Apple just dropped a surprise January update: the MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch with M2 Pro and M2 Max are now official. No event, no fanfare — just a press release and an immediately updated store. Apple’s M2 Pro chip brings a 12-core CPU and 19-core GPU in its base configuration, delivering up to 40% faster performance than the M1 Pro. The M2 Max goes further still with a 38-core GPU for GPU-intensive workloads like 3D rendering and video processing.
Battery life remains Apple Silicon’s crown jewel: up to 22 hours on the 16-inch M2 Pro, making it the longest-lasting pro laptop ever shipped. Memory bandwidth tops out at 400GB/s on the M2 Max — a figure that embarrasses the competition in every professional benchmark category.
New for this generation: HDMI 2.1 support for 8K displays, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3. The 14-inch now starts at $1,999 and the 16-inch at $2,499. The MacBook Pro M2 Pro is the definitive laptop for creative professionals in 2023 — and it’s not particularly close.
Source: Apple Newsroom