Apple’s next MacBook Pro is expected in the next few months. Will it be seen as a true upgrade, or will the eager Mac community need to wait for the new features they demand?
Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology.Update, Sunday Oct. 5, 2025: This article has been updated with details on the Apple Silicon M5 roll-out. The Apple 15-inch MacBook Air is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference have passed, it’s the turn of the Mac community to look at what’s on deck for the rest of the year and see what delights the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops may have on offer.
Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology.Update, Sunday Oct. 5, 2025: This article has been updated with details on the Apple Silicon M5 roll-out... The Apple 15-inch MacBook Air is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference have passed, it’s the turn of the Mac community to look at what’s on deck for the rest of the year and see what delights the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops may have on offer.Which MacBook Pro To Wait ForMacBook Air models during the first quarter of 2026 . The M5 laptops will deliver an increase in performance and battery life, but should be seen as a mid-cycle upgrade rather than a full refresh. If you are looking for a true upgrade, a closer look at details behind the headlines reveals Apple’s major plans for the MacBook will skip the M5 generation and arrive in late 2026 or early 2027… a new chipset, an improved display and new connectivity optionsOne of the most obvious improvements over the M5 MacBook Pro is the upgrade to the M-Series Apple Silicon. While the has been irregular at best, the upgrade cycle on the M-Series chipsets has seen a more predictable tempo - in part because you’ll find M-Series chips inside the iPad Pro upgrades.The M5 chipset has yet to be officially launched, but is expected to start shipping first inside the iPad Pro by the end of the year and the MacBooks in the following quarter. Apple will no doubt use the M5-series chips for the MacBooks released throughout 2026. The laptop portfolio is not expected to be ready to support a major upgrade to the MacBook Pro until 2027.Before the launch of the upcoming MacBook Pro, the Apple Silicon M5 chipset is expected to debut in the iPad. Ahead of that launch, an M5-powered iPad Pro has appeared in Russia and was demonstrated on YouTube. Starting with an unboxing, the video continues with a discussion of their first impressions and benchmarking on the M5. The expected performance improvement lifts the single-core mark of the M5 to match that of the premium M4 Max.is the leak itself. While individual details on upcoming hardware cannot be completely hidden thanks to the supply chains involved, to have a completed product “in the wild” before a launch is rare. An iPad Pro is displayed inside of the Apple Carnegie Library store on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. One quirk to watch for here is the potential for Apple not to wait on the new M6 series, instead using premium versions of the M5 series for the major MacBook upgrade. No matter the labelling, each generation of Apple Silicon has been able to deliver a performance lift between 15 and 25 percent, and an associated boost in battery life. That is likely to remain the case as we wait for the major upgrade to the MacBook Pro.Two features are glaringly absent across the MacBook range, despite being present in Windows laptops for nearly ten years. Apple is strongly opposed to the introduction of both OLED and touchscreen technology to MacBook displays.would bring three notable advantages over the existing LCD displays. Because pixels are individually lit or unlit with OLED , black pixels can be a much deeper black. Conversely, colors can be much more vibrant and vivid in some cases while offering more accurate colour spaces in others. It’s always worth noting that OLED displays are more power-efficient compared to equivalent LCD displays. Then there is the touchscreen. It’s become commonplace on Windows laptops, and there is an inherent familiarity with it on smartphones and tablets. It’s the latter that many think is the real reason behind Apple’s reluctance to add this to macOS: running a touchscreen on a large display is the unique selling point of the iPad and iPad Pro . With iPadOS and macOS drawing ever closer in terms of design, functionality, and cross-app compatibility, Tim Cook and his team are squeezing themselves into a corner where the only answer will be to reach out and touch your laptop.Finally, there is 5G connectivity, offering the ultimate “road warrior” package. You do find cellular connectivity in Windows laptops, but it is not as prevalent as you might think. Where you do see it as an option are in the more portable devices, such as the Surface Pro or other premium 2-in-1 tablets. Much as Apple has never added touch to the MacBook, it has never added cellular connectivity to its laptops. It has offered both of these features in the iPad Pro. At some point, both touch andShould You Wait For Your Next MacBook Pro? Apple’s MacBook range, especially the MacBook Pro, has somewhat faded into the background since the revolutionary launch of the Apple Silicon M-Series devices in 2020. While the Apple Silicon has seen three updates so far , there has been one largely cosmetic redesign, including tweaks to the dimensions and surface coating, as well as the introduction of a 15-inch MacBook Air. If all you want is more power, then there’s a new MacBook Pro around the corner. If you’re looking for genuinely new features that meet the specifications of professionally focused Windows laptops, you’ll need to wait a bit longer.
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