Why I’m holding out for the M6 MacBook Pro – and losing sleep over it

Apple’s put itself in an unusual situation with the MacBook Pro. An updated model with an M5 processor is expected by the end of 2025, or in early 2026 at the latest, and will probably draw in the normal crowd of shoppers looking for a spec bump. But the company is also rumored to be working on an M6 version already, which could ship towards the end of 2026 — so hypothetically, you could end up buying a brand-new laptop in March, only to have it outclassed six or seven months later.