Is the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB, 512GB (MHL64LL/A) a good deal right now?

Mac Studio M5 Max 36GB/512GB

Updated Oct 27, 2026

The short answer

We grade the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB, 512GB (MHL64LL/A) B (Buy now) at $1,999.99 at Micro Center. A solid price. There's a catch, and the lesson tells you what it is.

Today's $1,999.99 is $0.99 above the lowest price we've recorded.

See the deal and today's price Tell me when it hits an A

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Should you buy now or wait for Black Friday?

Our grade is a B: a good price, not a standout one. Today's $1,999.99 is $0.99 above the lowest price we've recorded ($1,999 on Oct 23, 2026). If you can wait for Black Friday, $1,999.99 or less is the price to hold out for.

What's a good price for the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB, 512GB (MHL64LL/A)?

A good price for the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB, 512GB (MHL64LL/A) is $1,999.99 or less. A quarter of the 5 prices we've recorded from Sep 23, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026 were at or below that, and the lowest was $1,999. The middle of our records is $1,999.99. Our rubric says a price at the bottom of an item's history, and not one that pops up every week, can earn an A or a B. Anything over $2,000 is above every price we've recorded, and our rubric gives a price above an item's usual range a D or an F.

Lowest recorded: $1,999 on Oct 23, 2026 at Micro Center.

The grade also weighs what other stores charge and who's selling it. How we grade.

Price history

5 dated prices for this exact model from Sep 23, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, from 2 stores. Lowest recorded: $1,999 on Oct 23, 2026 at Micro Center.

Typical price: about $2,000, the middle half of the 5 prices we recorded.

Every dated price we have for this exact model
Date	Price	Store	Source
Sep 23, 2026	$2,000	Select stores (in-store)	Our price records
Sep 28, 2026	$1,999.99	Micro Center	Archived store page
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026	$1,999.99	Micro Center	Archived store page
Oct 23, 2026	$1,999	Micro Center	Our price records
Oct 27, 2026	$1,999.99	Micro Center	Store page, checked by us

Sources: store pages we checked, archived copies of store pages (Internet Archive), a public price tracker, public deal posts, and our own price records. Only prices for this exact model, new condition, from the last two years.

Dated deal posts for the 36GB/512GB M5 Max Mac Studio: $2,000 in-store at select stores on Sep 23, 2026; $1,999 at Micro Center on Oct 23, 2026. Micro Center page showed $1,999.99 on Oct 27, 2026.

These are our own records, not a live price lookup. Prices as of Oct 27, 2026. The deal page has the current price.

What's the lowest price recorded for the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB, 512GB (MHL64LL/A)?

$1,999, on Oct 23, 2026. That's from 5 dated prices we've recorded between Sep 23, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

The lesson

This ties the best price we've found on the M5 Max Mac Studio. It went for $2,000 at select stores on Sep 23, so $1,999.99 is about as low as it's been. The catch: Micro Center sells this one for in-store pickup only, with no shipping. If you live near a store and want this config, go for it.

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