It offered excellent performance and long battery life and led to a resurgence in MacBooks – and we’re not talking just in sales, but also within Apple itself. The M1 was Apple’s revolutionary first attempt at making its own computing chip rather than relying on Intel to provide the processing power.
The good news is that this is the same price the earlier MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) launched, which means you’re essentially getting an upgrade from the M1 to the M2 chip for free.
MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) review: PriceĪnnounced at Apple’s WWDC 2022 event, and starting delivery from June 24, the MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) sells for $1,299 / £1,299 / AU$1,999. Meanwhile, for people who want a more powerful MacBook to work on, the 14-inch MacBook and 16-inch MacBook Pro from last year offer better screens, performance, and more ports.ĭespite undeniably being a fantastic laptop, the MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) is strangely hard to justify. The default configuration of the MacBook Air offers an M2 chip with an 8-core GPU, so for graphically-intensive tasks, the MacBook Pro should have the edge, though you can upgrade the MacBook Air to an M2 chip with the same 10-core GPU as the one in the MacBook Pro 13-inch. There seems little reason to get the more expensive 13-inch MacBook Pro over the new MacBook Air. The upcoming MacBook Air (M2, 2022) has a new design and a larger – and brighter – screen and should offer similar levels of performance due to having the same M2 chip, all while costing $100/£50/AU$100 less. Not only does the lack of a redesign suggest a lack of enthusiasm for the product and perhaps a way to use up existing stock from previous models, but with Apple getting into the habit of putting out new MacBooks, it’s getting increasingly difficult to see what the 13-inch MacBook Pro fits in. However, despite all these successes, there is a feeling that the MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) is the last of its kind.
It even outdoes the previous M1 MacBook Pro 13-inch, which shows that the M2 is even less battery-hungry than its predecessor. Usually, for workstation laptops used for intensive workloads like video editing, you’d be looking at a battery life of around half this – or even less. At over 15 and a half hours, this is incredibly impressive. Perhaps our favorite aspect of the MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) is the battery life.
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