Cannot believe the updated base MBP has the old Touch Bar. Why can’t they give us back our function keys?
EDIT: and is now the only laptop without MagSafe? There are more ports on the new MBA!
EDIT: and is now the only laptop without MagSafe? There are more ports on the new MBA!
It is identical to the M2 MacBook Air, except:
- Worse camera: 720p camera where the Air has a 1080p camera
- Worse speakers: stereo speakers where the Air has four-speakers (I'm assuming stereo is 2-speakers?)
- Bigger battery: 58.2 WHr vs 52.6 WHr (about a 2hr battery life difference)
- Slightly heavier: +0.3 lbs over the Air
- Slightly smaller screen: 13.3" vs the Air's 13.6", although this is probably due to the notch
- Has the touchbar
They are priced the same from what I can tell.
You can't do stereo with fewer than 2 speakers but even if you have 64, you're probably still doing stereo. (Or you are a movie theater.)
Generally speaking, you can probably achieve better stereo sound with the 4 speakers than with the 2, but this is not always the case. Coming from Apple, I would normally expect the Pro to have higher-end speakers and thus probably sound better.
But I could be wrong, since Actual Audio Professionals don't use the onboard speakers for anything serious.
Also: I'm really surprised there are enough TouchBar lovers to justify its continued existence.
It's truly bizarre. They must have 10 million of the old laptop bodies in a warehouse or something?
> They must have 10 million of the old laptop bodies in a warehouse or something?
The M2 Air looks great, and the 14" and 16" MBP continue to be great as well (but pricey).
The 13" MBP offers you nothing but an outdated chassis, screen, and keyboard.
Ignore the word "Pro". There was nothing more Pro about the 13" MBP when M1 came out... and it's even less Pro than the M2 MBA this time around.
Mind blown.