The new MacBook Pro is still fast as hell

March 21, 2026 Antonio G. Di Benedetto

A rear view of a partially opened 16-inch MacBook Pro in space black, against a gray background.
It just looks like, well, most other MacBook Pros. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Apple's flagship 16-inch MacBook Pro has reigned supreme in the world of creator-focused laptops since its M-series processor overhaul in 2021. Since then, we've mostly seen the same design with year-over-year chip bumps and small refinements. "If it ain't broke," right?

If you want to know everything about this machine, you can read our review of the last-gen M4 Pro / M4 Max models - it pretty much all holds up with the M5 models that replace them. But this time around, in addition to the usual testing and use of the new M5 Max model, it's worth asking a specific new question: whether you should consider a new MacBook Pro if you're current …

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