Best Laptop Deal of the Weekend: It’s Your Last Chance to Grab This MacBook Before the Price Hike

No one likes a price hike, especially on already expensive tech. We collectively groaned when we heard Apple was adding a few extra dollar signs to its product line, particularly the popular MacBook Pro. It is, after all, our Editors’ Choice-winning laptop for thin-and-light content-creation portables.

But there’s one Best Buy deal holding the line on pre-hike prices right now. The major tech retailer has the M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $2,549, which was the original sticker price before the increase to $2,999 amid the memory shortage. That makes this a $450 off deal, and likely your last chance to grab Apple’s best laptop at the lower price while you can!

Apple’s M5 MacBook Pro doesn’t look any different from the M4 model on the outside, but its newer processor puts it leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. Both the CPU and GPU cores were enhanced for efficiency and performance, and Apple added a Neural Accelerator to each graphics core that delivers eye-popping visuals and graphics. This chip actually puts the MacBook into gaming territory, which isn’t something the line is known for holding its ground in at all. Gamers aren’t the only ones who can enjoy the lightning-fast speeds that the Neural Accelerators provide, though—developers and creative professionals will find these upgrades to be game-changing in their workflows. 

But the M5 chip isn’t the only spec that deserves the spotlight. In typical Apple fashion, the 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display is dazzling, reaching up to a blinding 1,600 nits of peak brightness. It can also boost the mini LED backlight to make SDR performance brighter in well-lit environments, like your patio (if it isn’t too hot to work outside right now). For photo and video editors and any other creatives, these display specs check all the boxes. And since this configuration has 24GB of memory and an insane 2TB SSD, you’ll have enough speed and storage to streamline any kind of work, whether it’s creative, productive, or just purely for entertainment. Streaming Netflix on this thing after work will feel extra luxurious!

In our in-depth review of the base model, laptop expert Brian Westover gave the M5 MacBook Pro a rare 4.5/5 rating and bestowed an “Outstanding” critique. He was blown away by the performance improvements courtesy of the M5 chip and celebrated the long-awaited prospect of gaming on an Apple computer. It’s what makes the M5 MacBook Pro the winner of our Editors’ Choice award and this deal so enticing. Grab it before the price hike steals these savings away!

And if you’re looking for something else, browse our experts’ list of the best laptops for 2026.