Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips With New Fusion Architecture

[MatthewGTX]

What are the base RAM and SSD sizes? Do they also have Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity like the M5 Air?

the ssd base doubled to 1tb. Unfortunately the price also increased to accomodate this. So it's not like how they gave 8gb for free when they launched m4

Increasing the base storage during the memory famine is an interesting move but the margins are still huge anyway

 

[Digitalguy]

No cellular is a bummer

 

[cflem]

Nice - base is 1TB! Let's go! (yes, I know the $$$ is a little more)

 

[neuropsychguy]

Not a fan of the spec options. For the 14" MBP, if you want 36 GB of RAM you must upgrade to the M5 Max with a 2 TB SSD. The Pro only comes with 24 GB or 48 GB of RAM. I won't complain about more RAM, but for some of us, 24 GB is too little and 48 GB is more than some people really need.

Still $2600 (education pricing) for a M5 Pro (18 core CPU, 20 core GPU) with 48 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD isn't too bad. I could go to 64 GB of RAM for under $2800. Tempting, but my M1 Pro is still plenty fast.

 

[Moukee]

Nice - base is 1TB! Let's go! (yes, I know the $$$ is a little more)

But at least in € the base price increase is less than the upgrade price was previously if I'm seeing this correctly.

 

[delsoul]

Will the max versions still throttle down performance from getting too hot?

 

[benvens2]

So is the Max an Ultra: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-m5-chips-spotted-in-ios-26-3-beta.2477190/post-34414753 or will there even be one?

Or is this stacking chips and going 3D, rather than an even larger chip and issues with yield?!

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[neuropsychguy]

noticed that the starting prices all increased

The base SSD size is now 1 TB though. That's one reason for price increases.

 

[Two Appleseeds]

Base M5 Pro with 1TB SSD is only $50 more with the education discount ($2049). Not bad at all

 

[iBug2]

The base price has increased a lot since M1 days.

 

[Minato1990]

No AppleTV 😞

It better be tomorrow man
Like wtf 🙁

 

[jimthing]

UK, 16" maxed-out (w/ 3yr AC+, minus £150 nano screen):

£7.7k !!

They even charge £99 for the frigging 140W charger, FFS!
Tell me that's not ridiculous, when the M1 maxed-out at £6.25k in 2021 (over 23% higher!)

EDIT:
Yes, I obviously know how inflation works(!), but this is more than that... See why, here: #81.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

FINALLY! Now, please, I need the Mac Studio to be refreshed... that's all I'm waiting for! 😭

Keep waiting. Like WWDC timeframe waiting.

 

[patseguin]

No touch screen?

 

[Seraph301083]

still "only" 128GB RAM max is a disappointment

 

[Kylo83]

Still no LTE 5G shameful

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Finally time to upgrade from Intel.

Congratulations. Still on Intel here. It will be a good day.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Still no LTE 5G shameful

It wasn't promised or rumoured. They're saving that for the M6 redesign where they make it thinner for worse cooling 🤭

 

[jimthing]

still "only" 128GB RAM max is a disappointment

still only 8TB SSD max is a disappointment
(...at this price, aarrggh!)

 

[cigz]

Looks like they're intentionally raising base prices by removing lower configurations... M5 Pro comes only with 1TB and more SSD and M5 Max with 2TB? Yikes. Not every person need 2TB storage, but some people want bigger screen and faster SOC.
They did exactly the same with Pro iPhones...

Oh wait, they did the same with regular M5 - 512GB is no longer available.

People asked for more storage in base configurations and Apple said - here you go, but you still have to pay more lol

 

[delsoul]

The base SSD size is now 1 TB though. That's one reason for price increases.

The 16 max with 18/40 also bumped from 1tb on the m4 to 2TB now. So 2 extra cores and 1tb extra of storage for $300 increase.

 

[DevOliga]

UK, 16" maxed-out (w/ 3yr AC+, minus £150 nano screen):

£7.7k !!

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They even charge £99 for the frigging 140W charger, FFS!
Tell me that's not ridiculous, when the M1 maxed-out at £6.25k in 2021 (over 23% higher!)

fwiw I think inflation has exceeded 23% in the last 5 years since then so I'm not sure its more expensive real terms

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

No touch screen?

M6 model. End of year or early 2027. Touch screen that isn't needed at all is rumoured for the M6 model.

 

[Picollini]

UK, 16" maxed-out (w/ 3yr AC+, minus £150 nano screen):

£7.7k !!

View attachment 2609407

They even charge £99 for the frigging 140W charger, FFS!
Tell me that's not ridiculous, when the M1 maxed-out at £6.25k in 2021 (over 23% higher!)

Its not ridiculous tbf. Inflation adjusted it's almost the same price.

 

[mdcmdcmdc]

Excellent news! I've been waiting for this. Have to look at the configurations and prices later and decide what I'm going to order.