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Towards the end of July, we began tracking major discounts on the 2026 MacBook Pro, with up to $500 off select models on Amazon. These sales are still available right now, and Amazon has even sweetened the pot for select devices with sales that are better than we saw during the July event.

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14-Inch MacBook Pro

Prices start at $2,259.99 for the 24GB/1TB 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro, down from $2,499.00. Amazon is also providing $300 off the 15-Core/24GB/2TB model, as well as $500 off the M5 Max 26GB/2TB model, both of which are solid low prices in the wake of the recent price hikes.





16-Inch MacBook Pro

In terms of the larger display models, we're tracking discounts on all four models on Amazon. These start at $2,759.99 for the 24GB/1TB M5 Pro configuration ($239 off), and reach up to $4,499.00 for the 48GB/2TB M5 Max device ($500 off).






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Article Link: Amazon Discounts Every 2026 MacBook Pro With Up to $500 Off
 
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Not biting until these "sales" are selling them at pre price hike prices.

Your early 2020's models will have to hold you over for a long while then... These prices are not going down any time soon. Revenues are still fine and Apple has been, along with other companies not just in tech, conditioning folks that this is the new norm. Buying a Big Mac in LA for nearly 8 bucks vs 4 bucks just a mere 10 yrs ago is insane, these examples are miles long.

Still better than 2500 bucks (about 8k in today's money) that they spent on the first Mac in 1984, I guess? LOL

I believe tech companies will slowly feel some burn. I've had some crazy friends upgrading their devices almost every year for minuscule returns. They're rethinking those life choices.

My advice is look into the used market, I bought my daughter a used MacBook Pro M3 Pro for about 800 bucks that still had 100% battery capacity. Let someone else take that huge 2-3 year depreciation hit.
 
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Your early 2020's models will have to hold you over for a long while then... These prices are not going down any time soon. Revenues are still fine and Apple has been, along with other companies not just in tech, conditioning folks that this is the new norm. Buying a Big Mac in LA for nearly 8 bucks vs 4 bucks just a mere 10 yrs ago is insane, these examples are miles long.

Still better than 2500 bucks (about 8k in today's money) that they spent on the first Mac in 1984, I guess? LOL

I believe tech companies will slowly feel some burn. I've had some crazy friends upgrading their devices almost every year for minuscule returns. They're rethinking those life choices.

My advice is look into the used market, I bought my daughter a used MacBook Pro M3 Pro for about 800 bucks that still had 100% battery capacity. Let someone else take that huge 2-3 year depreciation hit.
Big Mac 😂😅🤣 I appreciate this humor.
 
My MacBook M5 Air is better than a M1 MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. It even outperforms the M1 Max. Let that sink in. God I love Apple.
Base M5 SoC is mighty impressive, but graphics heavy workloads or video exports will still favor the M1 Max's dual media engines and extra encoders. AI and ray tracing tilts the advantage back to M5. It just depends on the type of work you want to get done. For a 5-year old design, the M1 Max is still awesome and relevant.
 
My MacBook M5 Air is better than a M1 MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. It even outperforms the M1 Max. Let that sink in. God I love Apple.
Nah pro every time over Air just for the screen. Promotion/MiniLED ftw. The double media engine on the M1 max is also still much better than the M5.
 
Nah pro every time over Air just for the screen. Promotion/MiniLED ftw. The double media engine on the M1 max is also still much better than the M5.
I picked the MBP 14 "because of the display" (and TB5 ports), but in all honesty it doesn't blow away my wife's MBA 15 display. Both displays look great and sometimes I even prefer her MBA 15 because of the larger screen. And it becomes a moot point when you dock either laptop and connect it to an external monitor or TV-as-a-monitor.
 
I picked the MBP 14 "because of the display" (and TB5 ports), but in all honesty it doesn't blow away my wife's MBA 15 display. Both displays look great and sometimes I even prefer her MBA 15 because of the larger screen. And it becomes a moot point when you dock either laptop and connect it to an external monitor or TV-as-a-monitor.
It's Apple's never ending love for putting 60hz on all their non pro screens that I notice the most. To me, 60hz displays blur too much after I've been spoiled for years now on high refresh displays.
 
It's Apple's never ending love for putting 60hz on all their non pro screens that I notice the most. To me, 60hz displays blur too much after I've been spoiled for years now on high refresh displays.
I hear ya, but the MBA can easily drive a larger external monitor at 4K 120 Hz. But yes, if you rely solely on the native display then you're limited to 60 Hz.
 
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