It's not $200 across the board. M4 MacBook Pro and M5 MacBook Pro started at $1599 with 512GB SSD.
replyNow it starts at $1699, a $100 bump but comes with a 1TB SSD. Previously it would have cost $1799 for the 1T SSD, so it's a $100 bump on base price but you are also getting 1TB SDD for $100 less than before.
To clarify, I meant, model with Pro chip, not just Macbook Pro name.
replyFor example, up until MacBookPro M2, MacBookPro M2 came with M2 Pro chip.
However, starting with M3, Apple lowered the MacBookPro MSRP to $1599, but its base configuration was downgraded to M3 chip from M3 Pro. To get the M3 Pro, you had to pay $1999. There's substantial performance between the two.
Same with M4. To get the M4 Pro chip, you had to pay $1999.
Now to get M5 Pro chip, it's $2199. Still a good value, but just saying it's a deviation from the trend.
With how much more expensive SSDs and RAM are recently, I’d say this is a great deal.
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