M6 MacBook Pro: Release Date, Pricing, and What to Expect

[needsomecoffee]

Touchscreen on current MBA == no from me. A new MBA "Yoga" with the same hinge and functionality as the Thinkpad Yoga == huge win. I am running Ubuntu on an older Yoga. This type of 2-in-1 is the most awesome device ever imho. Strangely Ubuntu works really well on it. Not sure Apple would do this as they greatly prefer two sales vs. one. But if they do a good MBA Yoga... immediate buy. Flame me if you want, but I have been a pretty (very) hard-core Mac fan for many decades. Yet Unbuntu on the Yoga is the best PC experience I have had, and I want Apple to do it. If you hate any and all touch screens, please note that I am asking Apple for a new SKU, not something that forces you to buy a touchscreen for the existing MBA/MBP designs. HTH, NSC

 

[carestudio]

all I want just a lighter and thinner MBP with Thunderbolt 5 ports only. I dont need any external ports other than thunderbolt. Weight and size are more important to me

 

[ctg7w6]

I don’t really care about most of these upgrades EXCEPT cellular, that I need badly!

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Touch screen laptops just kind of suck. The form factor just doesn't make sense - in trying to build a laptop that can also be used as a tablet, you only manage to build an inferior version of both.

Plus - I bet Tim would prefer you buy a laptop and tablet separately

 

[robotfist]

If making the MacBook Pro thinner means throttling the processor and reduced heat management, then DON'T DO IT APPLE! It's a Pro Machine and it needs to prioritize performance over aesthetics. Additionally, I'd gladly take Face ID over a touchscreen. Face ID is loooooooong overdue in the MacBook Lineup.

 

[JohnC1959]

If making the MacBook Pro thinner means throttling the processor and reduced heat management, then DON'T DO IT APPLE! It's a Pro Machine and it needs to prioritize performance over aesthetics. Additionally, I'd gladly take Face ID over a touchscreen. Face ID is loooooooong overdue in the MacBook Lineup.

Sounds like it may be thinner due to thinner display so that shouldn't impact how they keep the processor cool in the base.

 

[whatnot]

Great for reading long documents or webpages. My work Win 11 laptop has a touchscreen and it’s difficult getting used to it not being there when I switch to the Mac

very funny.

 

[rwh63]

Touch screen no one asked for and a higher price no one asked for.

Sounds like a win win formula. 🥲

just bought a base M4 refurb from apple for $1250. i should be set for a while.

 

[mxrider88]

No wonder young people live with FOMO and have small d**k sindrome. Can we enjoy the M5 for 42 seconds before we start speculating about the M6?
This is not a rumor this is pure speculation, it doesn’t benefit anyone

 

[Student of Life]

No wonder young people live with FOMO and have small d**k sindrome. Can we enjoy the M5 for 42 seconds before we start speculating about the M6?
This is not a rumor this is pure speculation, it doesn’t benefit anyone

To be fair this is MacRumors, thats the norm here. If you dont want this then dont go to a rumor place.

 

[mysticmanix]

If they change to a "dynamic island" without including FaceID, it'll be utterly stupid. Having it half an inch down from the bezel will be even more annoying on a laptop screen than a phone which you sometimes turn horizontal.

 

[SpotOnT]

Well, the nice thing about a touchscreen is that you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

If not using a touchscreen were the same as not having a touchscreen, then ya, I would be fine with it.

Unfortunately, I have yet to see an example where that is true.

 

[NewOldStock]

Waiting on M7 with 2-in-1 foldable and M.2 Nvme cartridge swappable drive for extra storage built in like an sd card.

 

[joeblow7777]

Yea, but why pay for one in the first place??

I doubt it would be any less expensive without one.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Another thing that might be in the cards: Easier access to battery for repairs, due to EU-repairability laws that come into effect next year.

next year as in 2026 ? isn't this for phones as well btw ?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

OELD is good but by by next year micro LED should be in channel and it exceeds OELD.

you're dreaming if you think microled is coming anytime soon

 

[Makosuke]

It really speaks to the quality of the M-series CPUs (and the current-style MPBs in general) that I'm still using an M1 Max MPB... and here four years and a couple days on am only being mildly tempted by the M5s, which is not due to them being lackluster like some of the anemic Intel speed bumps.

Previously I had four years as pretty much a default upgrade cycle on my main laptop, and if that didn't align with the release date of a new model I found myself getting antsy for one.

This time, even though an upcoming M5 Pro or Max will be well over twice as fast as what I'm using now (even the M4 Max is right around double), the M1 Max is still so capable that I don't feel like I need it at all, so might as well wait for the bigger changes presumably coming along with the M6.

Touch, however, is one of those things that just has no interest whatsoever for me. We have the option on Windows machines at work and rarely get it unless there's no other option, and on the computers I've used that do have touchscreens I don't think I've ever once poked the screen, nor seen a user do except when the garbage Dell trackpad wasn't working and there was no other option.

 

[DblHelix]

There's more having cell connectivity on a laptop unlocks new security concerns like fake cell towers.

IMSI-catcher - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

5g in laptops is susceptible to this as well. 🤷‍♀️

 

[JohnC1959]

There's more having cell connectivity on a laptop unlocks new security concerns like fake cell towers.

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5g in laptops is susceptible to this as well. 🤷‍♀️

Good reasons to use a VPN when away from your home network.

 

[jjrtiger]

Maybe they will bring back the Touch Bar in some form or factor.

 

[robfoll]

I get really fed up, with these Clickbait articles pure speculation just to get a headline on M6 and hope that people will click on it

 

[JohnC1959]

I get really fed up, with these Clickbait articles pure speculation just to get a headline on M6 and hope that people will click on it

yeah, but it's sort of right in the name of this web site.

 

[maxoakland]

Well, the nice thing about a touchscreen is that you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

You still have to pay for it and use the UI they ruined to make it touch friendly

 

[maxoakland]

This I can get behind.

The EU keeps making our products better. Right now, they’re the only ones

 

[maxoakland]

An iPad that can run macOS (or at least full macOS apps) when connected to a screen could be useful. The chips are powerful enough – desktop Mac at work, iPad to go.

That would actually be a cool product. Ruining MacOS to make it touch friendly is a horrible idea and complicating iPadOS to make it more like the Mac is also probably not great