MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

Post by amelius » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC

manofmanysmiles wrote: post #114

I 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…

Post by Forgeties79 » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

someperson wrote: post #281

philistine wrote: post #176

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There are so few used Mac Mini around, those are all gone and what is left is to buy new.

Just like with GPUs and Bitcoin they'll be a flood of old hardware on the market eventually.

Post by Forgeties79 » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

CrazyStat wrote: post #202

re-thc wrote: post #157

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> Aren't the OpenClaw enjoyers buying Mac Minis because it's the cheapest thing which runs macOS That's likely only part of the reason. Mac Mini is now "cheap" because everyone exploded in price. RAM and SSD etc have all gone up massively. Not the mention Mac mini is easy out of the box experience.

It's not cheap, though. Two weeks ago I bought a computer with a similar form factor (GMKtec G10). Worse CPU and GPU but same 16GB memory and a larger SSD for 40% the price of a base mac mini ($239 vs $599). It came with Windows preinstalled, but I immediately wiped that to install linux. Even a used (M-series) mac mini is substantially more expensive. It will cost me about an extra penny per day in electricity costs…

Post by andy_ppp » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC

bluescrn wrote: post #816

dawnerd wrote: post #243

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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.

Shame the keycaps wear so poorly. Just a cosmetic issue, but on a £3k machine that’s otherwise amazing, it’s annoying to have keycaps that look rather dirty/greasy as they wear and develop shiny patches. (Can at least replace them via the self-service repair store. Fiddly job but worth it)

Post by michelb » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #683

varenc wrote: post #519

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As others have said, keep the battery in the 80%-30% range. Use the `batt` CLI tool to hard limit your max charge to 80%. Sadly, if you're already down to I type this from an M3 Max 2023 MBP that still has 98% battery health. But admittedly it's only gone through 102 charge cycles in ~2 years. (use `pmset -g rawbatt` to get cycle count or `system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -A3 'Health'` to get health and cycles)

> I type this from an M3 Max 2023 MBP that still has 98% battery health. That's amazing. I have an early 2023 M2 Max MBP that mostly charges in desktop mode, which limits to 80%. I just looked in battery health and it says 82%. Damn! :( For giggles, earlier today I asked Apple how much they'd give me for this machine if I traded it in on a brand new $5K M5 Max equivalent. $825. Ouch. I think I will keep it for a few…