Apple unveiled the updated MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops which come powered by the company’s new Apple Silicon M2 processor. At the time of the announcement during WWDC, the company had not revealed the launch date.
Now, Apple has confirmed that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro will be available for pre-orders starting on 17th June and will start shipping on 24th June. The order can be placed through apple.com, the Apple Store app, and through Apple Authorized Resellers.
In terms of design, the new version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro mostly remains unchanged compared to its predecessor. It still comes with a Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard, a feature that has been removed from the 14-inch and 16-inch models.
Under the hood, the laptop is powered by the Apple M2 processor which is built on the second-generation 5m process. It is claimed to offer an 18 percent faster CPU, a 35 percent more powerful GPU, and a 40 percent faster Neural Engine.
Apple says that with a faster 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, working with RAW images in Affinity Photo is nearly 40 percent faster than the previous generation, and up to 3.4x faster for users who are upgrading from a model without Apple Silicon.
It features a 13.3-inch Retina display, with a P3 wide color gamut and TrueTone technology with up to 500 nits of brightness. At the top of the screen, there’s a 720p FaceTime HD camera, making it the lowest resolution webcam in the entire MacBook series product.
Unlike the new MacBook Air, this laptop does not come with support for a MagSafe charger. Instead, there are two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports for both charging and peripherals. As for the battery life, it offers up to 20 hours of video playback on a single charge.
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