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Following today's keynote event that saw the introduction of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, watchOS 9, and new M2 Macs, Apple has brought its online store back up with information on the new machines.


The M2 MacBook Air and M2 13-inch MacBook Pro cannot be purchased at this time, but the product listings are live. Apple plans to make them available starting next month.

The M2 MacBook Air features a redesigned chassis that does away with the tapered design, and it is quite similar to the MacBook Pro. It comes in Silver, Space Gray, Starlight, and Midnight. Contrary to rumors, it does not feature white bezels or a white keyboard, and there is a notch.

Pricing on the new MacBook Air starts at $1199 for an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, with a 10-core GPU option available for $1499.

Apple today also refreshed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip, and pricing starts at $1299. There are no design updates for the 13-inch model, and it continues to be the only Mac notebook with a Touch Bar.

Article Link: Apple Store Back Up With Previews of New M2 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, Preorders Next Month
 
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Great deals if you are downgrading from always paying above $2k for macbook pros. On the low end side of things its still costs $400 more to get one with 16gig ram/500gig hard drive. But compared to macbook pros, it could be worse.

The M1 model can be equipped this way for $1,400 which is a $200 price drop from yesterday. For a computer already a year old and outclassed by the computer that would normally have replaced it entirely. Its only a good deal for Apple. Either way, the house wins. Best discount you can get is hoping someone dropped on on the way out of an Apple store. Because paying Apple for performance (talking about ram and disk space specifically) the Apple tax is officially $400 above retail.
 
The 13" M2 MBP still has touchbar, and it lacks a MagSafe connector. In short, it looks like they still have NOT done a redesign on that model. Apple: if touchbar is dead, stop putting it on #!$$ new products.
 
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