With the M5 MacBook Pro, Apple is giving the EU exactly what it wants – and people are mad

In the EU, the MacBook Pro comes without a charger in the box unless you opt to add one at purchase. — Apple

On Oct 15, Apple introduced a slate of new devices built around its latest processor, the M5. There’s a new 14-inch MacBook Pro, a refreshed iPad Pro, and even a new Vision Pro. None of them looks radically different from what came before. The story is mostly about what’s inside: The M5 is faster, more efficient, and built for Apple’s growing focus on on-device AI.

I’ll have more to say about the devices once I have a chance to spend some time with them, but there’s one change that isn’t about performance at all – and it’s making a bunch of people mad. In the European Union, the new MacBook Pro no longer comes with a charger in the box.