The switch to the LPCAMM2 form factor has allowed companies like Framework to introduce modular memory that not only consumes less power but delivers increased speeds without worrying about getting a soldered package. However, that modularity comes at a price when compared to the M5 MacBook Pro, which relies on soldered RAM but boasts 39 percent faster bandwidth, leading to a performance disparity in various AI workloads. The LPCAMM2 module in the Framework Laptop 13 Pro runs at 7,467MT/s, leading to a drastic difference in AI performance compared to the M5 MacBook Pro Just because the Framework Laptop 13 Pro […]

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The M5 Max, relying on two low-profile fans and a single heatpipe, is bound to run into overheating issues, and that’s exactly what one MacBook Pro owner experienced. The only difference here is that those high temperatures apparently caused the backspace key, which is labeled “delete,” to get inside the chassis, forcing the owner to visit Apple’s retail outlets, which quoted him a near-$900 bill if the machine wasn’t in warranty. Unconfirmed claims state that custom M5 Max configurations of the MacBook Pro are originating from China, with poor quality control Thanks to the new Fusion Architecture, previous stress tests have shown […]

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The rising DRAM costs are what ultimately forced Apple to increase the prices of its Macs, but the positive aspect was that various models were still available to purchase. Unfortunately, the Cupertino giant’s worst nightmare has come to pass because the MacBook Air is reportedly in severe shortage, and while Apple attempts to tackle this problem, it’s focusing on selling as many base 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro units as it can to make sufficient room for the M6 model. Due to the shortage, various M5 MacBook Air configurations won’t be available until September Assuming the MacBook Neo didn’t materialize, the MacBook Air […]

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An unbelievably lucky Redditor searching for a stupendous MacBook Pro offer probably snagged the deal of a lifetime when he paid only $275 for the base model kitted out with an M3. As for why it was so cheap, the portable Mac was thought to have a “bad display,” but it turns out that it was something else, and thankfully, it wasn’t an expensive fix. The lid angle sensor was the defective part on the M3 MacBook Pro and can be easily replaced The $275 price is less than half the price of the base MacBook Neo, which comes with […]

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The laptop market is in complete shambles, with even Apple introducing a price hike that made its Macs and a multitude of other products more expensive. Fortunately, if you’re still looking for an exceptional discount, Amazon is dropping a bomb of a deal, as Apple’s $2,499 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro is going for $500 off and offers impressive specifications, such as 24GB of unified memory and a 2TB SSD. The higher-end M5 Pro MacBook Pro configuration features a 15-core CPU and a 16-core GPU No matter how and from where you look at this deal, the M5 Pro is certainly […]

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Apple dropped a massive bomb on consumers when it was forced to raise the prices of several of its hardware, including Macs, as the company tried its level best to keep the rising RAM and storage costs at bay. Unfortunately, the inevitable has come to pass, but the worst isn’t over, because an individual closely monitoring the M5 Max MacBook Pro’s prices has noticed that, aside from the previous price hike, Apple has made the 16-inch’s maximum configuration now $1,000 more expensive. For those that’ll actually make use of that 8TB SSD and 128GB of unified memory, we have some terrible […]

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Apple is readying several new iPad Pro tablets and a budget-friendly MacBook Pro, reports suggest.

The first half of 2027 will be filled with powerful computing products from Apple, with the latest report stating that a redesigned 14-inch M7 MacBook Pro and the 11-inch and 13-inch M7 iPad Pro refresh will arrive in the same period. The M6 MacBook Pro is expected later this year, and apart from a chipset upgrade, there’s pretty much nothing else that’ll be changed about the portable Mac. The M6 and M7 will have a short launch time frame Starting with the 11-inch and 13-inch M7 iPad Pro models, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman states that both tablets will be upgraded with […]

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Apple’s price hikes took the industry and customers by surprise, with some buyers thankful that they bit the bullet early and saved nearly $3,000 on their top-end M5 Max MacBook Pro configurations. Sadly, not everyone was fortunate in this regard, but with a little luck and the use of OpenAI’s premium $200 ChatGPT Pro plan, one person successfully purchased a higher-end MacBook Pro and saved more than $2,000 while doing so. ChatGPT Pro revealed that a cheaper M5 Max MacBook Pro was available from a JD.com seller who forgot to adjust the price An M5 Max configuration featuring an 18-core CPU, 40-core GPU, […]

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Apple has reportedly cancelled its upcoming M6 Pro and M6 Max processors, shifting its strategy to leap directly to the next-generation M7 family for higher-end Macs. Apple will now focus on the base M6 chip before jumping straight to the M7 family of chips next year.

The report comes from Mark Gurman (Bloomberg), who notes that Apple is currently testing the base M6 SoC in the base MacBook Pro model, focusing on CPU microarchitecture and NPU improvements for local AI processing. Memory bandwidth is getting an upgrade to around 200GB/s, up from 123GB/s on the current base M5. The integrated GPU also sees a 20% increase in core count, bringing it to 12 GPU cores.

This would mark the first generation in which Apple will skip the Pro and Max variants. Instead, those higher-end tiers will supposedly debut with the M7 series as part of a complete SoC overhaul focused on local AI. The base M7 processor should arrive in H1 2027 with roughly 240GB/s of bandwidth, serving as Apple's first Intel-manufactured design built on the 18A-P node. Expect the M7 Pro and M7 Max to follow in late 2027, followed by an M7 Ultra for the Mac Studio in 2028.

Meanwhile, the report claims Apple is testing an M5 Ultra SoC for an upcoming Mac Studio update. This high-end configuration features about 36 CPU cores, 80 GPU cores, and approximately 768GB of memory, designed for local AI workloads and professional content creation.

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Apple being forced to raise the prices of its products due to the unavoidable RAM shortage has given resellers an opportunity to squeeze unfair profits from its customers. One person who had already paid for the M5 Max MacBook Pro is now being demanded to fork over the difference, despite the order successfully being placed before the Cupertino giant’s dreaded announcement came through. An M5 Max MacBook Pro with 128GB unified memory was paid in full on June 5, but the reseller is giving the customer two difficult choices In the U.K., a Redditor user with the handle “sw1000” claims that KRCS, […]

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Those who trusted their instinct in buying Apple’s ‘top of the line’ 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M5 Max should pat themselves on the back, especially one owner, who managed to get the best possible specifications right at his fingertips, and he almost saved $3,000 on this purchase. With Apple raising the prices on various products, including its MacBook Pro lineup, it’s going to become increasingly difficult to acquire these top-tier configurations, but those who managed to pick up these machines even a day before the announcement have truly lucked out. With the 14-inch M5 Max MacBook now carrying a price […]

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An M2 Max MacBook Pro owner living in Australia recalls the time when he had to face an ordeal to get this powerful machine replaced because it was under AppleCare+. Fortunately, in less than two months, a brand-spanking-new M5 Max MacBook Pro became his daily driver and, as a gesture of goodwill, Apple threw in store credit of $140 to purchase whatever he liked from the nearest retail outlet. Subscribing to AppleCare+ was necessary for the owner to receive the M5 Max MacBook Pro upgrade Since the M2 Max MacBook Pro stopped working in May, due to an “unexplained cause,” […]

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Apple is finally bringing a design change to the M6 MacBook Pro series later this year, with the new portable Macs expected to feature a slimmer design, a redesigned hinge that’ll accommodate touchscreen capabilities, and an OLED that’s expected to outshine mini-LED technology. However, one upgrade mentioned in the latest report might not just force customers to flock to the newer models, but there’s a chance that iPad sales can suffer because of this. Cellular connectivity on the redesigned M6 MacBook Pro could reduce iPad sales momentum, as Apple is planning 5G modems on its upcoming machines Baseband chips on iPads have […]

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The Apple Silicon revolution began in 2020, and for a while, these machines could handle their existing cooling solutions. However, the arrival of the M5 Max has proven that Apple needs to switch over to a vapor chamber, as a MacBook Pro owner says that running taxing workloads such as LLMs has resulted in display discoloration of the machine. Isolated incident may not warrant any additional investigation from Apple, but it shows that a revamped cooling design is now mandatory for the MacBook Pro lineup What’s interesting about this display coloration is that the panel area that’s affected only covers the […]

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It’s not unusual for a developer version of a macOS update to be riddled with a boatload of bugs, not to mention severe performance issues. Apple’s last macOS update, Tahoe, suffered from the same problems, but macOS 27 appears to have ended the streak. One M1 Pro MacBook Pro owner says that despite running a developer beta, the lags and other performance issues have been addressed. Apple wasn’t lying when it said in its keynote that macOS 27 is focused on top-tier optimizations While we’ll continue to wait for some actual comparisons to see what performance changes have materialized between macOS […]

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While Apple was expected to incorporate Samsung's so-called Privacy Display within its MacBook Pro lineup a couple of years down the line, a new tantalizing tidbit has just dramatically accelerated that timeline, with the feature drop now expected in a matter of months, when Apple debuts the M6 Pro and M6 Max MacBook Pro variants, replete with an OLED screen. Apple might not only adopt Samsung's OLED panels for its M6 Pro and M6 Max MacBook Pro variants, but also go a step further by incorporating the Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display tech as well For the benefit of those […]

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The current and previous-generation Apple Silicon MacBook Pro releases have all relied on a single heatpipe cooling solution to help transfer heat, and for the most part, it has done a rather poor job of keeping the temperature of the chipsets low, which we’ve discussed below. What’s surprising is that these SoCs kept getting more powerful, while the cooling capacity remained the same. Thankfully, a new rumor claims that the redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch M6 MacBook Pro will be treated to a much-awaited upgrade. New 14-inch and 16-inch M6 MacBook Pro could feature a vapor chamber, according to the latest rumor […]

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It’s a mistake to assume that every component belonging to a MacBook Pro would be made out of the same robust unibody aluminum as the portable Mac’s chassis, but some owners need to learn the hard way. On the latest occasion, one intrepid individual decided to give his expensive M5 Pro machine a nice makeover by applying a dbrand skin. The only problem was that, in the person’s infinite wisdom, a hair dryer was used to keep that skin in place, resulting in the arrow keys completely warping. The M5 Pro MacBook Pro owner’s best bet would be to secure replacement […]

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