Good news! Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch M2 will ship sooner than expected

Date:
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:58:12 +0000

Description:
The revamped MacBook Pro can be pre-ordered now, and customers will start receiving laptops in just over a week.

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Apples refreshed MacBook Pro 13-inch with the M2 chip, which was announced
at WWDC 2022 , will ship more quickly than we were initially told.

Apple initially said that the MacBook Pro 13-inch 2022 would ship in July,
but the company has just let us know that it is in fact set to ship in June.

Punters will be able to pre-order the M2-toting MacBook Pro 13-inch worldwide from June 17, which is this Friday, with the devices arriving with customers from June 24 onwards.

Apple also reminded us that the new MacBook Pro for 2022 will be available on the Apple Store website and app, and from authorized resellers.

The main difference with this refreshed MacBook Pro is the inclusion of that M2 chip , which is an 8-core CPU (4 performance plus 4 efficiency cores), alongside a 10-core GPU. Apple claims that the M2 is 18% faster than the M1, and offers seriously impressive battery life at 20 hours of video playback (two hours more than the M2-powered MacBook Air). Analysis: Wait why is this the first M2 laptop out of the gate?

Speaking of the MacBook Air (M2, 2022) , that was the big revelation in terms of laptops for WWDC 2022, but its the MacBook Pro 13-inch which keeps the design the same, and doesnt see much in the way of change, save for the addition of the M2 chip, and the option to run with 24GB of RAM that were getting first.

More eyes are on the new MacBook Air, naturally, as it represents a major overhaul in terms of being slimmer and lighter, with a larger (and brighter) screen, and as we observed in our hands-on preview , its looking like another hit laptop for Apple already. But it wont be here until July, so theres still a bit of a wait for this device and looking at broad feedback, theres a good chance some buyers may indeed wait for the Air rather than jumping at the MacBook Pro 13-inch M2.

Certainly theres been a bit of head-scratching as to why Apple hasnt prioritized the MacBook Air here, but the fact that the MacBook Pro 13-inch isnt very different from its predecessor, and therefore Apple may have a
bunch of components still on hand for production, could be the reason for
this Pro model coming out so swiftly. Whereas the MacBook Air M2 may well be more affected by recent supply chain difficulties , and of course, demand for the Pro model isnt going to be near the same level as the all-new M2-powered MacBook Air.



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