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The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip does not include a charger in the box in European countries, including the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and others, according to Apple's online store.

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In the U.S. and all other countries outside of Europe, the new MacBook Pro comes with Apple's 70W USB-C Power Adapter, but European customers miss out.

Apple has gradually stopped including chargers with many products over the years — a decision it has attributed to its environmental goals. In addition, the European Union has implemented new regulations related to electronic waste.

Apple still includes a USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable in the box with the 14-inch MacBook Pro in Europe, so you only need to supply a charger if you need one.

In the U.K., the 70W USB-C Power Adapter costs £59.

Article Link: New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
Blame your overreaching government.
 
There is a law about power adapters for laptops and it starts in April 2026, which assuming this laptop will still be the newest one sold then kind of makes sense.

HMmm.
Slightly O/T but wonder how that will work with high end gaming laptops?
some have 300w+ power supplies. Can USB-C go that high?
 
I have a couple multi-port 100W chargers. I honestly DON'T want another ****** apple single port just barely enough power device. If you can't put a 100W 4 port charger in the box that can charge and power several things at once, then yes I agree dumping the 70W charger is a good move all around. Please stop feigning you don't have a decent charger around, and if you _really_ don't, you can easily fine 120-150W ones for very reasonable that will outlast all the devices it powers.
Can I have yours? I don't have a 70 watt charger.
 
Just one clarification point. It isn’t because of the EU. How do I know you might ask (correctly so). Switzerland is not part of the EU, never has been. It is the country in the middle of Europe where iPhone mirroring is available, where all the rules of for the EU where never applied. We had the immediate release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone mirroring (as written), live translations on AirPods. All of it. And yet the charger for the MBP is also optional. It is a hidden price hike in the non US markets to offset the decreased revenues in the US due to tariffs. The computer costs the same, tariffs or not. But “other countries” have a price increase, due to the lack of an accessory, that helps to offset the price increase the US customers would otherwise have suffered. The rest is just fiction.

Final note: the law mentioned in the article does not apply in Switzerland. Because we are not part of the EU, and never have been.

My personal take is that this is one of the smartest moves by a company to spread the cost of US tariffs to “the rest of the world” and one many other companies will copy soon enough. Do I like it? Not a bit!!
It IS because of the EU. Apple isn't going to have a special stock of laptops with chargers just for people in the UK and Switzerland. Settings on your phone are one thing. Global logistics of physical goods are another.

If a regulation applies to a large portion of the market, manufacturers will often apply that to everyone in the region. In the US, we often see this with regulations that exist only in California. Even though California only accounts for 10%-ish of the US population, car manufacturers will design to meet the most stringent standards rather than creating separate versions for each state.
 
Probably worth mentioning in the article, that the cost of the base model went down by 100€. M4 base config was 1899€ in Germany, M5 base config is 1799€ now.
This thread is filled with outrage without a single person actually checking the numbers.
 
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Directive (EU) 2022/2380 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022

Article 3a
Where an economic operator offers to consumers and other end-users the possibility to acquire the radio equipment referred to in Article 3(4) together with a charging device, the economic operator shall also offer the consumers and other end-users the possibility of acquiring that radio equipment without any charging device.

Apple has two choices. Stock two complete lines of each configuration carried in stores (one with a charger and one without a charger) or carry one configuration.
 
To all of you complaining about this, be honest.. Do you already have a USB-C charger? I know personally I've got at least 10 at this point.. Which frankly I rarely use because I use my MBP tethered to a USB-C monitor that provides power.
 
Fine, don't ship a charger due to "environment" but deduct $60 from the cost of the product then!
13 years ago when we ordered 200 units of iMac 21.5", Apple changed the keyboard option to wireless only and kept the same price tag (used to be USB standard and $30 more for wireless). We just couldn't have wireless option in a communal environment, but they refused to give us any break. That would have been $6,000 saved if we took the wireless and sold them, then used the money to order 200 USB keyboards.

I think a good compromise would be to unify the MBP packaging. Without the charger, the packaging material would be reduced by 25% and the packaging volume would be reduced by 40%. Of course, in regions that 'require' the inclusion of the charger, it would be included as it's sold/shipped. A token discount would certainly be a welcome gesture.
 


The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip does not include a charger in the box in European countries, including the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and others, according to Apple's online store.

MacBook-Pro-M5-Screen.jpg

In the U.S. and all other countries outside of Europe, the new MacBook Pro comes with Apple's 70W USB-C Power Adapter, but European customers miss out.

Apple has gradually stopped including chargers with many products over the years — a decision it has attributed to its environmental goals. In addition, the European Union has implemented new regulations related to electronic waste.

Apple still includes a USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable in the box with the 14-inch MacBook Pro in Europe, so you only need to supply a charger if you need one.

In the U.K., the 70W USB-C Power Adapter costs £59.

Article Link: New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
If Apple truly cared it would stop making so many working products "vintage".
 
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If they don't include one with the M5 Pro or Max chips too that will be utterly disgusting at the prices Apple charges for them!
 
How would that look?
It could be a simple movement to stop purchasing devices without chargers. Unlike iPhone or iPad chargers, a 70-watt charger isn’t that cheap. But, of course, to stop buying would mean giving up instant gratification. How many fans are going to do that?
 
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