> trying not to make iPads accidentally powerful enough for someone to skip buying a MacBook.

This clearly isn’t the case—the iPad Pro got the M4 processor in May 2024; the Mac didn’t get the M4 until October. So for a few months, Apple’s most powerful chip was only available for the iPad Pro.

And while the M5 MacBook Pro and the M5 iPad Pro were announced together in October 2025, none of the other Mac models have been updated to the M5.

It’s possible more M5 Macs will be announced this week; we’ll see.

I don’t think it matters to Apple whether you spend $1,000+ for an iPad or for a MacBook.