MacBook heir: How Apple's laptops have thinned out over time

 By 
Bob Al-Greene
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Apple's new MacBook, announced on Monday, is the company's thinnest notebook ever, at just 13.1 millimeters (or 0.52 of an inch). It's the latest step in the evolution of personal computers, which, until recent years, were often clunky beasts.

Naturally, we wondered: How does that super-slim profile compare in thickness to some of Apple's other most popular devices? Not just notebooks, but phones, tablets -- and, yes, watches.

Check out the graphic below for a scaled comparison of Apple products dating back to 1991. (Note: Devices are scaled to each other. Display on different screens may vary.)

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