Apple announced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 from Cupertino on Tuesday, Oct. 27. It's the first Mac on the M6 chip.

Key specs

  • Chip: M6, with a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, two more of each than the M5. Apple claims up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster on-device AI work than the M5 model.
  • Memory and storage: 16GB unified memory and 1TB storage standard. MacRumors says configurations go up to 32GB and 4TB.
  • Battery: Up to 24 hours, which Apple calls the longest ever in a Mac.
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI, MagSafe 3, SDXC slot and headphone jack
  • Display: Liquid Retina XDR with up to 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness and an optional nano-texture finish
  • Colors: Space black and silver

Price and dates

The laptop starts at $1,999, or $1,899 with education pricing. Apple Upgrade leases start at $38.99 a month over 36 months. Preorders open Wednesday, Oct. 28; MacRumors puts the time at 10:10 a.m. Pacific. It arrives to customers and in Apple Stores starting Friday, Nov. 6. MacRumors notes that 1TB standard would have doubled the M5 model's base storage, had Apple not dropped the 512GB option in March.