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This option was discontinued from the 27-inch iMac with Retina display in 2020. The most common repairs with Mid 2010 model MacBook Pro 15 Unibody laptops are replacing a dead battery, replacing a malfunctioning left or right fan, and upgrading the hard drive or RAM. In 2012, Apple also introduced a solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD) option in Intel-based iMacs in the form of a Fusion Drive, which is Apple's proprietary hybrid of the speed benefits of an SSD combined with the more cost-effective storage space of a hard drive. Apple no-longer offers any product with a mechanically spinning internal hard drive, though they are available as aftermarket items as large internal storage for the 3rd-generation Mac Pro or as cheap external USB drives for other models. The first Macintosh computer to be released with a SSD as an factory option for internal storage is the MacBook Air in January 2008. The first device from Apple to ship with a solid-state storage is the iPod shuffle in January 2005.