The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the latest M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are available at Apple Retail Stores and are already in customers’ hands, and we picked one of the new M2 Max machines to answer all your questions Mac rumors Readers considering buying may have.
Yesterday, we asked Mac rumors fans on Twitter What they wanted to know about the new M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro hardware, and we had all sorts of questions about whether it’s worth upgrading, how the SSD works, what RAM options might be better based on usage needs, how hot it runs, And more.
Mac rumors Videographer Dan answers all of these questions and more in the video above, so be sure to watch it. Have another question we didn’t cover? Let us know in the comments.
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