Apple 2024 MacBook Pro Laptop with M4 Max, 14‑core CPU, 32‑core GPU: Built for Apple Intelligence, 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 36GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage; Silver

Longest lasting battery I’ve ever seen in a laptop
Very fast laptop, very long battery life. For the graphically interesting games natively compatible with it, very good graphics performance. The display is amazing and is capable of twice as many pixels as it shows you. It was a good value in a Black Friday sale (~$1400), but this (M4 Pro 12/16) chip is on par with or under performance of the prior generation M3 Max 14”, so if it can get one of those for a good deal refurbished or open box, there is no shame in it. As with all M1/2/3/4s, there are dedicated neural cores for Apple Intelligence to run, which allows for a personalized Siri who listens to you and watches you all the time, without sharing this information. You can disable Apple Intelligence and Siri, but after I got past the creepiness, I configured Siri as an Irish Female, and it makes everything lovely. There is a lot of integration with other Apple devices, like you can operate your iphone from a distance on your MacBook. You can also receive texts and Messages from your iPhone, and easily use it for tethering, as a substitute for your webcam (the webcam is pretty solid nonetheless). This model supports linking hearing aids and also supports airpods much in the same way the iPhone does. You can easily use your living room TV as a second monitor on the fly, and if you can plug in via HDMI, you can get the whole 4K@120hz. MacOSX is a great operating system, built on Unix, and with tons of room for customization for beginners to super users. Time Machine backups with your own plug-in hard drives and iCloud are incredibly convenient. Safari gets better and better, but the Mac versions of Chromium and Firefox also dazzle.For most programs that aren’t games, macOSX is widely supported, but if you just *need* it, parallels desktop and vmware can run windows for you.New users ought to pay close attention to Tips and go into settings and learn all the trackpad gestures. You won’t want to come back to a different trackpad, and until you want to game, you will not care to use a mouse.Anyway, I got this for my wife as a gift, partly because she needed a new computer and partly because I wanted to convert her. She seems pretty converted.

Blazing fast, beautiful screen!
I upgraded from a 2019 MacBook Air (Intel). I have gone from sipping my coffee leisurely while the aging MBAir started up to not having time for as quick shot of Espresso. Migration from my Intel MBAir to the M4 Pro was fast and easy. The higher resolution screen is simply gorgeous. The sound is fantastic for a laptop, rich base sounds a clear high notes. No issues, no problems. I’ll be very happy for a long time.

This is an outstanding laptop well worth the premium price.
I have been using Apple products since the early 1980s. Of all the Apple laptops I’ve owned, this is the highest quality device I’ve purchased from Apple. This computer was purchased as an upgrade for a very highly optioned 2018 Intel based Mac Mini. Needless to say, the performance increase is mind-bending. I’ve also used an M1 Max based Macbook Pro and this laptop is quite a bit faster. If it’s time to upgrade your current laptop, wether you’re a Mac or a Windows user, look no further than this laptop.

Simply the best.balance of power and mobility.
Apple done it right this year!Achieved the perfect balance between power mobility and price. Everyone has a special that’s tailored to them.For me, this is the perfect laptop used. Wonderful laptop in all areas.

Upgraded from a 2018 MacBook Pro and wow what a difference. The quality of the screen, length of battery life, and processing speed are amazing. The touch fingerprint sensor is also a great feature and is very accurate and responsive. Transfering my HD and files from my old MacBook was a breeze. The only thing I’d say that I don’t like as much in the indent where your finger goes to open the lid is a little more narrow and sharply angled than the older design making it a tad harder to open, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Over all the Apple has outdone themselves with the M4!

Got it for my wife, she loves it!!! My wife is a software engineer and the performance and large ram size (16gb) really meets her needs. Only downside is the weight, I hope it has the weight of Macbook Air while has the performance of the Pro.

Home computing and writing – research. it’s so fast!