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14.2" MacBook Pro Laptop: M5 Pro, 15-C CPU/16-C GPU, 24GB RAM, 2TB (2026)

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Various Retailers have 14.2" Apple MacBook Pro Laptop: M5 Pro, 15-Core CPU/16-Core GPU, 24GB RAM, 2TB (2026) on sale for $2,399. Shipping is free.

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Available: Specs:
  • Apple M5 Pro 15-Core Chip
  • 24GB Unified RAM, 2TB SSD
  • 14" Liquid Retina XDR Screen (3024 x 1964 )
  • 16-Core GPU, Neural Accelerators
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Bluetooth 6
  • Thunderbolt 5 | HDMI | MagSafe 3
  • SDXC Slot, 12MP Center Stage Camera
  • Magic Keyboard, FT Trackpad & Touch ID
  • macOS with Apple Intelligence

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $300 less (11.11% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $2,699 at the time of this post.
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Update: This very popular Frontpage Deal is still available.

Various Retailers have 14.2" Apple MacBook Pro Laptop: M5 Pro, 15-Core CPU/16-Core GPU, 24GB RAM, 2TB (2026) on sale for $2,399. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Dr.W for sharing this deal.

Available: Specs:
  • Apple M5 Pro 15-Core Chip
  • 24GB Unified RAM, 2TB SSD
  • 14" Liquid Retina XDR Screen (3024 x 1964 )
  • 16-Core GPU, Neural Accelerators
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Bluetooth 6
  • Thunderbolt 5 | HDMI | MagSafe 3
  • SDXC Slot, 12MP Center Stage Camera
  • Magic Keyboard, FT Trackpad & Touch ID
  • macOS with Apple Intelligence

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $300 less (11.11% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $2,699 at the time of this post.
  • About this store:
  • Additional notes:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Juggernaut_510
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i got the M4 PRO chip equivalent from Costco with 2 years warranty for $1699 last year! Apple has raised their prices like crazy where now $2600 is supposed to be a deal!? It sucks out there! Then now they have a $2,,000 phone. UP next Macbook Ultra starting price $5,000 and iPhone Ultra Next year for $3,000. They will just keep raising their prices - they will suck you dry!
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If you are serious about ai dev, you would just be using Claude code anyway. Local LLM is a waste of time. 24gb is more than enough for a few docker containers and run a qwen 9b for testing.
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ApproximatelyExactOct 12, 2026 4:29 PM
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Most of the big storage macs on discount cuz you really don't need big storage
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lybrellOct 12, 2026 6:16 PM
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paying double for a 32GB Max to pretend to be more "serious" when learning lol. Apple themselves showcased a 30B model using 17.3GB on the 24GB.

And even 36GB barely fits Qwen3-32B at 8bit so there isn't even a useful jump from 24 to 32 that justifies thousands
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Don't need anything too large. Call real inference engines on nvidia chips I went from 128gb MacBook is what I need to max maybe 24/32 to run what I need for non LLM inference and just call llms elsewhere. Freemium, paid online, local AI machines (at home or office) etc

But I am an exception since I still have online subs and I got a lot of local GPUs to use. lol MacBook are simply too slow (m5 max 40 GPUs) anyway)
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Semaphor74Oct 12, 2026 8:32 PM
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Quote from Devanshu19 View quoted comment :
Nothing below 32gb if you want to run AI for dev and serious learning. That's why most models on discount are 16/24gb.
It is not necessary for an average person.Even 16 Gb of Ram is enough for most use cases. Everyone has different needs.
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It is not necessary for an average person.Even 16 Gb of Ram is enough for most use cases. Everyone has different needs.





No, 16 gb is not enough if your mac is constantly writing to swap. Even opening 10 tabs and a few docs will put you at max.

Unless you are only using it for watching videos and check email, 16gb is not enough.

And if all you do is check email and watch videos, you don't need a Mac, get a tablet and call it a day.
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Juggernaut_510Oct 12, 2026 10:05 PM
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i got the M4 PRO chip equivalent from Costco with 2 years warranty for $1699 last year! Apple has raised their prices like crazy where now $2600 is supposed to be a deal!? It sucks out there! Then now they have a $2,,000 phone. UP next Macbook Ultra starting price $5,000 and iPhone Ultra Next year for $3,000. They will just keep raising their prices - they will suck you dry!
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Quote from Elon69 View quoted comment :
Don't need anything too large. Call real inference engines on nvidia chips I went from 128gb MacBook is what I need to max maybe 24/32 to run what I need for non LLM inference and just call llms elsewhere. Freemium, paid online, local AI machines (at home or office) etc

But I am an exception since I still have online subs and I got a lot of local GPUs to use. lol MacBook are simply too slow (m5 max 40 GPUs) anyway)
The shift is towards local servers & cloud for run work for serious workloads.

The 16gb to 24gb macbook is fine for AI routing. Even something as old m1 pro is fine. The Studio ultra 256gb are starting dasiy chain
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Quote from sr27 View quoted comment :
Quote from Semaphor74 [IMG]https://api-web.slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] : It is not necessary for an average person.Even 16 Gb of Ram is enough for most use cases. Everyone has different needs. No, 16 gb is not enough if your mac is constantly writing to swap. Even opening 10 tabs and a few docs will put you at max. Unless you are only using it for watching videos and check email, 16gb is not enough. And if all you do is check email and watch videos, you don't need a Mac, get a tablet and call it a day.
I run davinci resolve on a 16gb m4 MacBook air and it does just fine. I run 3d modeling software on the same machine. My mac isn't constantly swapping AND even if it were, the bus speed from the proc to SSD is quite fast.

Not everyone wants to run their own local AI.
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myamexOct 13, 2026 1:11 AM
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Quote from Devanshu19 View quoted comment :
Nothing below 32gb if you want to run AI for dev and serious learning. That's why most models on discount are 16/24gb.
If you are serious about ai dev, you would just be using Claude code anyway. Local LLM is a waste of time. 24gb is more than enough for a few docker containers and run a qwen 9b for testing.
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CyanCrow7242Oct 13, 2026 1:22 AM
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Quote from Devanshu19 View quoted comment :
Nothing below 32gb if you want to run AI for dev and serious learning. That's why most models on discount are 16/24gb.
Serious learning? Most basic LLMs can easily run on even 16GB RAM. There are teenagers running AI models on android phones from 2023. For learning you DONOT needs an expensive laptop.

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