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With the latest chips, the MacBook Pro now maxes out at $7,349

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy  | Mar 3 2026 - 6:56 am PT
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With the latest chips, the MacBook Pro now maxes out at $7,349 | Image shows the machine running image analysis software

Head on over to the just updated Apple website and the company will tell you that the MacBook Pro starts at $1,699. That is indeed the case for the original M5 version with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD.

However, pricing immediately jumps to well over $2,000 once you select one of the new chips, and the machine now maxes out at $7,349 …

What does that price buy you? Here’s the spec you’ll get for your money:

  • 16-inch display, with Nano-texture anti-reflective coating
  • M5 Max chip, with 18-core CPU and bumped-up 40-core GPU
  • 128GB unified memory
  • 8TB SSD

It will come as no surprise that this is the spec Apple used for testing when it comes to the performance improvements the company cites.

Testing was conducted by Apple in 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 a fun historical footnote, that maxed out price is just $49 more than the cost of the Macintosh Portable when it launched in 1989.

If you’ve been waiting to order one, what spec are you planning to buy? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

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