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Amazon is offering significant discounts on Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros, with savings reaching $600. These markdowns, part of an early fall Prime Day sale, aim to clear current inventory before the fourth quarter. The deals include 14-inch and 16-inch models with high-end specs, as well as discounts on MacBook Airs and Mac minis.
WIRED tests two Panther Lake laptops—MSI Prestige 14 Flip with Core Ultra X7 358H and a 16‑inch Lenovo reference with Core Ultra X9 388H—finding Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 delivers its biggest laptop win in years: the X9 outperforms Apple's M5 by about 33% in multi‑core workloads, XeSS upscaling boosts gaming, and battery life can reach around 22 hours on thin‑and‑light systems. Still, single‑core performance lags Apple, and gaming performance in some titles trails RTX 4050, but Panther Lake marks a meaningful step forward built on Intel 18A manufacturing in Arizona with CHIPS Act backing.
Apple's latest iPad Air with the M3 chip offers great value for most users, providing modern features like a Liquid Retina display, USB-C, and 5G at a lower price, while the iPad Pro with the M5 chip targets professionals needing higher performance, OLED display, and advanced features like Thunderbolt and LiDAR. For general users, the iPad Air is recommended, but professionals with specific high-end needs may prefer the iPad Pro.
Apple is developing a vapor chamber for improved cooling in the upcoming iPad Pro expected by 2027, exploring ads in Apple Maps, and facing development challenges with an 18-inch foldable iPad; the company also released updates to its M5 product line.
A Russian YouTuber appears to have leaked almost all details of the upcoming M5 iPad Pro, showing a device with improved performance specs, a new charger, and minimal design changes from the previous model, suggesting the tablet may have been obtained through parallel imports before its official launch expected in late 2025.