13-inch MacBook Pro review: Apple’s M2 is a worthy follow-up to the M1

I assume they have some enterprise commitments to deliver MBPs on an annual basis to for a while. They might need to keep the supply chain running because it’s shared with iPads? Or maybe people do like the model more than we assume, it kind of makes a strong “Pro but fun” statement that works for casual users.

If you have workflows that require sustained throughput, you need a fan and the Air is fan-less.

I looked into this for the previous generation which had a similar confusing overlap.

In the end I got the Air but I believe there may have been screen differences that might matter to 'pro's in the digital media industry and more options for ram and disk uogrades.

Even if there are a large number of customers who are vocally against the Touch Bar, there are still many apps and workflows which have made it part of the regular ecosystem. Imagine also those in media industries who only started using Mac after it was introduced; they won’t have as much reason to care about the change, only the features/flexibility which it gains them.

Anecdotally, friends are pretty evenly split on whether they like it or not but by and large none really care that much. Give them function keys, they’ll use them sometimes. Give them a touch bar, also… sometimes.