Maxed Out High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro Costs $6,099

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M1 Pro and M1 Max Apple silicon chips, and the new machines come with higher than expected price tags.

The 14-inch model starts at $1,999, while the 16-inch model starts at $2,499. There are upgrades available for the chip, SSD, and memory upgrades depending on the model.

A fully maxed 16-inch MacBook Pro tops out at $6,099, featuring a top of the line M1 Max chip with 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU, 64GB unified memory, and 8TB SSD.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro models can be customized with the same specs. A 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max, 64GB unified memory, and 8TB SSD is priced at $5,899.

Pre-orders for the new MacBook Pro models started today and the first machines will be arriving to customers next Tuesday. Fully customized and upgraded MacBook Pro models won't ship out until December.

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[Rudy69]

Very expensive for sure. I had to 'settle' for just upgrading the memory to 32GB. I wish I could have gotten the MAX but it made no sense for my use case

 

[tothemoonsands]

I'd rather buy a Mac Pro, and have my assistant carry it around for me.

 

[miniyou64]

Nevermind. Actually better pricing than before I think?

 

[toobravetosave]

That's an expensive notch

 

[cpnotebook80]

at least they have variations of diff configs for all types of users but didn't see the different cores and gpu cores coming!

 

[fel10]

Top notch

 

[SeenJeen]

Still cheaper than the original Macintosh, when accounting for inflation.

 

[Logic368]

Does anybody know if it supports HDMI 2.1? I think the specs say that the HDMI port only allows for up to 4k60, but wonder if the thunderbolt 4 port supports hdmi 2.1 through an adapter.

 

[triton100]

Ha in the U.K. it costs the exact same price to just upgrade to 64 and 2TB. It’s cheaper to fly to the states stay in a nice hotel, buy it there, get the maxed out version and still have money left over.

 

[Moonlight]

If you are not a pro, this "seems" expensive. If you are, and make your money on billable time doing pro work, its not bad at all.

 

[Adamhwi]

I wanted to buy one NOW buy am gonna wait until I see the benchmarks and real world tests. Im not so convinced that the M1 Max is worth the price bump quite yet.

 

[fathergll]

I seriously hate these headlines. Just configure it without the 8TB of storage.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Colours arrive for new HomePod Mini's BUT not for new MacBook Pro's?...Where's the Macmini?...Sorry, Apple, no purchase after this event!

 

[zorinlynx]

Freaking hell, 8TB of storage on a laptop.

It's funny, SSDs are a lot more expensive per GB than spinning rust, but the fact that it's just chips means it takes up very little space, so SSDs have made it possible to cram absurd amounts of storage into portable devices.

Living in the future is neat sometimes!

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

I'd rather buy a Mac Pro, and have my assistant carry it around for me.

Pffft. I just taped a motor the wheels on mine.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Still cheaper than the original Macintosh, when accounting for inflation.

Right now there is a boxed new 1993 Macintosh Color Classic on eBay for $15,000.

 

[stinkhorn9]

Thought I’d order the maxed out 16” with extra apps installed:

 

[Steve686]

Can’t wait for real world reviews of these machines against my lowly 13inch M1.

 

[stinkhorn9]

Thought I’d order the maxed out 16” with extra apps installed:

I’m, er, kidding.

 

[cameronp16]

Does it come with wheels?

 

[Sidetrackedd]

Does this have HDMI 2.1?

 

[stinkhorn9]

Does it come with wheels?

If you pay another $600, yes.

 

[adamjackson]

My spec will be around $3500. Which is about what I spent on my last 3 MacBook Pros over the last 8 years and this is worlds above and beyond faster. I have no issue with this. Apple is packing a LOT of value into this machine. Enough that I'll probably sell my iMac and go back to just having one machine. The next iMac will probably be 30" but if Apple can do a non pro XDR like display, I'll sell the iMac and do MBP + Display like I used to.

It was for a while that the iMac was the only way to get the fastest and best CPU + graphics + RAM but the M1Max is so good that the laptop is no longer a compromise machine. I'm blown away by what they've done here.

I'm on a 3 year upgrade where Year 1 is iPad Pro, year 2 is new iMac, Year 3 is new MacBook Pro. I'll get to merge 2 of those years together saving me quite a bit of money with no degradation in performance by not having a desktop Mac. This is just an amazing upgrade.

 

[SeenJeen]

I seriously hate these headlines. Just configure it without the 8TB of storage.

This. The 8TB storage alone is the price of a base model 16".