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MacBook Pro 2022 Review: Apple’s M2 Revs Up This Dated Design
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Anuj Tiwari
June 22, 2022 at 1:04 pm
superrrr wow
Parsclick - Amir Azimi
June 22, 2022 at 1:06 pm
The only reason why Apple has old MacBook design with M2 which is similar to Air M2 is business strategy.
Rahmad Fauzan
June 22, 2022 at 1:19 pm
Well, i own M1 MBP. IMO, Apple makes us as users happy because we feel our device aren’t outdated yet. So… i’m not gonna upgrade to M2 ’till new chip release in a next few years. M3 TBH with 3nm 😀
ONEWAYLEEWAY
June 22, 2022 at 1:48 pm
You probably don’t even need the M3. Apple supports it’s products for years so that M1 MacBook of yours will still be fast in 5/6 maybe even 7 year.
Rahmad Fauzan
June 22, 2022 at 6:06 pm
@ONEWAYLEEWAY Agree… Regarding device age, i hope so. But we never know how long our device last. Considering possibility of defect at some devices.
ONEWAYLEEWAY
June 22, 2022 at 1:41 pm
I love how every time Apple do a redesign on any product(something that should be standard over time) they have the balls to charge the customer extra for it. Thinner bezels and a notch on i Phone X…an extra $300, touch bar on mac pro…$300, a new bigger screen for the mac pro 14…new price $1800(instead of $1300), i Pad Pro has thinner bezels now…$250 extra. Madness when you think about it…
andyH_England
June 22, 2022 at 2:27 pm
The main reason is that TSMC have put their prices up, this was well advertised and hard to ignore as inflation is everywhere! I heard it is about $100 extra for the A16 and maybe more for the M2, so the consumers have to pay for supply price increases and just look at the Intel 12th gen, even with much higher competition they have escalating prices. I think you are being unreasonable there as Apple costs R&D over the life cycle of a design so cost per unit is not that high. It is sadly just the world we live in now with inflationary pressures that will get worse before they get better.
ONEWAYLEEWAY
June 22, 2022 at 3:25 pm
@andyH_England In 2017 the i Phone X was $250/$300 more expensive then the previous i phone just because it had smaller bezels and a notch. Inflation was no where near as bad as it is today(because the world wasn’t falling apart) and they STILL charged us extra. Sound familiar? It should because they’re doing it again with the Macbook Air…Same smaller bezels, notch and $200/£250 more expensive.
andyH_England
June 22, 2022 at 3:37 pm
@ONEWAYLEEWAY There was a $200 difference between the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X and the X has more expensive OLED and the very expensive (at the time) front Face-ID camera tech. Though I am not saying they are worth the extra $200 there was other stuff as well including a co-processor on the X for a Secure Enclave, also dual optical stabilization on rear cameras on iPhone X. So for me saying Apple ramped up the price just because of a new design is way too simplistic and not really true.
ONEWAYLEEWAY
June 22, 2022 at 11:15 pm
@andyH_England “Apple launched the iPhone 8 in 2017 at a retail price of $699 for 64GB” and the i Phone X was $999. Now my maths isn’t that great but I’m pretty sure thats a $300 difference. And OLED isn’t an excuse either because even cheaper flagships had OLED at the time so they had to introduce it as part of the redesign to catch up to the competition. Face id is impressive but is it worth the $300 upgrade over touch id? Don’t get fooled they’re charging you for a redesign…
Jovan Dangubic
June 22, 2022 at 2:01 pm
funny how they didn’t mention single core performance!
andyH_England
June 22, 2022 at 2:35 pm
Who? CPU per core year-on-year growth on any platform is rarely much more than 10% as we reach limits of 5nm.
chidorirasenganz
June 22, 2022 at 3:55 pm
@andyH_England I mean it’s like 10-12% making it higher than any of the m1 macs and better than any standard winbox
Porsche 911 turbo s
June 22, 2022 at 2:07 pm
Is it okay to buy the M2 air
sun shhine
June 22, 2022 at 3:20 pm
Why don’t pro?
Adrian Anzano
June 22, 2022 at 6:31 pm
yes, it’s better than the Pro in fact.
Gabriel Gledhill
June 22, 2022 at 6:32 pm
It is, certainly. There are two definite advantages, the fan and perhaps a superior battery life, and the difference it makes has been shown to be negligible. Everything else is preference, and it is difficult to conceive of what person would prefer the M2 MacBook Pro.
Timmy Joe PC Tech
June 22, 2022 at 2:12 pm
Barf
THE_JARMEL
June 22, 2022 at 2:21 pm
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE
andyH_England
June 22, 2022 at 2:33 pm
The basic M2 MB Air only has binned 8-core GPU so it will perform significantly below the MB Pro 13 in heavy GPU workloads, the Pro about 25% more grunt. So you need to upgrade to the 10-core GPU for $100 making them the same price, but it is misleading to say the bas eM2 Air will perform close even disregarding the active cooling which can make a big difference in warmer ambient temperatures.
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J
June 22, 2022 at 2:53 pm
So you think the 10 core mb air will have solid performance with heavy gpu workloads? I want to get one but I do game sometimes and wondered if it could handle that
chidorirasenganz
June 22, 2022 at 3:58 pm
I was with you until you said there will be a big difference between the 10 core in the mbp and mba. Unless you are rendering something for more than 10min or something else extensive over time you won’t tell any difference. Even when the mba throttles it’s only a 6% difference
Mat Jakubowski
June 22, 2022 at 2:53 pm
But MacBook Pro is for Pros 😉
Stv
June 22, 2022 at 2:59 pm
The new M2 air and m1 pro 14/16 new design is a let down… this 13 inch m2 and m1 air is the last wedge design series… built quality has dropped with the new chassis and design adoption. The new design has hollow feel, heavier monitor enclosure and weaker hinges (to support new air cooling option)..
David Jacobs
June 22, 2022 at 3:44 pm
99.9% of users will have no issues with the new design.I haven’t.You are just being picky.
John Kaiser
June 22, 2022 at 6:12 pm
You sound like a child that’s been too spoilt , it’s fine
Саша (snige)
June 22, 2022 at 3:12 pm
help me choose a macbook pro, I settled on two options, these are: macbook pro 15 2014 i7/16gb/512gb or macbook pro 13 2017 touch bar i5/8gb/256gb. can’t choose, help
sxifster
June 22, 2022 at 3:33 pm
def get the MacBook Pro from 2015 if you need a reliable machine and still fast to this date but if your willing to spend a little more i’d get a M1 Macbook Air.
Wi Fine
June 22, 2022 at 5:22 pm
M1 blows these out
Flying Pig
June 22, 2022 at 5:27 pm
Spend more on the m1. The 2014 MacBook Pro is no longer supported, and the 2017 MacBook pros are known as some of the worst MacBooks out there, m1 would last you way longer.
Zachary Allen
June 22, 2022 at 6:10 pm
2014 isn’t supported and the 2017 was horrible. If you don’t have money to buy an m1 or m2 just wait it out
MightyRob1
June 22, 2022 at 3:27 pm
Finally a fair and non-biased review of this computer and the touch bar
Gustavo Masis
June 22, 2022 at 5:58 pm
For real. Most of reviews of the 13” mbp is just hate towards the touch bar.
Lucky Chandra
June 22, 2022 at 3:58 pm
They have upgraded the headphone jack to support high impedance headphones and speakers also support spatial audio.
Dsole 1217
June 22, 2022 at 4:11 pm
Whoop dee doo
Bert Perez
June 22, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I wonder if Apple plans to keep a lower priced Pro model for the coming years (they should!).
G G
June 22, 2022 at 4:49 pm
I hate the notch so this is all the money I will have to spend. 2000
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Juan Pablo Correia Echeverria
June 22, 2022 at 5:10 pm
I don’t think it really makes sense. Apple’s notebook lineup should be: 13” MacBook Air, (possible 15” MacBook Air), 14” and 16” MacBook Pros.
Victor
June 22, 2022 at 7:07 pm
You want to think for a multi trillion dollar company? Good luck 😂😂
Fletcher Guevy
June 22, 2022 at 5:38 pm
Ill start saving up for the m2 max
Sharjun Ahamed
June 22, 2022 at 7:23 pm
👍
Amputated Heart Feast
June 22, 2022 at 7:39 pm
So, those thing is faster than my $5000 M1 Ultra 48core GPU that basically have 64gb VRAM? 💀
Yossi Itskovich
June 22, 2022 at 8:19 pm
Good on Apple for keeping it. What you can’t do, if you care about your customers, is say to professionals “ hey, you can’t have what you could before, only something slightly worse. But not too much worse, you’ll be fine”. Professionals can get uncomfortable about the lack of the fan for heavier workloads, and that’s enough reason. And anyway, a company should never downgrade the experience of the users just because there is new cool stuff, only upgrade it. Even if it won’t be a success it must be in the lineup.
The HOBBIES 2.0
June 23, 2022 at 4:50 am
you have a point.
Anthony Pinto
June 22, 2022 at 9:20 pm
I dont like the M2 lineup as apple released it. It feels like they should have a left the MacBook Air alone, just leave the M1 can call it a day. The M2 MacBook Air should have been released as the M2 MacBook Pro (add a fan or whatever). Be done with it at that.
Adhi Narayanan Y R
June 25, 2022 at 11:29 am
Totally agree with your view. This MacBook pro is no longer a pro when compared with the rest of the lineup
You Tube
June 22, 2022 at 9:21 pm
When’s the 16 inch macbook pro m2 ultra coming?
Viven Reddy
June 22, 2022 at 10:42 pm
How can this be called ‘PRO’ when it can only have 1 external display?
Johnny Souto
June 22, 2022 at 11:32 pm
4:49 I liked the video, but I didn’t like the recommendation
Aidan Bazan
June 23, 2022 at 3:23 am
This MacBook Pro is basically theft.
Ky
June 23, 2022 at 3:46 am
The M2 MBP is there just to sell the M2 MBA and 14/16 M1 MBP. It makes sense, really.
curtis mccullom
June 23, 2022 at 3:55 am
I have the intel base model 2020 magic keyboard right before the M1 MacBook pro 13 inch I love it fast and quick only hate the battery life I would gladly take the M2 model I love this design and the touch bar is amazing to me it works well and it does exactly what I need it to do I cannot wait until it’s released definitely well worth it at $1200 I keep hearing M1 battery life is fantastic I can only imagine M2
Felix Five
June 23, 2022 at 9:25 am
I have the same model and hate the Touch Bar. It’s gimmicky and not much use. It’s ok but would prefer the newer Mac
curtis mccullom
June 23, 2022 at 3:03 pm
@Felix Five and that’s why they have the MacBook Air the new one for folks like your self you get the same design good power at a very reasonable price but it’s a lot of folks behind the scenes that like the Touch Bar and this design and computer idk why people hate it so much or what they do expect it to do it does what it need to do or what it was intended for it to do
Astronaut Ninja
June 23, 2022 at 4:36 am
Always keep in mind that this is the same guy that said he prefers online gaming on a console with WiFi vs plugging in to an ethernet.
Matt Halpain
June 23, 2022 at 4:43 am
Thank you for this review. As was enjoyable and informative.
Yung Nachty
June 23, 2022 at 8:20 am
I guess I will eventually spring for an M3 or M4 Max with like 256GB of RAM.
mTc - MobileTechCrisis
June 23, 2022 at 9:51 am
Should I go for the M1 MacBook Pro over the M2 MacBook Air?
LomarVGC
June 23, 2022 at 10:43 am
Where in this laptop has rounded edges compared to the new design
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Uvejs Hafezi
June 23, 2022 at 8:44 pm
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BLACKMOLLY 98
June 24, 2022 at 9:16 am
i ordered this. its now on its way to my house. im excited, its my first ever mac
BLACKMOLLY 98
June 24, 2022 at 9:17 am
in addition, i choose this over M2 Air because its cheaper in terms of 10 core gpu. if u want cheaper n need full performance of M2 at the same time, go for Pro version
滾動力 rollor
June 24, 2022 at 12:07 pm
the answer for this product is simple. it’s macbook gov/mil/edu. it’s not for the consumers. in order to meet the RFP requirement, the product needs to be publicly available. also needs to be new enough to last yet old enough so it’s easy/cheap to maintain. think about the global gov/mil/edu balk purchase. aapl is making the right decision.
Kany A
June 24, 2022 at 1:49 pm
I honestly thought I would use the touchbar on my M1 MBP more than I should but I love it cause I can skip ads on YouTube and Pandora but other than that.. it’s sorta useless lol
Vlad Mishyn
June 25, 2022 at 8:39 pm
No for work it’s amazing.
If app developers use this touchbar buttons
Ron Mattson
June 24, 2022 at 3:12 pm
Has Apple fixed the thunderbolt speed with the M2?
Umar Tariq
June 24, 2022 at 3:30 pm
forget m2, awsome beard
Nate Lewis
June 27, 2022 at 12:58 am
THE CENT LOGO SUCKS
Eric Ling
June 27, 2022 at 8:58 am
I think Apple just have lotsa the old design chassis lying around and said, ya, put m2 in those old 13 pro and just get rid of them.