This Friday, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a faster M2 chip is going to be available. Early reviews of the notebook have been shared by some channels and media outlets, giving a hands-on look at the performance improvements.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro has the same chip as before, the M2 chip, which has an 8-coreCPU and a 10-coreGPU. The M2 chip has up to a 40% faster Neural Engine than the M1 chip. The new MacBook Pro has the same design as the previous model, with the Touch Bar and two ports on the left side.
The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro's have the same support for high-impedance headphones as the 13-inch model.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro can be configured with up to 24GB of unified memory with the M2 chip. The notebook can hold up to 2 terabytes of storage.
Space gray and silver color options are available for the 13-inch MacBook Pro in the US.
The redesign of the MacBook Air with the M2 chip might be worth waiting for, according to many reviews. The new MacBook Air starts at a lower price of $1,199.
One notable difference between the notebooks is that the MacBook Air has a fanless design, while the MacBook Pro has an active cooling system.
WIRED'sBrenda Stoylar.
If you just need a good, new laptop, wait for the upcoming MacBook Air. You get a slightly larger, more modern-looking screen, a better webcam, nicer speakers, and a fast-charging support, all in an overall lighter package (and fun colors!). This MacBook Pro remains an awkward middle child and doesn't bring nearly enough to the table to be worth your while.
Phillip Tracy is a writer for Gizmodo.
Viewed in a vacuum, the MacBook Pro 13 is a great laptop with outstanding performance and unbeatable battery life, characteristics that put it ahead of some of its PC rivals. Zoom out and it's hard to see where this model fits within Apple's portfolio. The most direct rival to this entry-level Pro isn't the more premium versions, but rather, the MacBook Air. Not only does the Air have a lower starting price, but it has a larger display, a better webcam, quad speakers, more interesting color options, a slimmer chassis, and the benefit of a traditional shortcut row.
Monica Chin is a reporter for The Verge.
This would be the perfect device for someone like me — if it weren't for the new MacBook Air. This new MacBook Air, also powered by the M2, is coming very soon. It will be, as far as I can tell from Apple's website, the same price as the M2 MacBook Pro for the same specs in most cases (they level out at the $1,499 mark). But, unlike the MacBook Pro, the M2 MacBook Air did get a big redesign, and it includes all kinds of new features — including new colors, a larger display, a 1080p webcam, and, especially, MagSafe — that this device doesn't have.
The previous MacBook Pro was powered by the M1 chip, while the new 13-inch MacBook Pro was powered by a different one. The new MacBook Pro has up to 20% faster multi-core performance according to Geekbench 5 results.
The new 13-inch MacBook Pro has more battery life than the previous model, according to Jacob Krol.
Notably, our battery test beat the promised 20 hours of video playback that Apple was promising. In our testing, the 13-inch MacBook Pro lasted for 23 hours and 15 minutes with a 4K playback test. I also set the brightness to 50% and turned off connectivity during the playback. It's quite impressive, and in day-to-day use, it's tough to make the MacBook Pro die.
I could easily have the 13-inch MacBook Pro last over a full day of use, coming in around 18 hours of full use, and the laptop can sit in standby mode for several days.
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