Whoa. A brand-new M6 chip in the cheapest MacBook Pro? Gimme that! Same body. Same screen. Same price as the M5 it replaces. Sit down, Rocco. It's the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, from 1,999 dollars, landing November sixth. For students, business folks and creators who want Pro at the lowest Pro price. This is Tech After Dark. We read six reports and reviews so you don't have to. Zero hands-ons, zero hands touched it.

And no, he doesn't get to borrow one. New thing one: the M6 chip. Twelve C P U cores! Twelve graphics cores! Two more of each than M5. Apple claims up to thirty percent faster graphics. New thing two: the Neural Engine. Up to 1.9 times faster than M5! That's the A I brain. On-laptop A I features should feel quicker. New thing three: Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Ready for every shiny new router! Up from Wi-Fi 6E.

Great, if you own a Wi-Fi 7 router. No. But I know where to borrow one. Specs that matter. Memory: 16 gigs standard, 32 max. Think desk space for open apps. Fine for everyday work. But MacRumors says the base model misses the full memory speed. Oh no. Okay, but a full terabyte of storage, standard! Double the 512 the M5 launched with. Apple already dropped that version in March. And the screen hits 1600 nits of peak H D R!

Nits measure brightness: great for H D R movies. But Macworld says no screen upgrade this year. Up to twenty-four hours of battery! Apple says longest ever in a Mac! Macworld notes the M5 was rated the same twenty-four hours. Reviewers next. Fstoppers says it's a strong buy for stills photographers who travel. Fstoppers calls it a very good buy at the lowest Pro price! Vindicated! Same outlet sends video editors to the M5 Pro.

And The Gadget Flow calls the 32 gig cap strange for on-device A I. Wait. Seriously? What about Macworld? Macworld says older Mac owners will feel it. M5 owners should wait for independent benchmarks. So! 1,999 dollars with 16 gigs and a terabyte. 1,899 dollars with education savings. Pre-orders open October twenty-eighth, out November sixth. Now, Nova's Catch. The M5 launched at 1,599 dollars. Without the 512 gig version, getting in costs four hundred more.

Oh no. Okay, okay, that's fair. Versus! The M5 Pro and the M5 Max? M5 Pro: 2,499 dollars, and three external displays, not two. M5 Max: 4,099 dollars, over triple the graphics cores. Verdict! Coming from an older Mac? Buy. I'm giving it a 7.9. M5 owners, wait. Thunderbolt 4, a 16 gig base, I'm at 6.7. After Dark Score: 7.3. Number one on our laptop board! Above the X P S 16 Creator Edition. Still not yours, Rocco.