Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022)

pros and cons

• Performance boost from M2 processor
• Lightweight, slimline design
• Bright, colourful Retina Display

• Ageing design
• 720p webcam
• Expensive purchase-time upgrades
• No user upgrades

The MacBook Air grabbed most of the headlines at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, boasting a sleek new design and the introduction of Apple's second-generation M2 system-on-chip (SoC). That's hardly surprising since the MacBook Air is, according to Apple, "the world's best selling laptop", but it meant that this more modest update for the 13-inch MacBook Pro went almost unnoticed -- in fact, it got barely a minute during the opening WWDC Keynote speech. 

That's perhaps inevitable, as the 2022 edition of the 13-inch MacBook Pro is, essentially, a speed bump that does little more than drop the new M2 chip into the same 13-inch laptop design that's been in use for several years. And, in many respects, the MacBook Air is now the more attractive of the two laptops. The one real advantage of the MacBook Pro is that its fan-assisted cooling system allows its processor to run at full speed for longer than the passive cooling of the MacBook Air. That might give the MacBook Pro the edge for professional users who don't mind trading a little extra weight for more sustained performance in their key apps and software. 

MacBook Pro (2022): 13.3-inch Retina display (2560 x 1600, 227ppi), M2 chipset, 8GB-25GB of RAM, 256GB-2TB of SSD storage.

Price & options 

If you're in the US, then the price of the 13-inch MacBook hasn't changed, still starting at$1,299 when equipped with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of solid-state storage. The entry-level UK price, however, has increased from