It feels like we've come full circle back to the whole megahertz wars again.
What happened to Good, Better, Best? Oh, right...Tim.
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Apple Announces New 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M5 Chip
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It feels like we've come full circle back to the whole megahertz wars again.
What happened to Good, Better, Best? Oh, right...Tim.
I think generally the M4<nothing> machines were also Thunderbolt 4, and only the Pro and Max machines had Thunderbolt 5. So this would just be continuing that practice, not a step down for M5.
N1 has had some issues. One patch so far, but still a lot of people complaining about CarPlay issues with N1 devices. Maybe they just are playing it safe this year. Next year we will probably see every device with N2 and C2X modems.
No Wifi 7 here means no Wifi 7 for the M5 Pro and M5 Max next year, which is a bad joke. So they're waiting to put Wifi 7 on the OLED M6. Damn.
Of course! How else is Apple going to meet their record profit forecasts if they can't sell a measly 16GB RAM upgrade for $400!!!!
The 1899 euro price (VAT 25% country) does not include a charger in EU but the M5 costs 100 euros less than the M4 was. I prefer this.
You're saying Apple can't put the N1 chip in the Pro and Max models for some reason? Why is that?
Sounds like you are complaining about people who are complaining about people complaining.
In fairness, the base level MBP was always the 'corporate purchase device' tier.
This thing is mostly going to be driving a web browser, Keynote and MS Office 365 (or whatever MS are calling it this week).
16GB should be good for that.
M5 2.1x faster than M1 for Xcode compilation is garbage they should probably just hide that statistic
Yeah, at least there's that. Good for those who already have, or don't need a charger (using a monitor to charge for example, like me).
Same pricing in UK unfortunately. We only have the charger removed
Holding pattern for redesign it seems. I've absolutely loved my 14" M1 Pro and am more than happy to wait.
The base M4 MacBook Pro has Thunderbolt 4. You need to upgrade to the M4 Pro to get Thunderbolt 5. So there is no change here. It would have been nice for the base M5 to support Thunderbolt 5, a significant update, but it is apparently not to be.
Ouch. I just checked here in Switzerland, and yep - if you want to use your laptop for more than a few hours before chucking it in the bin, you'll need to order a separate power supply.
They don't even let you order one with the laptop unless you decide to customise the order (e.g. add RAM, nano texture display etc.). You have to select and add the laptop, then go to accessories, find a relevant power adapter and add that to the basket.
Crazy.
(Yours, a happy M4 MBP owner.)
They don't even let you order one with the laptop unless you decide to customise the order (e.g. add RAM, nano texture display etc.). You have to select and add the laptop, then go to accessories, find a relevant power adapter and add that to the basket.
Crazy.
(Yours, a happy M4 MBP owner.)
They don't slink. They take over the thread with entitled complaining.
120Hz mini-LED display, up to 33% more battery life, much better graphics performance, active cooling, extra USB-C port, HDMI port, SD card slot, better speakers and microphones...
There's actually A LOT of reasons to choose the base Pro over the Air if you're not on a strict budget. But realistically, once you up the Air's storage to match the Pro's 512GB, the price difference is only $200.
I bit disappointed. Nothing is new but M5 CPU, and a bit faster RAM.
I get why Apple is still skimping on starting out at the low end for Memory/RAM, but it caps out at 32GB??? If I'm going to get a pro machine, I'm going to want more than that, especially after using this M1 MBP for so long. I suppose for the price, though, doubling the memory and storage is alright.
Who is not confused by the chip line up available right now? M2 Ultra 192 GB RAM to M5 with 32gb RAM max...
my guess is a redesign, perhaps vaporchamber cooling