I recommend the MacBook Pro M5 to anyone looking for a last-minute laptop deal - here's why

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Apple is making a statement this Cyber Monday. It launched the MacBook Pro M5 little more than a month ago, but it's most definitely included in this year's Cyber Monday sales (with just a few hours left). 

The brand-new, 14-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB of unified memory and a 512GB SSD is $250 off right now at Amazon -- a steal on the cutting-edge of Apple's most powerful chipset to date, at the lowest price yet.

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The MacBook Pro M5 is built for AI from the ground up, future-proofed for years of performance in one supercharged package. You've got a vivid Liquid Retina XDR display, with support for a brilliant 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness and 1,600 nits of peak brightness for supported HDR ...