Should you upgrade a 5-year old laptop in 2026, or wait?

I'm been chewing on the idea of getting a new laptop. My current MacBook Pro is not exactly sluggish – it has 32GB RAM and the M1 Max processor – but it does chug a little with Lightroom, has 2TB storage which isn't quite enough, plus it would be a great upgrade for one of my kids. So after 5 years I think an upgrade might be in order.Trouble is, laptop prices have skyrocketed because the AI companies are hoovering up all the RAM, so there's a shortage which is being called a RAMpocalypse. You should have bought Sandisk stock last year, for sure. Sandisk stock has risen nearly 10x in the last 6 months Things are expensive right now, but there's little sign that prices are going to drop. Tim Cook warned of price hikes this week. There are glimmers of hope that AI demand might slow, but most analysts seem to think high prices are here for another year or two yet. And even if/when production ramps up, do you really think the prices will be slashed?Hence me thinking that upgrading now…