Aside from the switch to the M2 chip, it appeared that little, if anything else had changed.

Once theApple Store came back onlinefollowing the keynote, the changes – or lack thereof – were confirmed.

Why keep it around?

At least before Apple’s M1 chips arrived and then the Air could handily compete with the 13-inch Pro.

The 13-inch Pro uses a 13.3-inch display.

That could allow the M2 MacBook Pro to run at peak speeds for longer without throttling down.

The MacBook Air M2 has a fanless body, just like the M1.

One other nice selling point of the Pro: Apple includes its 67-watt USB-C charger.

I suppose it’s possible.

But this feels more conspiracy theory than a real reason.

She pointed out that IT departments are consistency fanatics.