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What's new with the MacBook Pro M6?

ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA · 28 OCT 2026 · ▶ 00:41:48

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Jeff FrancisPANELIST

14-inch M6 model available but no 16-inch version yet; waiting to see if M6 Pro, Max, and Ultra variants come in 16-inch model.

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41:19much smoother experience being able to scroll like that I'm not saying that this I think that this device will have its place in certain scenarios but the problem I have with this it is a lot less appealing now because it is $200 more than the previous model and repeat that $200 more than the previous model without promotion on a tiny little display all right once you

41:48keep going Alexander what's the next question all right guy Cochran in Seattle Washington asked what's new with the MacBook Pro m6 Jeff all right a 14 inch version and yet not a 16 inch version yet so that's all I know so far and kind of waiting to see what processors end up, if it's just a basic M6, or if we get the whatever they call them,

42:14the M6 Pros and Maxes and Ultras. I guess probably we'll get an M6 Pro in the 14 and probably an M6 Max and an Ultra in the 16 when it comes out, but who knows. Don't we sound spoiled when we say, it's just a normal M6. Come on. I'm still working in M1. Me too. And happy. Yeah, I have an M1 studio and an M3 something laptop.

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