The MacBook Pro 16 was already an excellent multimedia laptop with last year's M4 Pro SoC, but the new M5 Pro offers even more performance. You also get faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs with at least 1 TB of storage as well as Wi-Fi 7 for the model year 2026.
The MacBook Pro 16 was already an excellent multimedia laptop with last year's M4 Pro SoC, but the new M5 Pro offers even more performance. You also get faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs with at least 1 TB of storage as well as Wi-Fi 7 for the model year 2026.
Apple's new M5 Max SoC shows its full potential in the larger MacBook Pro 16 and the performance is noticeably better compared to the MacBook Pro 14. The performance is also stable, and the fans are quieter at the same time.
If you are interested in the new M5 Max SoC, we recommend you get the larger MacBook Pro 16. The compact 14-inch model suffers from inconsistent performance. This is not only the case for the stress test, but also pure CPU or GPU performance.
Apple offers the same power adaptors for its MacBook Pro models for years now - 96W for the 14-inch model and 140W for the 16-inch model. Our reviews of the latest M5 generation show that they are insufficient, and that Apple is not very transparent about it.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is currently one of the most demanding games and is even a challenge for powerful multimedia laptops. We were therefore very impressed that the new MacBook Air 15 M5 manages more than 30 fps without throttling or any fan noises.
Samsung's new Galaxy Book6 Ultra is a very good multimedia laptop, but it is very expensive at β¬3,800. Lenovo's Yoga Pro 9i 16 is also a very good multimedia laptop, which is available for β¬2,700 with an even brighter Tandem OLED panel as well as 64 GB RAM.
While the old MacBook Air 13 M4 was already a great everyday laptop for many users, the 256 GB SSD in the base model was not ideal. The new M5 model now gets a 512 GB SSD be default, so it is the best version for the majority of people.
Apple's new MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro smartphone processor and offers excellent single-core performance, which beats every mobile processor from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. And Apple does not even have to use the latest A19 Pro from the iPhone 17 Pro.
The new Apple MacBook Neo has arrived and we started our tests of the base model for $599. How is our initial impression and is the smartphone processor Apple A18 Pro powerful enough for a laptop?
The new Honor MagicBook Pro 14 2026 is a very good multimedia laptop, and it is also a direct rival for the entry-level MacBook Pro 14 with the M5 SoC. We compare the two laptops in the most important areas.
Samsung's OLED screens have not been very competitive in 2025, especially in terms of brightness. The new Galaxy Book6 Ultra finally gets an improved ILED panel, but competitors with tandem OLED screens or Mini-LED panels still have an advantage.
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