The M6 MacBook Pro is probably the last of its kind
The Verge · Nathan Edwards ·
The design is starting to show its age next to the lighter, brighter PROLED model, but the entry-level MacBook Pro is still great.
On November 6th, Apple will release an all-new MacBook Pro. It’s thinner and lighter and has a beautiful OLED touchscreen. It is very likely what every new MacBook Pro will look like in a couple of years.
The M6 MacBook Pro, which is also out on the 6th, is not that laptop. Instead, it’s a straightforward chip bump of Apple’s entry-level MacBook Pro, in basically the same chassis Apple’s been using since 2021. Everything that was great about the M5 MacBook Pro last year, and the M4 the year before, still applies. The M6 MacBook Pro is still a great all-around computer, and a nice step up from the MacBook Air. Processor, screen, speakers, ports, power, battery life: They’re all a little better than the Air’s. The keyboard and webcam are still solid; the trackpad is still best in class. Inside the laptop, only the processor — which bumps up from a 10-core M5 to a 12-core M6 — and the N1 networking chip are new.
There are just two things complicating what would otherwise be the easiest MacBook review of the year. The first is the starting price: $1,999 with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage — the same price as the base M5 MacBook Pro since September, but up $200 since its launch a year ago. The other is the actually new MacBook Pro: the one with the OLED touchscreen.
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