De M2 is dus niet zo'n indrukwekkende upgrade als toen Apple van Intel-chips naar de eigen M1-cpu overstapte. Voor wie de M1 genoeg vindt, blijft Apple voorlopig nog de MacBook Air met M1-processor verkopen, maar wat als je toch graag een MacBook met die snellere M2-chip wil? Is het dan de moeite waard om deze opgepoetste versie van het 2016-model aan te schaffen? Misschien wel, maar dat ligt eigenlijk niet aan deze MacBook Pro, maar aan de nieuwe MacBook Air.
With the new M2 MacBook Air right around the corner, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is an even tougher sell. The M2 Air has the newer design (plus cool colors), a slightly larger liquid retina display, now just as bright as the Pro, and a much-needed full HD webcam. This leaves the 13-inch MacBook Pro as the only Mac left with a substandard 720-pixel resolution webcam.
If you just need a good, new laptop, wait for the upcoming MacBook Air. You get a slightly larger, more modern-looking screen, a better webcam, nicer speakers, and a fast-charging support, all in an overall lighter package (and fun colors!). This MacBook Pro remains an awkward middle child and doesn’t bring nearly enough to the table to be worth your while.
Personally, though, I just want better for potential MacBook buyers. Why should they be stuck with the chunkiest screen bezels in Apple's laptop lineup? Why don't they deserve a high refresh rate screen? Shouldn't Apple devote more attention to one of its best-selling machines? The 13-inch MacBook Pro is fine, like I said. But it should have been so much more.
This would be the perfect device for someone like me — if it weren’t for the new MacBook Air. This new MacBook Air, also powered by the M2, is coming very soon. It will be, as far as I can tell from Apple’s website, the same price as the M2 MacBook Pro for the same specs in most cases (they level out at the $1,499 mark). But, unlike the MacBook Pro, the M2 MacBook Air did get a big redesign, and it includes all kinds of new features — including new colors, a larger display, a 1080p webcam, and, especially, MagSafe — that this device doesn’t have.
Aparte keuze van Apple door een nieuwe MacBook Pro in een oud ontwerp te stoppen. Dat voelt als een flinke stap terug, welke niet gecompenseerd wordt door de M2.Dikke schermranden, geen MagSafe connector, geen Full HD camera: wie heeft er bij Apple zitten slapen, hoe heeft dit model het gehaald?
Dikke schermranden, geen MagSafe connector, geen Full HD camera: wie heeft er bij Apple zitten slapen, hoe heeft dit model het gehaald?
...if you're buying for corporate and you're buying hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of macbooks at a time, i think you can get way better discounts on this machine than you would for the upcoming m2 macbook air...
Als ik dit zo lees, is de "nieuwe" MBP 13" M2 bijna DOA...
... we can't quite nail down exactly who would buy this.It is an incredibly slim sliver of of a target demographic that should actually buy the m2 macbook pro.