M5 MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro, on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 17 October 2025
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Summary
Apple has released three new devices with the M5 processor, but very few other changes. The new MacBook Pro, Apple Vision Pro, and iPad Pro are all better than their predecessors -- and they are at the same price -- but the question is whether or not they are worth upgrading to.
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:29) - M5 iPad Pro
- (14:16) - M5 Apple Vision Pro
- (37:11) - Dual Knit Band and other accessories
- (53:33) - M5 MacBook Pro
- (56:21) - Apple TV minus
- (01:02:43) - Clips
- (01:04:19) - Coining it in
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to The Appensider podcast. I'm William Gallagher. Our sponsors this week are |
| 0:12.0 | private internet access, Clean My Mac by Mac Boar and Surf Shark. And at this very moment, |
| 0:18.1 | as I join you, I have my finger poised over the button to buy a new M5, iPad Pro, and all the trimmings. |
| 0:26.0 | But before I press it, before I spend a lot of cash there, I feel I need to check in with an iPad expert. |
| 0:32.1 | Unfortunately, I've got one right here. Wesley Hilliard, tell me, should I push the button or not? |
| 0:39.6 | I mean, you're upgrading from an M1. |
| 0:41.9 | This would be a pretty substantial upgrade, especially for the display technology. |
| 0:45.4 | I'd say go for it. |
| 0:46.4 | I mean, if you've got the money, this is it. |
| 0:48.2 | This is the time to buy. |
| 0:50.3 | Right, you had to bring in money there. |
| 0:52.6 | Okay. |
| 0:53.3 | So if I go to my accountant and say M5 minus M1 is four things better, do you think she'll buy it? |
| 1:03.7 | It's actually like 50 things better. |
| 1:06.6 | There's a display change, there is a new design change. |
| 1:10.0 | I think the accountant would be for it. They'd be like, just take out that second mortgage and get that iPad. All right. Okay. Again, I didn't enjoy the second mortgage part, but all right. Before I ask you a really key question, which honestly I think is the most crucial one about this, let me just say in this week's Apple Insider, |
| 1:28.7 | I was going to say Apple'sida Plus. |
| 1:31.6 | Are we still allowed to say plus after Apple TV? |
| 1:35.9 | Anyway, in Apple Insider on Apple Insider in Apple Insider. |
| 1:37.6 | Yes, it is. |
| 1:39.1 | All of those. |
| 1:54.3 | Wes and I will be talking in all of that about what makes a good hardware update. What a surprise that we should talk about this right now when there's been three of them in a row. But Wes, this is your idea. So, am I right? Is it because of all the new releases? |
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