MacBook Pro: What to Know as Wait Continues for M5 Pro and M5 Max

The launch of Apple Creator Studio connected Wednesday would person been a fitting accidental for Apple to unveil caller MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, but unluckily it looks similar that was thing much than wishful thinking.


For now, each we person is simply a wide timeframe from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who expects caller MacBook Pro models "in the archetypal fractional of the year."

The adjacent model for Apple to update the MacBook Pro mightiness beryllium tied to the upcoming merchandise of macOS 26.3. In October, AppleInsider's Marko Zivkovic said the MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips are "expected to vessel with macOS 26.3," astatine slightest arsenic of the clip that helium wrote that. macOS 26.3 remains successful beta testing, but it should beryllium coming retired soon, with a nationalist merchandise expected successful the archetypal fractional of February.

Like the Apple Creator Studio launch, though, the merchandise of macOS 26.3 could travel and spell without immoderate caller MacBook Pro models. But, until a much circumstantial merchandise day is rumored, this is each we person to spell connected for now.

Keep successful caput that Apple's selling main Greg Joswiak has often enactment retired a social media teaser for upcoming launches lately, including for the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the modular M5 spot astir recently. He did not enactment retired a teaser earlier the new AirTag, but that was simply an accessory. So, possibly we volition person to hold for that.

Beyond the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, the adjacent MacBook Pro models are not expected to person immoderate large changes. We urge skipping the adjacent models, unless you truly request to upgrade, arsenic the MacBook Pro is expected to person a large redesign with an OLED interaction screen, a thinner case, and much as soon arsenic precocious 2026.

While reports person said determination is simply a accidental that the redesigned MacBook Pro does not get until 2027, determination is precedent for 2 MacBook Pro refreshes successful 1 year. In 2023, Apple released MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips successful January, followed by models with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips successful October.

In the meantime, the hold for the models with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips continues.
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