Macbook pro 13” update?

[AppleUser29912]

How come apple didnt update the 13” model? Historically that happens with the new release? Or apple plans to abandon the 13” model?

I want to upgrade my 2014 macbook pro 13 this year but i much prefer a 13” over 14”.

 

[dancefreak]

The 13” was just updated a few months ago. The 14/16 hadn’t been updated since that model was introduced in 2021.

The 13” with the standard M2 chip and a prior gen screen and camera is also a lot less “pro” and closer to the air than the 14/16.

 

[kasakka]

The 13" model exist just to reuse existing parts stock. I would expect that it will get discontinued when M3 launches.

 

[maflynn]

How come apple didnt update the 13” model?

Because its going to get discontinued in the near future. Its a product that shouldn't exist. The M2 MBA and 14" MBP are better solutions.

 

[ScholarsInk]

How come apple didnt update the 13” model? Historically that happens with the new release? Or apple plans to abandon the 13” model?

I want to upgrade my 2014 macbook pro 13 this year but i much prefer a 13” over 14”.

I think you’re mistakenly assuming that the 14” is sized like a 15 but smaller. The 14 is almost exactly the same size as your 2014 13” in every measurement; thinner bezels allow the screen to be bigger at the same size.

You have two options: the M2 Air, which a family member just upgraded to from the 2014 Pro 13”, which will be thinner and lighter while providing a bigger screen and far superior performance, or the M2 14”, which will be about the same size as your current machine, with an even bigger screen and performance boost than the M2 Air.

The 13” Pro is just Apple’s way of using up leftover parts and machinery and should be ignored.

 

[nph]

I disagree. It is .5 lbs lighter and has the Touch Bar which a lot of us actually like. I am considering upgrading my M1 13" to the M2

 

[ScholarsInk]

I disagree. It is .5 lbs lighter and has the Touch Bar which a lot of us actually like. I am considering upgrading my M1 13" to the M2

You can’t disagree with a fact. He has a 2014 13”, not the Touch Bar 13”. It’s the nigh-identical dimensions of that computer I’m comparing with.

In any case, I also have the M1 13" and can unreservedly say the M2 Air is a superior machine.

 

[maflynn]

I disagree. It is .5 lbs lighter and has the Touch Bar which a lot of us actually like. I am considering upgrading my M1 13" to the M2

You and some others may like it but the fact remains the 13" MBP is using old, failed technology that more people despised. Whether we're talking about the touchbar or the butterfly keyboard. (I'm not sure if the current 13 MBP still uses the butterfly keyboard).

Its like asking that apple kept producing a model of the trash can Mac Pro, along with the current Mac Pro

 

[Fishrrman]

I sense that now that the MacBook Pro 14" is firmly established, and the MacBook Air is at 13", we may see the MBP in a 13" form factor sail off into the sunset...
(...along with the touch bar as well -- one of Apple's "greater marketing failures")

 

[chrfr]

You and some others may like it but the fact remains the 13" MBP is using old, failed technology that more people despised. Whether we're talking about the touchbar or the butterfly keyboard. (I'm not sure if the current 13 MBP still uses the butterfly keyboard).

Apple stopped using the butterfly keyboard with the release of the 2020 Intel MacBook Pro 13”. It’s thankfully long gone.

 

[nph]

You can’t disagree with a fact. He has a 2014 13”, not the Touch Bar 13”. It’s the nigh-identical dimensions of that computer I’m comparing with.

In any case, I also have the M1 13" and can unreservedly say the M2 Air is a superior machine.

Yeah I thought it was a comparison with the 14” one. Whether Air is a superior machine that we can agree to disagree on. 😁