Shout out to LM Studio being featured in one of the product shots!
MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
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#542I bought an M4 and don't think I can justify upgrading so soon. Certainly has some great improvements.
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#543Earlier quoted context omitted.
My 32gb m1 max was probably the best purchase I've made. Still plenty of headroom in performance left in this beast. Wonder what reason they'll use to end software support in the future. Bet it'll be some security hardware they make up for the sake of forcing upgrades.
Some of my M1 MBP Max keys are losing their coating, and the battery is at 74% capacity. At some point soon I'll need a service. But other than that, I have no real complaints. Even the case edge where my arms constantly rest doesn't look too bad. My next MBP will have 128GB memory, but these prices just wanna make me wait longer.
If you don't mind a bit of DIY, apple runs self service repair.
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#544I love the following section of their copy: > Even More Value for Upgraders > The new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max mark a major leap for pro users. There’s never been a better time for customers to upgrade from a previous generation of MacBook Pro with Apple silicon or an Intel-based Mac. I read as "Whoops we made the M1 Macbook Pro too good, please upgrade!" I think I will get another 2-5 years…
>I read as "Whoops we made the M1 Macbook Pro too good, please upgrade!" >I think I will get another 2-5 years out my mine. I only own a M4 because the M1 had a hardware fault and I needed a replacement ASAP. (I sold the M1 after repair.) Although I'm glad to have a newer machine with longer future support, I have yet to notice any meaningful performance difference.
Ditto. Though, I fixed my M1. I have an M4 max for work; the nano screen is a win. The perf is better, but it's really marginal unless actually doing stuff with the GPU, then it's super slow compared to a decent GPU anyway (i.e. h100, gb etc)
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#545I chased down what the "4x faster at AI tasks" was measuring: > Testing conducted by Apple in January 2026 using preproduction 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M5, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB of unified memory, and 4TB SSD, and production 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB of unified memory, and 2TB SSD. Time to first token measured with an 8K-to…
So it's not measuring output tokens/s, just how long it takes to start generating tokens. Seems we'll have to wait for independent benchmarks to get useful numbers.
For many workflows involving real time human interaction, such as voice assistant, this is the most important metric. Very few tasks are as sensitive to quality, once a certain response quality threshold has been achieved, as is the software planning and writing tasks that most HN readers are likely familiar.
Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
#546I bought an M4 and don't think I can justify upgrading so soon. Certainly has some great improvements.
Still rocking M1 air, still a great machine and Im still happy. :-)
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#547Earlier quoted context omitted.
Was that one of the ones that could do "target display mode" and become a monitor for another machine?
Nope - they removed that feature, so now come the end of the year, they're all e-waste. It feels really stupid to have to throw away a perfectly capable machine with 64GB of RAM in 2026.
Wait, they throw them away, not sell or give to employees? I feel like as long as the computer is reset, indeed it is stupid to just throw it away instead of giving or selling it to someone who wants it.
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Love that they didn't learn anything from the touchbar.
They just didn't do anything with the touchbar. It could have actually been more useful. The removal of the esc key was pretty dumb though.
The only useful thing I remember about the touch bar was the DJ trying to play some beats on the touch bar. That was just weird imo.
Barring removal of Esc key, I think the touch bar was useful because it showed contextual actions. But not every app used it so it didn't really get a chance to shine.
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#549will it run GLM-4.7 locally at any speed?
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#550Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are right the touch screen is even more stupid
It’s not. I had a thinkpad with a touchscreen and while I used the touchscreen seldomly, it was useful in some applications. Notably to easily develop touch based applications. I have a M1 MacBook Pro with the touch bar since. It’s crap. I remember the keynote where they introduced it and a DJ mixed music using it. It was ridiculous that it got approved.
I do remember the cringy music demo. Can't believe someone really said "yeah let's rehearse this and actually sell this product."
Fortunately I just keep my laptop closed and use an attached display and keyboard and mouse, so I don't even remember if my M1 has a touch bar.
Also minor nit: it's seldom, not seldomly. Seldom certainly doesn't seem like an adverb, but it is.