It does so in a well-regarded design format, too, and one that's cheaper than the newer 14-inch MacBook Pro design, so the question of price also plays a big part. That, quite simply, is the 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro's biggest sell, its lifeline if you will, as it's the first to bring the latest Apple silicon to the party. The obvious major new feature, of course, is that Apple has squeezed the M2 processor inside. The Touch Bar isn't the only oddity, however, as Apple hasn't tweaked many of the other hardware aspects on board the 2022 model: the Pro's screen maintains the dated larger bezel format the built-in webcam is still only 720p (even the 2022 MacBook Air trumps that with a 1080p one) and there are no fancy new speakers (a la MacBook Air M2 with its quad output), no more ports (just the two USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 here) or anything else to shout about. I really don't expect the Touch Bar legacy will live on.

The 2022 chassis is identical to the 2020 one, complete with Touch Bar – the touch-sensitive strip that replaces the F-keys above the number row – which is living out its final days in last hurrah form here. If you've seen a 13-inch MacBook Pro in the last couple of years then everything here will be familiar. Because, really, the 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 is more a question of what's not new.

Much as we all want to be excited about new kit and all the goodies that can bring, here's the part where I flip the 'what's new?' question on its head.

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