I tested a beautiful Space Black MacBook Pro with the new M4 Pro chip and 48GB memory (which I would treasure if it belonged to me). The 3-nanometer chip it uses has 14 cores, consisting of 10 performance and four efficiency cores; it has a 2TB drive; a Liquid Retina XDR nanotexture display; and it costs $3,349.

The M4's single-core performance is between 14 and 21 percent faster than the M3s in our tests, and tests that use all the CPU cores are usually 20 or 30 percent faster. The GPU is occasionally as much as 33 percent faster than the M3 in our tests, though more often, the improvements are in the single or low double digits.

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Apple’s latest line of MacBook Pro models now feature the M4 silicon chip inside. This is either the standard M4 or one of the more advanced Pro or Max versions. I’ve used most of the generations of the Apple silicon over the years and it never ceases to impress me how fast and efficient they really are.

The Apple 2024 MacBook Pro 14-inch with M4 chip, 512GB SSD, and 16GB Unified Memory is currently 8% off for $1,474. Need more power? Then check out the 2024 MacBook Pro 16-inch wi

Amazon has dropped the price on the M4 MacBook Pro to $1,399, which is $200 down from its usual $1,599 price. While 13% off might not sound huge, any discount on current-generation Apple products is a win,

Black Friday is next week, and today Amazon has numerous all-time low prices across the 2024 24-inch M4 iMac lineup ahead of the shopping