[D] M1 Pro is hitting a wall with LLMs. Upgrade to M5 Max now or wait for the M6 redesign?

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I'm an AI Engineer currently daily-driving a 16" M1 Pro MBP. It’s been a workhorse, but I’m feeling the bottleneck when running larger local LLMs (30B+ parameters or heavy RAG pipelines). With the M5 Pro/Max "Fusion Architecture" just announced, the 8x AI performance jump over the M1 generation is tempting, especially with the 18-core CPU and faster SSDs. However, I have two hesitations: The Notch: I still find it non-functional and distracting. The M6 Rumors: Reliable leaks suggest a late 20...

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Originally published on March 06, 2026. Curated by AI News.

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