MacBook Pro 2022 Review: Apple's M2 Revs Up This Dated Design

We test out Apple's Latest MacBook Pro. The first laptop released with the M2 chip.
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Full Review at CNET:

00:00 MacBook Pro 2022 review
00:26 Same design
01:00 Touch bar returns
01:18 New M2 chip, same shell
01:46 Is the new MacBook Pro a tough sell?
02:21 Why buy a MacBook Pro with M2?
02:49 M2 MacBook Air vs M2 MacBook Pro 13"
03:24 Where this MacBook Pro falls in Apple's lineup
03:39 M2 MacBook Pro Benchmarks
04:31 Conclusion

[michaelolz]

The design works. You’re bored looking at it. The touch bar isn’t the butterfly keyboard. It’s a good size. It has plenty of power for most uses, including editing 4K video. It’s a Pro I can actually put in my Air’s slipcase comfortably. Don’t know why everybody’s complaining.

[MightyRob]

Finally a fair and non-biased review of this computer and the touch bar

[blackmolly]

i ordered this. its now on its way to my house. im excited, its my first ever mac

[EarthWalker]

They have upgraded the headphone jack to support high impedance headphones and speakers also support spatial audio.

[suzzanimalchannel]

I bought the MacBook Air 2 years ago brand new. Never been dropped. Not one scratch on hardware, never had liquids near it let alone spilled on it. The screen has lines across it, it won’t boot. So today I went out and bought the MacBook Pro 13 inch. Wish me luck, because that’s a lot of money to be shelling out in a 2 year timeframe.

[handsomecurt]

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

[Itsyossi]

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.

[osx_tv]

i rater have the Touch Bar I really love it its easy and sometime its helpful if you know what your doing whit the toucbar

[juanpablocorreiaecheverria]

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.

[paulharrison]

The M2 Mac Pro exists for the same reason that the iPhone SE 2016, 2020 and 2022 exists. It is a previously obsolete device with a CPU upgrade which means that it can use existing components and so is very cheap to manufacture. If like the iPhone SE it was 40% cheaper than modern models using all new components then it would be a great buy. Sell it for $999 and it would make sense.

[ajfromca]

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.

[TolaXTech]

Should I go for the M1 MacBook Pro over the M2 MacBook Air?

[dangubicjovan]

funny how they didn't mention single core performance!

[Culperrr]

I'm still rocking the 2015 Macbook pro, 15 in. It is still a beast of a computer, but it's at the point now where all the cosmetics are falling apart and it's just getting old. I am probably going to not wait and just get the 14-inch Macbook Pro. 14 is the sweet spot, imo, especially for camera backpacks.

[andyH_England]

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.

[vivenreddy]

How can this be called 'PRO' when it can only have 1 external display?

[yungnachty]

I guess I will eventually spring for an M3 or M4 Max with like 256GB of RAM.

[mattsonrj]

Has Apple fixed the thunderbolt speed with the M2?

[stacyrensburgoliver]

I will be getting the MacBook Pro 13 inch 8gb 512gb after much consideration this was the better option for my budget the new one is too expensive for a laptop.

[gdotone]

I hate the notch so this is all the money I will have to spend. 2000