Currently, there are three MacBook Pro models, i.e. at least three screen sizes: 13″, 14″ and 16″. Apple’s business laptop can also be classified according to its power, there are models with the M1 chip, the M1 Pro and the M1 Max.
Now all eyes are on the new generation, which should also come with a new chip: the M2 and its successors. In 2021, the company has decided to introduce new screen sizes, but this is quite unlikely (not to say impossible) this year.
But what else do we know about the new MacBook Pro? And, perhaps more importantly, when will it happen?
Launch: When will Apple announce the new MacBook Pro?
As we said, there are three MacBook Pro models. The current 13″ MacBook Pro entered our lives in late 2020, when Apple introduced the M1 chip. The most powerful 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pros arrived a year later.
The 13-inch model will likely be the first to receive an update, once the M2 chip, which is the processor that will be used in the smaller MacBook Pro, is finished developing. fall 2022even if you never know.
For now, there are no serious rumors circulating about the launch of the 14″ and 16″ models, but it is quite possible that we will not see them until 2023, or at least some time after the arrival of a new model. cheaper entry level.
Thus, don’t expect Apple to announce any MacBook Pro at WWDC 2022. In that sense, we’re ruling out announcing any laptop, since the new MacBook Air is also expected by end of the year.
Price: How much will the next MacBook Pro cost?
The price of the new MacBook Pro depends on many factors. In the first place, of the model to which we refer, of course. But it will also depend on the specifications that Apple wants to give each in the next generation.
It’s possible that the company will decide to introduce a new model that falls between the 13-inch MacBook Pro at $1,679 / MXN$39,999 and the 14-inch MacBook Pro at $2,249 / 52,999 MXN$. If so, we can predict that the MacBook Pro with M2 would cost around $2,000 / MXN$47,000.
News: What features will the 2022 MacBook Pro have?
We’ve already said that the 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pros will take a while to update, so here we’ll focus primarily on what’s new that the new 13″ MacBook Pro will have (or the possible new model that will be placed between this and the more basic 14″).
Design
Some have suggested that the next MacBook Pro will use the same design as the 14-inch MacBook Pro, and therefore ditch the 13-inch design in favor of straighter edges, a 14-inch screen, a notch y sin Touch Bar.
One cannot ignore, however, rumors that suggest the opposite, namely that the curved design of the current 13″ MacBook Pros will be maintained, as well as the Touch Bar. Others say that the styles will be merged and new colors will be introduced. .
These new colors could be inspired by the range in which Apple currently markets the iMac 24 “: blue, green, pink, yellow, orange and purple, plus silver of course. It could no longer be available in space gray, while we would like to see the return of black and white from 2006.
14″ screen
We said that it is very likely that the next entry-level MacBook Pro will have a 14″ screen. However, this does not mean that it will be the same as the current MacBook Pro with M1 Pro, since it it would be a classic LCD filter.
New chip: M2
It’s no surprise that Apple is packing the next generation of its M chips into the new MacBook Pro, as it did with the first generation, the M1, in late 2020. But just how great will the M2 be? it different?
Although the M2 should also have 8 processor cores, it is possible that Apple decides to increase the high-efficiency cores from the current four to six. The other two would correspond to the high performance cores.
The new M2 chip could use TSMC’s next-generation N4P process. It’s an improved 5 nanometer process that we’ve seen in other chipsets from Apple (such as the iPhone 13 A15, M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max).
This new process would offer improved performance and efficiency.
GPU with more cores
Apple could bet on more graphics cores. Remember that currently the M1 offers 7 and 8 GPU cores, while the next generation could increase them to 9 and 10 cores.
More RAM, but the same storage
It is to be hoped that Apple decides to give the M2 chip compatibility with greater RAM capacity. Thus, the RAM could be increased from 16 GB to 32 GB, which would undoubtedly give the notebook more power but could consume more energy.
On the other hand, what seems unshakeable are the capacities of the SSD which would continue to offer the maximum of 2TB. Currently, the 13-inch MacBook Pro can be purchased with 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB of ROM.
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