The 13-inch Macbook Pro is getting a slew of hardware upgrades while keeping most of its same complexion from the outside.
The new version adds the more robust new M2 chips, supports up to 24GB of unified memory and promises up to 20 hours of battery life. The M2 chip offers an eight-core CPU and a 10-core GPU for more performance compared to the M1 model. The 13-inch MacBook Pro can be configured with up to 2TB of storage. It will be available in July.
Starting at $1,299, it is the least expensive laptop in Apple’s Pro lineup. It’s also the only MacBook Pro model that does not have access to the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, which Apple released in October along with the new 14-inch and updated 16-inch MacBook Pros. Instead, the new M2 chip takes over for the regular M1 chip, giving the new model a significant boost.
The 2022 13-inch MacBook remains mostly unchanged from the previous iteration. It even still includes the Touch Bar, which was removed from the updated 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros. The 13-inch MacBook Pro is now the only computer in the updated Apple lineup to include the controversial feature, and the only laptop in the lineup not to include the new MagSafe charger. Instead, the 13-inch MacBook Pro offers the same two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports for both charging and peripherals.
Like its predecessor, the 13-inch MacBook Pro includes a 13.3-inch Retina display, with P3 wide color gamut and TrueTone technology with up to 500 nits of brightness. It can encode and decode in the ProRes format and sports a 720p FaceTime HD camera — the only remaining laptop with such a low resolution camera.
