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Should anyone buy the new M2 MacBook Pro?

• gnicholas 4y ago
  This was my thinking when I saw the keynote describing the new base MBP and the new MBAs. I had been hoping that the MBP would have the ports of the other MBPs (SD, HDMI, MagSafe) and would just be a bit slower. I would have been fine with a lousier camera and display. But I was surprised to see that it had none of the Pro ports (which used to be even on MacBook Airs!). I'll get an MBA instead. They're lighter, should have enough power and battery for my workload, and will have cheaper AppleCare. I can't figure out who would get a new base MBP, after looking at the different options. The only concern I have about the MBAs is that they'll have the slower SSDs, as in the 256 MBP. Apple gives you the faster SSD if you upgrade to a larger size on the MBP, and hopefully the same will be true for the MBAs as well. But regardless, it's pretty lousy to have different performance based on SSD size, which no one would expect (and which is not documented anywhere).