used macbook pro with touch bar for sale

I've used heaps of laptops over the years I've reviewed product into triple-figure volumes over the past decade, so I know all too well that companies release devices will all manner of mega-bezels, weirdly placed cameras, etcetera. Much of which, for me, comes down to the screen.

So this 2022 MacBook Pro takes on all that was good about its past and, honestly, I still think it feels just about fresh enough (noting that feeling won't last when subsequent releases follow in 2023, I suspect).Īs someone who typically uses an Intel MacBook Air (my M1 had to go back, sad face) and Microsoft Surface Laptop side-by-side (yes, I'm a weirdo, I know), the jump between the former Apple model and this 2022 MacBook Pro is significant. Not always at an on-paper spec level, but certainly in an in-the-flesh delivery format. Apple MacBook Pro M2 review: Screen, speakers, specĪnd let's not forget: the standard that Apple had already reached in its MacBooks even by 2020 was pretty astounding. So while many will write-off this model as dated and done, I think the 2022 MacBook Pro does still have its own appeal (albeit more niche than its once best-selling position). I've often been given budgets from which to buy work-related laptops and on that basis alone I'd probably be one customer more likely to buy this 13-inch model over the fancier newer designs (rather than reaching into my own pocket to make up the difference). It does so in a well-regarded design format, too, and one that's cheaper than the newer 14-inch MacBook Pro design, so the question of price also plays a big part. That, quite simply, is the 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro's biggest sell, its lifeline if you will, as it's the first to bring the latest Apple silicon to the party. The obvious major new feature, of course, is that Apple has squeezed the M2 processor inside.

The Touch Bar isn't the only oddity, however, as Apple hasn't tweaked many of the other hardware aspects on board the 2022 model: the Pro's screen maintains the dated larger bezel format the built-in webcam is still only 720p (even the 2022 MacBook Air trumps that with a 1080p one) and there are no fancy new speakers (a la MacBook Air M2 with its quad output), no more ports (just the two USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 here) or anything else to shout about. I really don't expect the Touch Bar legacy will live on. The 2022 chassis is identical to the 2020 one, complete with Touch Bar – the touch-sensitive strip that replaces the F-keys above the number row – which is living out its final days in last hurrah form here. If you've seen a 13-inch MacBook Pro in the last couple of years then everything here will be familiar. Because, really, the 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 is more a question of what's not new. Much as we all want to be excited about new kit and all the goodies that can bring, here's the part where I flip the 'what's new?' question on its head.

Used macbook pro with touch bar for sale