Apple MacBook Pro Gets A Refresh With M2 Chip, India Prices Announced: Know Everything

As expected, Apple on Monday, June 6 unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro At WWDC 2022 event.

As expected, Apple on Monday, June 6 unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro at its WWDC 2022 annual conference. Even though the MacBook Pro has the same design as its predecessor, the new model comes with the new M2 chip. The price of the MacBook Pro has been set at $1299 and the device is arriving next month.

India prices of Apple MacBook Pro and MacBook Air announced

According to the tech giant, the new MacBook Air and the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with new M2 chips will be available in India at select Apple Authorised resellers starting next month. However, Apple did not announce a fixed date for the same. Apple MacBook Air with M2 chip's India price has been set at Rs 119,900 and Rs 109,900 for education whereas the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro with M2 chip's price has been set at Rs 129,900 and Rs 119,900 for education. Meanwhile, Apple has set the price of the 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter at Rs 5,800. 

The new Apple MacBook Pro includes up to 20 hours of battery life, alongside an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU. It features 24GB of memory and 2TB of SSD storage space. At a starting price of $1,299, the new Apple MacBook Pro M2 is the most affordable performance laptop from the company. According to Apple, the Pro Res video conversions can run nearly three times faster on it.

“We’re so excited to bring our new M2 chip to the world’s two most popular laptops — the MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro,” Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, said in a statement.

“Completely redesigned around M2, MacBook Air is thinner, lighter, and faster with a bigger display, better camera, and all-day battery life, in four beautiful finishes. Only with Apple silicon can you build such a thin and light notebook with a fanless design, and this combination of performance and capabilities. M2 also comes to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, featuring incredible performance, ProRes acceleration, up to 24GB of memory, and up to 20 hours of battery life — making our most portable pro notebook even better.”

The system-on-a-chip design of M2 chip is built using enhanced, second-generation 5nm technology, and consists of 20 billion transistors which is 25 per cent more than M1 chip. The additional transistors improve features across the entire chip, including the memory controller that delivers 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth which is 50 per cent more than M1. 

The M2 chip also comes with Apple’s next-generation GPU with up to 10 cores which is two more than M1 chip.