The M5 MacBook Pro is my top pick for power users and deep-pocketed shoppers who want a MacBook with the nicest, most future-proofed specs. The M5 MacBook Pro starts at $1,999 with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, making it the priciest pick on this guide. The M5 MacBook Pro held out for 21 hours and 17 minutes in our battery life benchmark, lasting almost 30 percent longer than its M4 predecessor (an impressive gen-over-gen bump); it beats the M5 MacBook Air by well over three hours.