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I think it's an issue with the website. Looking at the Canadian Apple site and it shows these prices: View attachment 140951 View attachment 140952
The US site does appear to show the same price for the same configuration.Now it's starting to make sense.
Let me see if things have changed since my original post. Off to the Apple website...
U.S. Apple Web site is showing
The maximum RAM for the M2 models is up, slightly, to 24 GB. (Custom-ordering 24 GB adds $400 to the price.)
- $999 for M1 MacBook Air (7-core GPU, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD)
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- $1199 for M2 MacBook Air (8-core GPU, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD)
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- $1299 for M2 MacBook Pro (10-core GPU, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD)
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- $1499 for M2 MacBook Air (10-core GPU, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD)
- $1499 for M2 MacBook Pro (10-core GPU, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD)
The M2 Air, on paper, has gotten a substantial speaker upgrade over its M1 counterpart. I don't know how well it compares to the speaker systems on the 13" M1 and M2 MacBook Pros, but that used to be a differentiator, and it's probably less of one now. The headphone jacks on all of the M2 laptops gained support for high-impedance headphones.
The M2 Air got a MagSafe charging port, and a 1080p camera. The 13" M2 MacBook Pro did not get either one – a curious omission. The 13" M2 MacBook Pro retains the Touch Bar and a small battery life advantage.
You could almost combine the MacBook Air and 13" MacBook Pro lines, into a single MacBook Air line, by adding a custom-order option where you could choose whether you wanted a Touch Bar.