Apple’s Big October Bombshells: Vision Pro 2, M5 MacBook Surprise, and an AI Push Shaking Up Tech
M5 Chip Debuts in New MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and “Vision Pro 2” Apple has surprised fans with a late-year hardware refresh centered on its next-generation M5 processor. In lieu of a live event, Apple issued a blitz of Newsroom announcements on October 15 introducing an entry-level 14‑inch MacBook Pro, updated 11″ and 13″ iPad Pro models, and a modestly upgraded Apple Vision Pro headset – all powered by the new M5 chip techcrunch.com techcrunch.com. The M5 is a significant leap forward: Apple says it delivers over 4× the peak GPU performance of the previous M4 generation, and Apple SVP Johny Srouji