Apple's New Touchscreen MacBook Pro Costs Up to $14,549

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro models commencement astatine $2,899 for the 14-inch mentation and $3,399 for the 16-inch version, but configuring the machines with each hardware upgrade pushes their prices good supra $14,000.


The starting configurations and U.S. prices are arsenic follows:

• 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro: $2,899 with a 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB of unified memory, and 1TB SSD, up from $2,499.


• 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro: $3,399 with an 18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 24GB of unified memory, and 1TB SSD, up from $2,999.


• 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max: $4,499 with an 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB of unified memory, and 2TB SSD, up from $4,099.


• 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max: $4,799 with an 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB of unified memory, and 2TB SSD, up from $4,399.

The $400 premium represents an summation of astir 16% for the entry-level 14-inch M5 Pro configuration and 13% for its 16-inch counterpart. The M5 Max models spot increases of astir 10% and 9%, respectively. This is compared to the previous, non-touchscreen models' prices instantly earlier today's announcement, alternatively than their little prices astatine motorboat earlier Apple's hikes.

At the different extremity of the range, Apple's configurator allows the 14-inch touchscreen MacBook Pro to scope $14,249 and the 16-inch exemplary to scope $14,549. Both configurations see the highest-end M5 Max chip with an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, 128GB of unified memory, a 16TB SSD, and nano-texture glass.

Storage accounts for overmuch of the disbursal erstwhile configuring. On the highest-end M5 Max configuration, upgrading the modular 2TB SSD to 4TB costs $1,000, 8TB costs $3,000, and the caller 16TB enactment costs $7,000. Moving from 48GB to 128GB of unified representation adds different $2,000, portion nano-texture solid costs $150.

The preceding 16-inch MacBook Pro topped retired astatine $10,149 with 128GB of memory, an 8TB SSD, and nano-texture glass. The caller model's $14,549 maximum is $4,400 higher, oregon astir 43%, though that examination includes doubly arsenic overmuch storage. Configured with the aforesaid 8TB capacity, the caller 16-inch exemplary costs $10,549, an summation of $400.

The touchscreen ‌MacBook Pro‌ models are disposable to pre-order now, with availability opening connected Friday, November 6.
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