{"id":22887,"date":"2026-04-28T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/macbook-pro-m5-review-serious-power-still-long-battery-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:37:25","slug":"macbook-pro-m5-review-serious-power-still-long-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/macbook-pro-m5-review-serious-power-still-long-battery-life\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Pro M5 review: serious power, still long battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple laptop sets new performance bar with more storage, new chips and plenty of options, but now has two-tier specs depending on processor<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Macs have been on a roll this year with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/31\/macbook-neo-review-budget-apple-laptop-iphone-chip\">brand new budget MacBook Neo<\/a> and a faster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/15\/macbook-air-m5-review-apple-best-consumer-laptop-faster-battery-life-storage\">MacBook Air M5<\/a>, but now it\u2019s time for its workhorse MacBook Pro to be upgraded with the fastest, most powerful M-series chips.<\/p>\n<p>The latest MacBook Pro comes in two screen sizes and a large range of chip and configuration options. The 14in version starts with the M5 chip costing \u00a31,699 (\u20ac1,899\/$1,699\/A$2,699) and then jumps to the more powerful M5 Pro from \u00a32,199 (\u20ac2,499\/$2,199\/A$3,499) before climbing further for the 16in version or the top M5 Max chip. A pricey machine for professional workloads.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/28\/apple-macbook-pro-m5-review-serious-power-still-long-battery-life\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c1a44e9a979785c0102dad34b32e84a06f88abf1\/892_228_5151_4122\/master\/5151.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cf2a3664d907c576394639cfb77a1d15\" title=\"MacBook Pro M5 review: serious power, still long battery life\" \/>Apple laptop sets new performance bar with more storage, new chips and plenty of options, but now has two-tier specs depending on processor<br \/>\nApple\u2019s Macs have been on a roll this year with the brand new budget MacBook Neo and a faster MacBook Air M5, but now it\u2019s time for its workhorse MacBook Pro to be upgraded with the fastest, most powerful M-series chips.<br \/>\nThe latest MacBook Pro comes in two screen sizes and a large range of chip and configuration options. The 14in version starts with the M5 chip costing \u00a31,699 (\u20ac1,899\/$1,699\/A$2,699) and then jumps to the more powerful M5 Pro from \u00a32,199 (\u20ac2,499\/$2,199\/A$3,499) before climbing further for the 16in version or the top M5 Max chip. A pricey machine for professional workloads. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple laptop sets new performance bar with more storage, new chips and plenty of options, but now has two-tier specs depending on processor Apple\u2019s Macs have been on a roll this year with the brand new budget MacBook Neo and a faster MacBook Air M5, but now it\u2019s time for its workhorse MacBook Pro to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/macbook-pro-m5-review-serious-power-still-long-battery-life\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MacBook Pro M5 review: serious power, still long battery life<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}