The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh portable computers by Apple for the professional and power user market. It makes up the high end of the MacBook family.

First announced on January 10 2006 at the Macworld Expo by Apple CEO Steve Jobs blank">Apple PR — Apple Introduces MacBook Pro — [[January 10], 2006] , the MacBook Pro was immediately available for pre-sale at online Apple Stores worldwide, with deliveries beginning in mid-February 2006 Apple PR — Apple Begins Shipping MacBook Pro - [[February 14], 2006] . The MacBook Pro was the successor to the 15-inch and 17-inch models of the _PowerBook G4 series, and was the first Macintosh laptop to be powered by the Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.

The MacBook Pro is currently available in two size configurations: a 15.4-inch model first introduced on January 10, 2006 and last revised on February 26, 2008, and a 17" model first introduced on April 24, 2006 and also last revised on February 26, 2008.

Alongside the iMac Core Duo, the MacBook Pro represents Apple's first computers to feature Intel processors instead of PowerPC processors, a transition that completed on August 7, 2006. Since the introduction of the MacBook Pro, other lines have followed, including the introduction of the Intel Core powered Mac mini on 28 February 2006 and the MacBook consumer line of laptop computers on May 16 2006.