Maxed Out High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro Now Costs $6,499

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced refreshed 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max Apple silicon chips, and when configured with the highest specs, the new machines come with higher price tags than the machines they replace.

The 14-inch model starts at $1,999, while the 16-inch model starts at $2,499. Both starting prices remain unchanged from the previous-generation models, but there are more significant upgrades available depending on the model, and that's where the differences emerge.

A fully maxed 16-inch MacBook Pro now tops out at $6,499, featuring a top-of-the-line ‌M2 Max‌ chip with 12-core CPU and 32-core GPU, 96GB unified memory, and 8TB SSD. The previous-generation M1 Max model topped out at $6,099 but only came with a maximum 64GB of unified memory.

The latest 14-inch MacBook Pro models can be customized with the same specs as the new 16-inch machine. A 14-inch MacBook Pro with ‌M2 Max‌, 96GB of unified memory, and 8TB SSD is priced at $6,299, up from $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 February.

Article Link: Maxed Out High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro Now Costs $6,499

 

[everlast3434]

TBH that's lower than I expected lol.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

96GB RAM + 8TB = That is just pure madness. But it comes at a decent price.

 

[cpnotebook80]

A small percentage of mac users would actually go for that in this economy!..the base or 1tb and 32gb usually suffices for most.

 

[antnythr]

A reasonable price for the 14 Pro with 16gb/1tb would be $1499. They want $2199.

Apple has great machines, but is out to lunch with their prices.

 

[El Dubya]

Wow! the 14" base model with 32Gb Ram and 1TB £2749 UK.
I purchased mine last year albeit 8C 14GPU 32GB 1TB £2049 UK.
Thats a huge increase! for 2C 2GPU

 

[apparatchik]

Well, it nows give you more, RAM has never been cheap with Apple, the fact that you can now get an M2 Mac for $499 (edu) is the real price-related news to me, not how high you can possibly go with every possible upgrade.

 

[840quadra]

Wow that is a noticeable price delta. I am glad I typically only need mid tier devices for my tasks, though it makes me worry about my eventual replacement for my Mac Pro.

 

[julesme]

The reporting should take inflation into account - $3,000 when the M1 Max was released equates to almost $3,250 today, using US government inflation data (consumer price index).

 

[GtrDude]

And probably $1,000 to make...if that.
Markup of 650% not bad, especially since there are always buyers no matter what silly steps Apple takes.
Someone will support it.

 

[adamw]

Power users will be very happy! I will wait for M3 3nm chip Macs though.

 

[MauiPa]

Keyword "Maxed out". Why does anyone make a big deal of this? If you need that much power, you probably don't care, and even if you did, maxed out configurations of windows PCs with that much power (if you can get them) also cost a lot.

But click bait, I guess

 

[sajlonix]

96 RAM to run nuclear powerplant but still 8 TB storage

 

[theluggage]

Keyword "Maxed out". Why does anyone make a big deal of this? If you need that much power, you probably don't care, and even if you did, maxed out configurations of windows PCs with that much power (if you can get them) also cost a lot.

Any big PC maker will gouge you for BTO options, but with user-upgradeable systems that's less of an issue.

Upgrading SSD - even fast PCIE sticks - on Windows machines is usually a lot cheaper since M.2 slots are common, even on laptops. RAM is slightly more slippery - LPDDR RAM is never user-upgradeable and the Apple Silicon method of building the RAM into the CPU package promises performance advantages - but I'm sure Apple are still charging a huge mark-up over any possible Bill of Materials difference.

...but yeah, these "maxed out" prices is usually distorted by the insanely large cost of an insanely large SSD that only a niche of customers are actually going to need, and the price of a more indicative spec would be more useful... The real problem is when Apple "low balls" the base spec (there's no justification other than "we can get away with it" for 8GB RAM or 256GB SSDs in anything other than the cheapest MacBook Air).

 

[Cristim74]

There is no 32 core GPU as mentioned in the article. The maxed out config has 38 core GPU.

 

[3xBoom]

A small percentage of mac users would actually go for that in this economy!..the base or 1tb and 32gb usually suffices for most.

When was the last time you used Chrome? /s

 

[code-m]

Keyword "Maxed out". Why does anyone make a big deal of this? If you need that much power, you probably don't care, and even if you did, maxed out configurations of windows PCs with that much power (if you can get them) also cost a lot.

But click bait, I guess

It’s actually inline with inflation which sits at approximately 6.5% average and depending on country. This is a nothing burger of a clickbait article.

 

[code-m]

96 RAM to run nuclear powerplant but still 8 TB storage

Two disappoints I can see is the SSD is still maxed at 8TB, would have liked a 10-12TB option and the SDCard is that the same.

 

[dmr727]

A reasonable price for the 14 Pro with 16gb/1tb would be $1499. They want $2199.

Apple has great machines, but is out to lunch with their prices.

I don't think it's out of line with what Apple has traditionally done pricing-wise.

 

[TigerNike23]

TBH that's lower than I expected lol.

Waaaay lower than I expected as well. I was thinking it might bump up to $10K (USD), especially with inflation.

 

[code-m]

When was the last time you used Chrome? /s

Chrome is utter litter when one can use Orion with Chrome and FF extensions.

 

[code-m]

Power users will be very happy! I will wait for M3 3nm chip Macs though.

The 14” actually gets the same battery life as the M1 and M2 MBA of 18 hrs while the 16” gets 22 hrs this is progress and you get a lot more features and power for that par battery life and performance.

I am on the fence to either upgrade my M1 MBA or keep it as the last of its design and get a M2 MBP.

 

[code-m]

96GB RAM + 8TB = That is just pure madness. But it comes at a decent price.

Madness would be a 10-12 or even a 16TB SSD as the 8TB max option has been there since late 2019 with the introduction of the Intel 16” MBP.

 

[usagora]

Apple has great machines, but is out to lunch with their prices.

They charge what enough people will pay (which doesn't necessarily include you or me) to maximize their profits, just like any other company worth their salt. They're certainly not "out to lunch." Companies that are out to lunch aren't worth what Apple is worth. They fail.

 

[code-m]

A small percentage of mac users would actually go for that in this economy!..the base or 1tb and 32gb usually suffices for most.

Are you confusing the average user with a pro-user. You must be mistaken that this is for running daily users tasks which even a M1 accomplishes without skipping a beat.

If you are editing 8K content the price will not even make you blink twice.