Apple quietly unveiled the 2023 16-inch and 14-inch MacBook Pro models, along with the powerful M2 Pro and M2 Max chips — successors to the M1 Pro and M1 Max.
“Today’s MacBook Pro just got even better,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With faster performance, enhanced connectivity and the longest battery life ever in a Mac, and the best display ever in a laptop screen, and nothing else like it.”
Pre-orders begin today, and shipments begin on January 24.
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MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023) and MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023)
The MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) and MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021) now have successors, both powerful mobile workstations featuring the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips — what Apple calls the “World’s Best” chips. Efficient chips for the world’s most powerful” professional laptops. “
While we hope to put these claims to the test as soon as we receive the new MacBook Pro for review, we’ve been impressed with previous versions and liked the MacBook Air (M2, 2022) and MacBook Pro (M2, 2022), so we definitely It’s conceivable that these new models won’t disappoint.
Apple also has big claims for battery life, up to 22 hours – again, given the level of performance on offer here, this could be a game-changer if true.
These new MacBook Pros also support Wi-Fi 6E and HDMI up to 8K. You can also configure your MacBook Pro with a massive 96GB of unified memory.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 Pro chip starts at $1,999 and comes with:
- 10-core CPU, 6 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores
- 16-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 200GB/s memory bandwidth
- 16GB unified memory
For $2,400, you can get a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 Pro chip and:
- 12-core CPU, 8 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores
- 19-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 200GB/s memory bandwidth
- 16GB unified memory
If you need more power, the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 Max chip is a pretty steep $3,099 and comes with:
- 12-core CPU, 8 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores
- 30-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 400GB/s memory bandwidth
- 32GB unified memory
Each has a 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display with a screen resolution of 3,024 x 1,964 at 154 pixels per inch.
