
Apple's October 2025 event created a strange dilemma for creative professionals. While the company unveiled a new M5 MacBook Pro, the models that power users actually buy—the M5 Pro and M5 Max versions—were conspicuously absent. This has left high-end users in a lurch, staring down a potential wait until spring 2026.
The new base M5 chip, while impressive, simply will not satisfy those who rely on the power of the M4 Pro and M4 Max models still on sale. The base M5 is built on TSMC's third-generation 3nm 'N3P' process node and features a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU.