{"id":224593,"date":"2026-03-17T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/this-m5-macbook-pro-is-nearly-300-less-than-the-most-affordable-model-apple-sells-now\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:40:10","slug":"this-m5-macbook-pro-is-nearly-300-less-than-the-most-affordable-model-apple-sells-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/this-m5-macbook-pro-is-nearly-300-less-than-the-most-affordable-model-apple-sells-now\/","title":{"rendered":"This M5 MacBook Pro is nearly $300 less than the most affordable model Apple sells now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2026\/03\/17\/m5-macbook-pro-best-deal\/\">This M5 MacBook Pro is nearly $300 less than the most affordable model Apple sells now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2026\/03\/17\/m5-macbook-pro-best-deal\/\">https:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2026\/03\/17\/m5-macbook-pro-best-deal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-17 06:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"9to5toys.com\">9to5toys.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"product-deal-tag__savings-amount\">M5<\/span><span class=\"product-deal-tag__separator\">\/<\/span><span class=\"product-deal-tag__price\">$1,400<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new M5 Pro MacBook Pro models are still seeing some launch deals this week, but we wanted to highlight this deal on the most affordable M5 MacBook Pro you can buy \u2013 the 512GB variant down at <strong>$1,399.99 shipped<\/strong>. This is nearly $300 under the least expensive M5 MacBook Pro Apple sells now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1199026\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is currently offering the M5 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB internal SSD down at <strong>$1,399.99 shipped<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This model launched at $1,599, and is now nearly $200 less than that. But now that Apple has done away with the 512GB storage tier permanently, this is actually nearly $300 under the lowest-priced model in the lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All of that said, considering Apple now starts the lineup with 16GB\/1TB at $1,699, and you can score this model at <strong>$1,499.99<\/strong> right now via Amazon, a realistic regular price on the 512GB model is more like $1,499 \u2013 Apple typically charges $200 for storage upgrades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But even still, this 512GB model isn\u2019t even available from Apple and there\u2019s no telling how much longer it will remain at retail (the silver model is already out of stock at Amazon). If you\u2019re looking towards the most affordable way to secure some M5 power, this is very much it (on the Mac side of things).\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-m5-pro-macbook-pro-launch-week-discounts\">M5 Pro MacBook Pro launch week discounts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB\/1TB <strong>$2,149<\/strong> (Reg. $2,199)<\/li>\n<li>14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB\/2TB <strong>$2,549<\/strong> (Reg. $2,599)<\/li>\n<li>14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB\/2TB | 20-Core <strong>$2,749 <\/strong>(Reg. $2,799)<\/li>\n<li>16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB\/2TB <strong>$2,649 <\/strong>(Reg. $2,699)<\/li>\n<li>16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 48GB\/2TB <strong>$3,049 <\/strong>(Reg. $3,099)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-m5-macbook-pro-models-up-to-200-off\">M5 MacBook Pro models up to $200 off<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-m5-macbook-pro-features\">M5 MacBook Pro features:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SUPERCHARGED BY M5 \u2014 The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 brings next-generation speed and powerful on-device AI to personal, professional, and creative tasks. Featuring all-day battery life and a breathtaking Liquid Retina XDR display with up to 1600 nits peak brightness, it\u2019s pro in every&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2026\/03\/17\/m5-macbook-pro-best-deal\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This M5 MacBook Pro is nearly $300 less than the most affordable model Apple sells&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5toys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Apple-M5-MacBook-Pro-best-trade-in-value-2.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-224593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macintosh","tag-macbook-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224595,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224593\/revisions\/224595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}