Apple Macbook Pro Buying Guide

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^{Accessories: Accessories sold separately; availability varies by region.}

^{App Store: Apps are available on the App Store.}

^{Apple Intelligence: Available in beta. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For feature and language availability, and system requirements, see support.apple.com/121115.}

^{Display: Screen size is measured diagonally. The displays on the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 14.2 inches and 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).}

^{Display Brightness: In temperatures less than 25° C.}

^{FaceTime: FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device for the caller and recipient, and a Wi-Fi connection.}

^{Feature, App and Service Availability: Features are subject to change. Some features, applications and services may not be available in all regions or languages.}

^{iPhone Mirroring: Available on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers with a T2 Security Chip. Requires that your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple Account using two-factor authentication, your iPhone and Mac are near each other and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and your Mac is not using AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone features (such as camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.}

^{MATLAB: MATLAB® visualisation based on: Cui, et al. ‘NIRS-Based Hyperscanning.’ Neuroimage. V. 59, No. 3, 2012, pp. 2430–2437; Grinsted, et al. ‘Application of the Cross Wavelet.’ Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. V. 11, 2004, pp. 561–566; Maraun, et al, ‘Nonstationary Gaussian Processes.’ Phys. Rev. E. V. 75, 2007, pp. 016707(1)–016707(14); and Torrence and Webster, ‘Interdecadal Changes.’ J. of Climate. V. 12, No. 8, 1999, pp. 2679–2690.}

^{Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel: Some apps may require a subscription.}

^{Power and Battery: Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2026 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5 Pro, 18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 48GB of unified memory and 1TB SSD. Wireless web battery life tested by browsing 25 popular websites while connected to Wi-Fi. Video streaming battery life tested with 1080p content in Safari while connected to Wi-Fi. Display brightness set to eight clicks from the bottom and keyboard backlight was off. Battery life varies by use and configuration; see apple.com/au/batteries for more information.}

^{SSD Storage Speed: Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2026 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5 Max, 18-core CPU, 40-core GPU and 128GB of unified memory, as well as production 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4 Max, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU and 128GB of unified memory, all configured with 8TB SSD. Tested with FIO 3.41, 1024KB request size, 10GB test file and IO depth=8. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.}

^{Storage: 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.}

^{Up to 6x Faster AI Performance than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 or M2: Testing conducted by Apple in September 2025 using preproduction 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB of unified memory and 4TB SSD, as well as production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU and 32GB of unified memory, and production 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU and 16GB of unified memory, all configured with 2TB SSD. Time to first token measured with a 16K-token prompt using an 8-billion parameter model with 4-bit weights and FP16 activations, mlx-lm and prerelease MLX framework. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.}

^{Wi-Fi 7: Wi-Fi 7 available in countries and regions where supported.}