Apple MacBook Pro 14 M5

Apple’s performance improvements with the M5 in the MacBook Pro make it a strong option for people in need of an upgrade, and we appreciate the faster storage.

The MacBook Pro M5 improves on its predecessor thanks to its powerful M5 chip and faster SSD. Though it's not a revolutionary update from before, it's a fantastic option for power users who demand a powerful and portable notebook with epic battery life.

The M5 14-inch MacBook Pro retains everything we love about Apple’s pro-grade laptops, while also adding in a much more powerful GPU.

While the Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5, 2025) might not seem like an essential upgrade for people using M4 and M3 MacBooks, this remains a superb workstation laptop with a stunning screen, thin and light design, and excellent build quality. It would be nice to see Apple get a bit bolder with a design shake-up for future releases, especially when it comes to some of the older technology (Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E) that it still uses.

It can handle your work or school during the day, and whatever project you want to throw at it on weekends. On top of that, the display and speakers mean it's also a killer media machine for when you want to throw on a movie or play a game. These are the kinds of in-between, “prosumer” devices Apple has always staked its claim on, which is why this laptop has remained in the lineup, despite the feeling of redundancy it gives me next to the 15-inch MacBook Air. For the right person, though, the M5 MacBook Pro will really please you. As for me, I'm holding out for that OLED MacBook Pro.

If you're in the market and could use a general performance boost over your current base model MacBook or MacBook Pro across the board, you definitely won't be disappointed by what the M5 MacBook Pro 14 delivers.

The improved GPU and SSD performance help the M5 MacBook Pro make a clearer distinction from the M4 MacBook Air. It offers a tremendous combination of price, performance, and features.

Like the new M5 iPad Pro, the new MacBook Pro offers only iterative improvements over its predecessor, but that hardly matters with a device this good. With a beautifully crisp display and M5 silicon, the MacBook Pro surges even further ahead of Windows laptops.