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Apple<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>, TidBITS<\/a>, MacRumors<\/a>, ArsTechnica<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Apple today announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max, bringing game-changing performance and AI capabilities to the world’s best pro laptop.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The new MacBook Pro includes N1, an Apple-designed wireless networking chip that enables Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, bringing improved performance and reliability to wireless connections. It also offers up to 24 hours of battery life; a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display with a nano-texture option; a wide array of connectivity[…]<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The new MacBook Pro delivers up to 2x faster read\/write performance compared to the previous generation, reaching speeds of up to 14.5GB\/s and accelerating workflows for professionals working across 4K and 8K video projects, LLMs, and complex datasets. MacBook Pro with M5 Pro now comes standard with 1TB of storage, while MacBook Pro with M5 Max now comes standard with 2TB. And the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 now comes standard with 1TB of storage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Seems like a great incremental update.<\/p>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The starting price of the M5 MacBook Pro was $1,599, but now it starts at $1,699 because of the updated storage. While the starting price has gone up, the price for SSD upgrades has technically shifted down.<\/p>\n

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Upgrading to 2TB from the base starting storage used to be $600, but now the 2TB upgrade is $400. The 4TB upgrade is $1,000, $200 less than the $1,200 that it used to cost.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The MacBook Pro Tech Specs page<\/a> is a good place to start to compare the entire M5 MacBook Pro lineup.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wish Apple would have permalinks for these pages so that I could link to content that wouldn’t be different next year.<\/p>\n

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Also worth noting — Apple’s RAM pricing remains unchanged, despite the spike in memory prices industry-wide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s the least they could do given the huge margins in the past.<\/p>\n

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Last year you needed buy one with the high-end M4 Max chip to get 64 GB; now you can configure a MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro with 64 GB.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n