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Apple’s new M2 MacBook Pro is officially pre-ordered

The price of the transaction and the availability are subject to change after the moment of publication.

PRELIMINARY ORDER: The new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro is scheduled for release on June 24. In the meantime, you can book one on Amazon (opens in a new tab), Best Buy (opens in a new tab) or Apple Store (opens in a new tab) for $ 1299 for the base 256GB model.

It took Apple a few weeks, but the recently updated 13-inch MacBook Pro is finally available for pre-order.

From June 17, you can book one on Amazon (opens in a new section), Best Buy (opens in a new section) or directly from the Apple Store (opens in a new section) before its official launch on Friday, June 24. Prices start at $ 1299 for the base 256GB model with 8GB of RAM and go up to $ 2499 if you spend 2TB of storage with 24GB of RAM.

Announced at WWDC 2022, this laptop expands the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro from early 2021 with a 40% faster processor and graphics processor, active cooling system and support for Apple ProRes video engine, but otherwise retains the same design , ports, 720p FaceTime HD camera and 20-hour battery life. (We’re sorry to announce that the Touch Bar is also there.) Current M1 users probably won’t notice a huge difference, but that would make a nice upgrade from the early 2020 MacBook Pro that lacks Apple’s silicon.

SEE ALSO: Everything Apple Revealed at WWDC 2022

The most powerful existing MacBook Pros are still last year’s 14- and 16-inch models, which have M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, so don’t worry about buying this new M2 if you need the best portable workstation possible. . Given this, these things are completely unnecessary for the average consumer (and out of the price range of most people); The 13-inch may not be able to go through video and graphics production as quickly, but it’s still a very competent, well-rounded laptop for browsing, word processing, streaming and light photo editing.

Soon PSA that there is still no trace of the recently redesigned M2 MacBook Air, which was also announced at the WDDC, but this was largely expected given reports of the current collapse of the supply chain of Apple. We’ll keep you posted when pre-orders for this person go live.