Apples baffling 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2

Published: June 23, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

What\u2019s so \u201cPro\u201d about the new 13-inch MacBook Pro? Devindra and Cherlynn chat with Laptop Magazine\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, Sherri L. Smith, about Apple\u2019s confusing new ultraportable. Sure, the M2 chip makes it faster, but why does it have a worse screen and fewer features than the new MacBook Air? Are real professionals better off with the faster (but more expensive) 14-inch MacBook Pro? Also, they dive into the wild new VR headset prototypes from Meta, as well as Twitter\u2019s reinvention of blogging.\nApple\u2019s 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 is a strange disappointment \u2013 1:18\nMeta\u2019s VR prototypes seek to pass the \u201cvisual Turing test\u201d \u2013 22:59\nFacebook Pay becomes Meta pay in hopes of becoming the metaverse\u2019s digital wallet \u2013 28:06\nMicrosoft phases out AI that can detect human emotions \u2013 32:45\nAmazon is working on a way to digitize the voice of your dead loved ones \u2013 33:59\nTwitter introduces b\u0336l\u0336o\u0336g\u0336g\u0336i\u0336n\u0336g\u0336 longform writing feature, Notes \u2013 36:09\nCarl Pei\u2019s Nothing phone won\u2019t be coming to the US \u2013 42:22\nWorking on \u2013 43:28\nPop culture picks \u2013 46:03\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.