Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2024)

Blazing M4 performance outclasses high-end Intel laptops;Unmatched 28-hour-plus battery life;Stunning Retina XDR display with HDR and 120Hz refresh rate;Upgraded 12MP camera;Versatile port selection

Camera still limited to 1080p video;Keyboard/trackpad design unchanged from previous models;Graphics lag behind last year's top-end M3 Pro and M3 Max

Even brighter display ; Fantastic 12MP webcam ; Record-breaking performance ; Best-in-class keyboard and trackpad ; All the ports you want, now faster ; Speakers so good you'll ditch your headphones

Still no OLED ; The 16-inch model is quite heavy

“With the M4, the MacBook Pro has never been better.”

If you plan to use your laptop for intensive work and hope it lasts for well over five years, I recommend configuring the M4 Pro with as much RAM and the highest number of cores as your budget can accommodate. If you have a very graphically intense...

Big on battery life; Screen quality; Highly capable laptop for content creators and power users; Remarkable power for the money; Superb screen; Excellent HDR performance; Cool force-canceling woofers; Six-speaker audio array; Dolby Atmos spatial audio...

Camera image capture limited to 1080p HD despite higher-resolution sensor; Keyboard unchanged from previous model and might not suit those who found past Mac keyboards finicky or shallow; Display brightness claims involve an ambient-light sensor that...

Taken altogether, there's no doubt the 2024 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro is an excellent base-level Mac. As the step-up model between the MacBook Air and the more capable Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max silicon, the M4 model doesn't feel like the...

high-quality and robust case;great display with accurate colors, optionally with matte surface;extremely high HDR brightness, increased SDR brightness;almost always very quiet in everyday operation;very high system performance;M4 Pro also powerful with...

constant PWM flickering and slow response times;only one year of warranty;practically no maintenance options;extremely high premiums for additional RAM and SSD storage;webcam without Face-ID, video and image resolution remains low;no Wi-Fi 7

In contrast to the M3 generation, the upgrade to the Pro processor in the M4 generation turns out significantly smaller. Most users should probably get sufficient performance already with the

Cpu and gpu can handle demanding tasks, wide port selection, display is suitable for content creation and other color-critical work, minimal throttling under load, doesn't get overly hot or loud

Soldered ram and storage, heavy typers may not like the keyboard's short travel

For the same price as last year's MacBook Pro models, the M4 variants -- particularly the base configuration -- offer notable upgrades in performance, utility, and battery life. The introduction of Thunderbolt 5 ports, an M4 processor that's better...