Apple announces new MacBook Pro and Mac mini models with M2 Pro and M2 Max

17 January 2023
Mac mini also gets a price drop for the base variant.

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Just as a refresher:

A14: 2+4 CPU, 4 gpu, 4GB/6GB (great for iPhone)
A15: 2+4 CPU, 5 gpu, 4GB/6GB

M1: 4+4 CPU, 7/8 gpu, 8GB/16GB (great for iPad Mini/Pro)
M2: 4+4 CPU, 8/10 gpu, 8GB/16GB/24GB (great for Macbook Air)

M1p: 6+2 CPU, 14 gpu, 16GB/32GB
M2p: 6+4 CPU, 16 gpu, 16GB/32GB (great for Mac Mini PC)

M1P: 8+2 CPU, 14/16 gpu, 16GB/32GB (great for 14in MBP)
M2P: 8+4 CPU, 16/19 gpu, 16GB/32GB

M1X: 8+2 CPU, 24/32 gpu, 32GB/64GB
M2X: 8+4 CPU, 30/38 gpu, 32GB/64GB/96GB (great for 16in MBP)

…the other point to make, is to get extra RAM and the second cheapest SSD. The Memory will be needed in the future and the RAM can’t be upgraded after, whilst Storage can be upgraded, stepping up one-tier in SSD nets you a high-end fast model, instead of a midrange budget module. This applies

For instance, a MBA with these specs M2, 10gpu, 24GB, 512GB SSD is worth the upgrade from the base model MBA which has M1, 7gpu, 8GB, 256GB SSD. We're talking about a solid +50% performance increase for a mere +25% increase in price. Whereas the price increase for the MBP 14inch aren't justified when thinking about value, due to thermal constraints. Lastly the MBP 16inch is so expensive, that has a different quality in that luxury price bracket, and spending more to get more suddenly makes sense, since you have the thermal headroom to make the most of that hardware.

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    Anonymous, 19 Jan 2023Not just CPU, AMD chips slow down graphics performance cons... moreWo really cares about slow ass iGPU when there are much faster dedicated ones available. Also, the new Radeon 680M will still be way enough to watch 8k video even when not on the plug, so who really cares, if I have to render I just switch to the RTX4070 which leaves every iGPU in the dust, also the slow M2 in comparison.

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      • 19 Jan 2023

      Nick Tegrataker, 19 Jan 2023Not quite, unfortunately.. not to mention still higher powe... moreThat's really old news from using old i9-11 or AMD 5000/6000 H series and only applies if all you do is comparing with the hideous geekbench which has nothing in common with real world use cases. Just wait for the first real world comparisons with 7940HS. Also, the Intel 12900HX reaches 35k in passmark. How hard it would have to throttle to reach the 22k-ish numbers of the M1 max? Not gonna happen.. Also the new Intel i7-13xxP and AMD U series won't throttle as much, while being much faster.

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        • 19 Jan 2023

        Nick Tegrataker, 19 Jan 2023Hopefully this time around AMD won't limit the CPU per... moreNot just CPU, AMD chips slow down graphics performance considerably and their iGPU are not that impressive even when plugged in. The inclusion of Neural Engine is a big plus for M series SoCs too, please wake me up when AMD powered laptops can finally hardware accelerate PyTorch.

          AnonF-1006353, 19 Jan 2023AMD still faster even unplugged so nevermindNot quite, unfortunately.. not to mention still higher power consumption even when throttled down.

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            • 19 Jan 2023

            Nick Tegrataker, 19 Jan 2023Hopefully this time around AMD won't limit the CPU per... moreAMD still faster even unplugged so nevermind

              AnonF-1006353, 19 Jan 2023Just watch the latest AMD presentation from lisa su. And bt... moreHopefully this time around AMD won't limit the CPU performance when the device is unplugged from the power source.

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                • 19 Jan 2023

                S I R E, 18 Jan 2023In what universe?Just watch the latest AMD presentation from lisa su. And btw it all depends on how many wh battery the manufacturers built in. If you compare both with 99wh the win notebooks run just as long, if one doesn't install crapware that sucks on the battery

                  AnonF-1006353, 18 Jan 2023New AMD notebooks can last longer, like 30 hours. In what universe?

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                    • 18 Jan 2023

                    Anonymous, 18 Jan 202396GB ram 38 core gpu. lol Man, the max cpu blows for AI... moreslow ass doa cpu
                    Just get a threadripper, double the speed at half the price.

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                      • 18 Jan 2023

                      aluk, 18 Jan 2023apple silicon macs do have the best battery life as they ar... moreNew AMD notebooks can last longer, like 30 hours.

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                        • 18 Jan 2023

                        I want that Macbook Air 14 or 16 inches. Good job Apple. More screen size choices for lighter laptops.

                          Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023They can run snake. Or tetrisGoogle "Resident Evil Village on Apple Silicon".

                            GAMIR3DH, 17 Jan 2023At least its understandable on phones, i didn't like o... moreEver since the iPhone X i made it a rule in this house to never buy a phone with a notch and now that they've died out on phones i gotta worry if my laptop has one
                            It's getting ridiculous

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                              • 18 Jan 2023

                              GAMIR3DH, 17 Jan 2023And people seem used to seeing that on a laptop now... Dum... moreusing one right now, trust me i forget it's there, because on mac OS the tool bar on top is black either way, so the made it the same height as the camera island an it hides all the time.

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                                • 18 Jan 2023

                                Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Do macbooks really have long battery endurance or are they ... morethe intel macs are a sham, however the mX models genuinely last forever. you cana ctually use it all day without fear of running out of juice and keeping a charger in your backpack

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                                  • 18 Jan 2023

                                  Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Do macbooks really have long battery endurance or are they ... moreapple silicon macs do have the best battery life as they are using the efficicent arm based silicon compared to x86...You can find review on youtube and see it for yourself for certain task the chip is incredibly efficient..

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                                    • 18 Jan 2023

                                    Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Do macbooks really have long battery endurance or are they ... moreYes, it does, for the Apple Silicon

                                      Anonymous, 18 Jan 2023content creator you mean tiktok video? yeah right Nice trolling.

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                                        Nick Tegrataker, 18 Jan 2023Mac is geared towards content creators and it will most lik... morecontent creator you mean tiktok video? yeah right

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