Apple discontinues 13-inch MacBook Pro, marking the end of Touch Bar

The M2 powered13-inch MacBook Pro is the last device from Apple that featured the iconic Touch Bar.

New Delhi | October 31, 2023 12:46 PM IST

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Touch Bar replaced the function row on the keyboard. (Image Source: Apple)

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At the recently concluded Scary Fast event, Apple unveiled the latest M3-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, ditching the popular 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar keyboard. The tech giant also seems to have removed the listing for the 13-inch MacBook Pro, with the MacBook Pro section on the Apple website only showing the newly launched variants.

With Apple discontinuing the popular 13-inch MacBook Pro model, the company also seems to mark the end of the Touch Bar. For the uninitiated, the ‘Touch Bar’ is basically a strip of OLED screen that responds to touch and replaces the keyboard’s function row. It was introduced on the 2016 MacBook Pros.

One of the reasons why Apple might have discontinued the M2-powered MacBook Pro is because its latest M3 chip is just 20 per cent faster than the M2 chip, but speculations suggest the tech giant is working on a new M3-powered 13-inch MacBook Pro, which might hit the markets sometime next year.

The M2-powered MacBook Pro was launched in June last year and was available in M2 and M2 Pro variants. The base variant of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with 256GB storage and 8GB was priced at Rs 1,29,900, making it slightly more expensive compared to the M2-powered MacBook Air. However, the 13-inch MacBook Pro might still be available from other sources like offline stores and e-commerce websites.

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