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Apple recently updated its online store with a new ordering process for Macs, including the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro.

14 inch MacBook Pro Keyboard
There used to be a handful of standard configurations available for each Mac, but now you must configure a Mac entirely from scratch on a feature-by-feature basis. In other words, ordering a new Mac now works much like ordering an iPad.

This change was spotted by Macworld and the French blog Consomac, among others.

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On the MacBook Pro ordering page, for example, you start by choosing a 14-inch or 16-inch display and a color. Next, you have the option to upgrade to a nano-texture display. Then, you choose from the list of M-series chips and core counts that are available for the MacBook Pro size that you selected. Finally, you can customize the amount of RAM and SSD storage, choose a power adapter, and choose a keyboard language.

MacBook Pro Chip Configurator
Before, there were some preconfigured models available, and you could proceed to upgrade certain specs after selecting one. Now, it is entirely à la carte.

Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro still cannot be configured with an M5 Pro or M5 Max chip, as the wait continues for new models. Hopefully that changes soon!

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Top Rated Comments

Billy_Bob Avatar
Billy_Bob
22 weeks ago
This first attempt was done sloppily. After you've selected your CPU, it still offers you RAM options that are incompatible with the CPU you've selected, then asks you to go back and change your earlier choice if you don't want to change your selected RAM. Shouldn't this process be able to use enough Apple Intelligence to avoid offering an impossible choice?
Score: 34 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BigKahunaBurguer Avatar
BigKahunaBurguer
22 weeks ago
I think this is better.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Plutonius Avatar
Plutonius
22 weeks ago
I guess Apple figures people will spend more money this way.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kotaKat Avatar
kotaKat
22 weeks ago
But they still didn't change the worst part of the process: the part where you click the button and suddenly hundreds to thousands of dollars vanish from your bank account.
Score: 30 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dwalls90 Avatar
Dwalls90
22 weeks ago
But surely they are still stocking pre-config models for in-store and other retailers, right?
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
baryon Avatar
baryon
22 weeks ago
Good. I didn't like how you had to first choose a configuration, then change it, only to realize that for whatever reason the feature you want is greyed out, so you had to then guess that you need to start over with a different configuration and hope that maybe in that version the thing you want is available (RAM size, SSD size, etc).

You know what would be even better? Replaceable SSDs. Yeah how about bringing that one back.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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