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M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pro review roundup: More of the same, at a higher price

Early reviews of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models are here, and while the improved performance is good, nobody is a fan of the $200 price increase.

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Early reviews of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro are here.

The M5 Pro and M5 Max versions of the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro were announced on March 3, offering better performance. The two laptops are spec bump upgrades, meaning there’s effectively no other change, relative to the preceding M4 Pro and M4 Max models.

As a result, most reviews of the new laptop configurations focus largely on the processing hardware, what it can do, and how it performs in various tasks, be they hardware-intensive or not.

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