Apple’s refreshed MacBook Professional 13-inch with the M2 chip, which was introduced at WWDC 2022, will ship extra rapidly than we have been initially instructed.
Apple initially mentioned that the MacBook Professional 13-inch 2022 would ship in July, however the firm has simply tell us that it’s actually set to ship in June.
Punters will be capable of pre-order the M2-toting MacBook Professional 13-inch worldwide from June 17, which is that this Friday, with the gadgets arriving with clients from June 24 onwards.
Apple additionally reminded us that the brand new MacBook Professional for 2022 shall be out there on the Apple Retailer web site and app, and from licensed resellers.
The principle distinction with this refreshed MacBook Professional is the inclusion of that M2 chip, which is an 8-core CPU (4 efficiency plus 4 effectivity cores), alongside a 10-core GPU. Apple claims that the M2 is eighteen% quicker than the M1, and gives critically spectacular battery life at 20 hours of video playback (two hours greater than the M2-powered MacBook Air).
Evaluation: Wait – why is that this the primary M2 laptop computer out of the gate?
Talking of the MacBook Air (M2, 2022), that was the massive revelation when it comes to laptops for WWDC 2022, nevertheless it’s the MacBook Professional 13-inch – which retains the design the identical, and doesn’t see a lot in the way in which of change, save for the addition of the M2 chip, and the choice to run with 24GB of RAM – that we’re getting first.
Extra eyes are on the brand new MacBook Air, naturally, because it represents a serious overhaul when it comes to being slimmer and lighter, with a bigger (and brighter) display screen, and as we noticed in our hands-on preview, it’s wanting like one other hit laptop computer for Apple already. But it surely gained’t be right here till July, so there’s nonetheless a little bit of a look forward to this system – and broad suggestions, there’s an excellent likelihood some consumers might certainly look forward to the Air reasonably than leaping on the MacBook Professional 13-inch M2.
Definitely there’s been a little bit of head-scratching as to why Apple hasn’t prioritized the MacBook Air right here, however the truth that the MacBook Professional 13-inch isn’t very totally different from its predecessor, and due to this fact Apple might have a bunch of parts nonetheless readily available for manufacturing, might be the rationale for this Professional mannequin popping out so swiftly. Whereas the MacBook Air M2 could be extra affected by current provide chain difficulties, and naturally, demand for the Professional mannequin isn’t going to be close to the identical stage because the all-new M2-powered MacBook Air.
