Apple Discontinues 13-Inch M2 MacBook Professional as 14-Inch M3 Mannequin Turns into Base Variant: See Value Distinction

Apple launched its new line of MacBook Professional fashions, all powered by the corporate’s newest M3 chip, on Tuesday. At its ‘Scary Quick’ showcase occasion on the eve of Halloween, the Cupertino, California-based firm took the covers off on 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional laptops operating on the brand new 3nm chipset. The brand new Apple laptops are already up for pre-order in 27 nations, together with India, and can go on sale beginning November 7. Apple, in the meantime, has already discontinued its lineup of M2-powered MacBook Professional fashions.

Whereas the M3-powered Mac fashions are actually up for pre-order, the brand new laptops’ M2 cousins are not listed on Apple’s web site. This, in fact, is no surprise as Apple normally discontinues choose older-generation merchandise after launching their refreshed variations. For instance, iPhone 14 Professional fashions have been halted after the corporate launched the iPhone 15 sequence at its ‘Wonderlust’ showcase in September. Equally, Apple Watch Collection 8 and Apple Watch Extremely have been taken off Apple’s website when Collection 9 and Extremely 2 fashions have been unveiled on the similar occasion.

This time, nonetheless, the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional laptops have changed three earlier fashions. The M2-powered 14-inch and 15-inch MacBook Execs, launched earlier this yr in January, have expectedly been discontinued. Moreover, Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Professional M2 mannequin has additionally been taken off its web site. Tipster Ishan Agarwal first noticed the event and posted about it on X on Tuesday.

Earlier Apple retailer web page with 13-inch M2 MacBook Professional fashions 
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This additionally implies that the entry level pricing for a MacBook Professional in India has risen significantly. The now discontinued 13-inch M2 MacBook Professional began at Rs. 1,29,900 for the 256GB SSD storage variant. The 512GB storage variant, however, got here in at Rs. 1,49,900. Now, with no 13-inch MacBook Professional mannequin obtainable, the lineup begins with the bottom variant of the brand new 14-inch M3 MacBook Professional, with 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD storage, listed at Rs. 1,69,900 on Apple retailer. This represents a distinction of Rs. 40,000 between the beginning costs for earlier and present entry-level MacBook Professional fashions in India.

Each the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions are available in M3, M3 Professional, and M3 Max powered variants. The 14-inch variant with an M3 Professional chip begins at Rs. 1,99,900, whereas the M3 Max variant of the laptop computer is available in at Rs. 3,19,900.

Present Apple retailer web page with new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions
Photograph Credit score: Apple

Whereas the pricing for an entry-level MacBook Professional has gone up, the brand new 14-inch Apple laptop computer represents a substantial improve over its M2-powered 13-inch predecessor. Constructed on 3‑nanometre Expertise and that includes a brand new GPU structure, the M3 lineup brings processing and graphical enhancements in comparison with the earlier technology.

The corporate’s M3 household of processors are outfitted with as much as 16 CPU cores, as much as 40 GPU cores, and as much as 16 Neural Engine cores. All new Apple laptops additionally include Liquid Retina XDR (3,024×1,964 pixels) shows with a 120Hz refresh price. The bottom 14-inch MacBook Professional with an M3 chip can provide as much as 22 hours of battery life on a single cost, Apple claims.