MacBook Pro 16inch M5 Pro chip with 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU 24GB RAM 1TB SSD Space Black Z1MZ

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For £2,433 ex-VAT, a MacBook Pro 16" with an Apple Silicon Pro chip is only “worth it” if you’re actually getting paid for the kind of work that benefits from it: sustained CPU/GPU workloads like video editing, motion graphics, software builds, running multiple VMs/containers, or heavy data work where stability and quiet performance matter. If your team spends its days in browser apps, Office, Slack and the odd report, this is massively over-specced—cheaper MacBook Air or a mid-range Windows/Lenovo workstation will feel just as fast for normal business tasks.

I’d also be cautious if you’re thinking of it as a long-term “just in case” purchase. The MacBook Pro is premium in every sense: great build quality and battery life, very reliable thermals, and excellent performance-per-watt—but once you’re paying this level, you’re buying into Apple’s pricing on peripherals/storage and the reseller/support ecosystem. In short: buy it for power users who’ll stress it daily and appreciate the reliability and performance; don’t buy it if it’ll mainly sit on a desk for meetings, emails and light tooling.