Apple MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro (15-core CPU, 16-core GPU), 24GB/2TB — Space Black

The 2 TB M5 Pro 14-inch in Space Black. Storage is the one specification on a MacBook that genuinely cannot be revisited — the SSD is soldered, so the capacity chosen at purchase is permanent. At 2 TB this machine holds a working library and its archive at once.

The silicon is a 15-core M5 Pro — five super cores and ten performance cores — with a 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine and 307GB/s of memory bandwidth, alongside 24 GB of unified memory. It is the sensible middle of the 14-inch range: enough compute for real production work, without paying for GPU cores that only a Max workload uses.

The 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR panel runs 3024 × 1964 at 254 ppi with ProMotion to 120 Hz, 1000 nits sustained and 1600 peak. Three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, SDXC, headphone and MagSafe 3, with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, and a 72.4 Wh battery rated up to 22 hours of video streaming at 1.59 kg. Note: this unit is supplied without a power adapter. The MXN53 adapter must be purchased separately.