Last year’s entry-level MacBook Pro was an impressive return to form for Apple’s Pro laptop.

It may not be a very exciting next-gen update — silicon aside, it's basically identical to its M4 predecessor — but it brings even more oomph to Apple's high-end laptop line without a price hike.

Multithreaded CPU performance is up about 15 percent compared to the M4 model, and GPU performance is up to 30 percent faster.