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PSA: Amazon just undercut everyone on the brand new M5 MacBook Pro…don’t buy one

Amazon is back at again, slightly undercutting everyone on the brand new M5 MacBook Pro lineup just so you’ll buy your new machine there. And hey, if you don’t have gear to trade in for one, and are looking to score one right now, you might as well save the $15 or $20 right? Maybe not. 

So Amazon is now offering a few of the new M5 MacBook Pro configurations at slightly below the list prices. Obviously if you have a machine to trade-in you’ll get a much better deal that way, just as we detailed previously. But if you don’t, Amazon has now undercut the list prices you’ll find just about anywhere else:

As you can see above, the two more affordable configurations at Amazon are the ones seeing the light discounts – one direct from Amazon and one from the trusted authorized dealer Expercom. 

Here’s the thing though – Black Friday is right around the corner and, unless you must have one right now, it might be (is almost certainly) smarter to hold off. These machines might see $50, or $100 or more price drops in the coming weeks and that is a whole lot better than what we are seeing right now at Amazon. These light deals are clearly just to entice folks jumping in now to get them at Amazon, but if the M5 is anything like last year’s M4 release in October, these machines could be $150 or more off within the month – hold off if you can. 

M5 MacBook Pro features:

  • SUPERCHARGED BY M5 — 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’s pro in every way.*
  • HAPPILY EVER FASTER — Along with its faster CPU and unified memory, M5 features a more powerful GPU with a Neural Accelerator built into each core, delivering faster AI performance. So you can blaze through demanding workloads at mind-bending speeds.
  • BUILT FOR APPLE INTELLIGENCE — Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.

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Justin is a senior deal Jedi over at gadgetnewsonline where he heads up our game/app coverage and more. He also covers all things music for 9to5Mac, including the weekly Logic Pros series exploring music production on Mac and iOS devices