January 2022 • Macworld 37chip as the MacBook Air, but its fan
keeps things a little cooler so it can
run at higher speeds for longer. In
our testing, the 13in M1 MacBook Pro
was marginally faster than the M1
MacBook Air, though the MacBook
Pro can sustain its speeds longer than
the Air, and we expect similar results
for the M2. That’s still not enough
incentive to wait for an M2 instead of
buying an M1 Pro.
M2 PRO: THE FUTURE
According to rumours, Apple isn’t
done with the M1 Pro and M1 Max. Far
from it. The new chips will likely end up
in at least two more Macs in 2022: the
27in iMac and the high-end Mac mini.
So what about an M2 Pro? That’s
surely coming after the M2, but it
could be a while. The M1 Pro just
made its debut, and the rumour is
that the new M2 MacBook Air won’t
be available until mid-2022, about 18
months after the M1 was released. If a
Pro chip is on a similar cycle, the M2
Pro won’t be available until late 2022
or early 2023. However, we’re hearing
that it will have two dies and possibly
twice as many cores as the M1 Pro and
M1 Max. But that’s years away. For
now, the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max will
be plenty fast for whatever you need
your Mac to do.