Watch Apple’s YouTuber-packed 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini ‘event’

Apple announced its refreshed MacBook Pro and Mac mini machines today with M2, M2 Pro, and M2 Max chips. While the company skipped a traditional event and launched the computers with a press release, it did share a video introducing the latest hardware kicked off by a montage of tech YouTubers.

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As expected, the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops feature the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips with more speed and power. They also come with Wi-Fi 6E and 8K HDMI support. Read all the details in our full post:

• New MacBook Pro now official: M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, 8K HDMI, Wi-Fi 6E

The Mac mini was also updated and is available with the M2 or M2 Pro chip at a lower starting price.

• Apple launches new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro chip, lower $599 starting price

Instead of skipping a video presentation altogether, Apple released a sub-20-minute video kicked off by a host of YouTubers and tech influencers. After the intro montage, Apple starts out by introducing the new Mac mini before moving on to the new MacBook Pro laptops. The event ends with some real-world tests being run on the new MacBook Pro by several different professionals.

Watch Apple’s MacBook Pro event