MacBook Pro 14 (M4 Pro, 2024)
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro is for creators and developers who push their machine hard and want it to stay fast without melting down. The mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display is one of the best laptop panels you can buy, the active cooling lets the chip hold peak performance under sustained exports or compiles, and you get a proper port selection with HDMI and an SD slot. It is heavier and far pricier than the Air, so it only makes sense if your work genuinely taxes the CPU or GPU; for everyday tasks the Air delivers most of the experience for far less money.
We'd hold off — it's 301.8% above its 12-month low, 60.2% above its 90-day average, and it ticked up 301.8% this month.
- Outstanding mini-LED XDR display with ProMotion
- Sustained performance under heavy creative loads
- Generous ports including HDMI and SDXC
- Excellent speakers and microphones
- Expensive, especially with storage and memory upgrades
- Heavier than thin-and-light ultraportables
- Overkill and overpriced for light everyday use
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