force Touch trackpad was introduced on the MacBook Pro 15-inch (2015). Rather than hinging at the top, it used sensors to measure how hard a finger pressed and a small motor underneath to produce the feeling of a click, so it clicked the same wherever it was pressed. How much pressure counted as a click could be changed in settings.

A MagSafe 2 charger, two Thunderbolt 2 sockets, two rectangular USB ports, an HDMI socket, an SD card slot and a headphone jack all sat along the sides, with twelve physical function keys above the keyboard. This was the last MacBook Pro built that way.

The battery held 99.5 watt-hours, rated at up to 9 hours of web browsing. When Apple later described the 16-inch model of 2019 as having the largest battery it had ever put in a Mac notebook, at 100 watt-hours, this was the machine it had beaten, by half a watt-hour.

Storage was up to two and a half times faster than the generation before, which Apple put at up to 2GBps, and the AMD graphics in the dearer model were up to 80 per cent quicker. The screen stayed at 2880 by 1800 and 300 nits, a figure the 2016 redesign would raise to 500.

Apple kept it on sale for more than three years. The redesigned model arrived in October 2016 and this one carried on beside it as the cheaper choice, outliving that 2016 machine, which was itself dropped in June 2017. This one and the 2017 model were both withdrawn on the same day, 12 July 2018.

It was announced on 19 May 2015, by press release rather than at an event. It went on sale the same day, in Apple’s online store and its retail shops at once, priced from $1,999.

Check out the MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) that followed 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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