It’s worth noting that while Apple touts these two laptops as having 14-inch panels, they’re actually 14. In another episode of Move Along, Nothing to See Here, the M2 MacBook Pro continues to jack the M1 Pro MacBook Pro’s style in the display department. Winner: Draw M2 Pro MacBook Pro (14-inch) vs. There’s no doubt in my mind that the new MacBook Pro will deliver the same fantastic experience because, well, they’re exactly the same damnit. Seeing as the M2 Pro MacBook Pro is externally no different from its predecessor, I checked out our review of the 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro, and Laptop Mag Editor-in-Chief claimed that it’s outfitted with the “best iteration of the Magic Keyboard to date,” gushing over its springy feedback and comfortable keys. Unlike the 13-inch MacBook Pro (2022), you won’t find a Touch Bar on the deck, which I’m sure no one is throwing a tantrum about. Whoop-dee-doo! On the plus side, you can’t deny that the MacBook Pro’s chassis is sleek, sophisticated, and urbane - nothing says “Look at me, I’m a big shot!” like lugging around a laptop with a lustrous half-eaten Apple as its logo. On another note, why is Apple trying to bore me to death with uninspired, dull gray hues that continue to be the sole option for the MacBook Pros? I wish this year were different, but nope, you get to choose between another “wide range of colors” this year: Space Gray and Silver. Like the 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro’s chassis, its successor features a squared-off design with sharp corners and a flat lid.Īpple MacBook Pro 2021 (14-inch) (Image credit: Future) I don’t know why this section is even here - the difference between the M2 Pro MacBook Pro and the M1 Pro MacBook Pro is zilch! Ideally, to mock how monotonous identical they are, I want to just drop the infamous Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man meme here and call it a day, but y’know, I’m a tech journalist and I have to be tHoRouGh! *Sigh*īoth the M2 Pro MacBook Pro and its predecessor share the same width (12.31 inches), depth (8.71 inches), and thickness (0.61 inches). Winner: M2 Pro MacBook Pro M2 Pro MacBook Pro (14-inch) vs. You can buy the M2 Pro MacBook Pro now, but it won’t start shipping to consumers until Jan. The moral of the story is here is that you’re not going to save a huge chunk of change by purchasing the last-gen model, so you’d be better off snagging the new one. (As you'll see in the performance section, the M2 Pro delivers a significant performance bump over the M1 Max, so it's not the smartest idea to get the aforementioned configuration over the new M2 Pro MacBook Pro). It will cost you a whopping $5,598.98, which is just a euphemism for “holy sh**, this laptop is nearly $6,000!”Īlthough the 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro is also configurable with up to 8TB of storage, I could only find variants with this storage tier outfitted with the more powerful M1 Max chip (and a RAM bump to 64GB), setting you back nearly $5,299 on B&H Photo. If you really want to go nuts, the priciest M2 Pro MacBook Pro - I’m talkin’ a 12-core GPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of RAM, an 8TB SSD, a 96W USB-C power adapter, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro - be prepared to sell your soul to Satan. It also came with a 10-core CPU, a 16-core GPU, and a 96W USB-C power adapter ( B&H Photo is currently selling this configuration for $2,799).įor the same sticker price ($2,899) on the M2 Pro MacBook Pro, you can get a 12-core CPU, a 19-core GPU, alongside all the same RAM, storage and adapter as above. Conversely, the cheapest M2 Pro MacBook Pro offers a 10-core CPU, a 16-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and the same charger.īack in 2021, if you wanted to bump your specs up to a 1TB SSD and 32GB of RAM on the M1 Pro MacBook Pro, you’d have to shell out a gnarly $2,899. With the M1 Pro MacBook Pro, the base model gets you an 8-core CPU, a 14-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 67W USB-C power adapter. I say approximately because, yes, the current-gen MacBook Pro currently costs $1,999 on Apple’s official website, and you’ll find its predecessor for $1,999 on Best Buy, but some retailers, like B&H Photo, are discounting the base model of the M1 Pro MacBook Pro for to as low as $1,799.
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