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Apple MacBook Pro M5 Is $300 Off—It’s the Rare Deal You’ve Been Waiting For

The best version of the best Mac laptop is on sale barely two months after it fell from the Apple tree.

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Nowhere is Apple’s tendency toward word salad in product names more apparent than in the MacBook Pro family of laptops, which sits above the MacBook Air in price and performance. Bear with me, because I’m not merely talking about the MacBook Pro M5.

The MacBook Pro M5 I most heartily and regularly recommend is the MacBook Pro M5 Pro, and it’s on a sale for $1,799, down $300 from its retail price. Apple has only been selling the M5 Pro (and M5 Max) versions of the latest MacBook Pro since March 2026. This is a brand-spanking-new laptop, and of all Apple’s laptops, this is the exact version I highlight as the best deal among all of them.

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