Apple announces 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6

Apple announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro featuring the M6 chip.[1] The company says the laptop delivers more performance, offers powerful on-device AI capabilities and has faster connectivity.[1] MacRumors dated its report on the announcement to Tuesday, October 27, 2026.[2] Professionals weighing the model can treat the chip and advertised features as the announcement’s central points, while looking to their own workloads to judge their importance.

MacRumors reports that the M6 has a 12-core CPU made up of two super cores, four performance cores and six efficiency cores.[2] It also reports a 12-core GPU.[2] For comparison, the outlet says the prior M5 had a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU.[2] The new laptop features Wi-Fi 7, according to MacRumors.[3]

Apple says the MacBook Pro offers powerful on-device AI capabilities, alongside more performance and faster connectivity.[1] MacRumors reports that the laptop offers up to 24 hours of battery life.[3]

Apple says preorders open October 28 at 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time, and the laptop becomes available November 6.[4] MacRumors says customers can preorder through apple.com and the Apple Store app.[3] The outlet reports a starting price of $1,999 and a standard configuration with 16GB of unified memory and 1TB of storage.[3] Configurations go up to 32GB of memory and 4TB of storage, and the laptop is offered in Space Black and Silver.[3] Apple’s store lists 12 monthly payments of $166.58 and an Apple Upgrade lease starting at $38.99 per month for 36 months.[4]