[D] M1 Pro is hitting a wall with LLMs. Upgrade to M5 Max now or wait for the M6 redesign?

I’m an AI Engineer currently daily-driving a 16″ M1 Pro MBP. It’s been a workhorse, but I’m feeling the bottleneck when running larger local LLMs (30B+ parameters or heavy RAG pipelines). With the M5 Pro/Max “Fusion Architecture” just announced, the 8x AI performance jump over the M1 generation is tempting, especially with the 18-core CPU and faster SSDs. However, I have two hesitations: The Notch: I still find it non-functional and distracting. The M6 Rumors: Reliable leaks suggest a late 2026 redesign with Tandem OLED, a hole-punch/Dynamic Island (finally moving past the notch), and even thinner chassis. For those doing heavy local inference: is the M5 Max gain worth pulling the trigger now, or is the M1 Pro “good enough” to limp through until the M6 redesign actually fixes the display?