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Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M4, 2024) review: Windows PCs must feel sick right now

Windows laptops thought they had it in the bag, but Apple threw a curveball.
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Apple's flamin' new laptop will leave Windows machines in ashes. Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M4, 2024)
The M4 MacBook Pro wows with endurance-defying battery life and stellar performance, allowing Apple to reclaim its throne.
$1599.99 at Apple

The 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro has officially entered the chat — and it’s here to remind Windows who's boss.

For those who haven't been closely following the PCs vs. MacBooks battle in recent months, Windows laptops began to gain the upper hand with the introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. Machines with this new chip delivered shockingly long battery life and jaw-dropping performance — so much so that they began to eclipse the M3 MacBooks.

 

MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024) - Tech Specs

Year introduced: 2024

Identify your MacBook Pro model

Finish

  • Space Black

  • Silver

Chip

Apple M4 chip

  • 10-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores

  • 10-core GPU

  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

  • 16-core Neural Engine

  • 120GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

  • Video decode engine

  • Video encode engine

  • ProRes encode and decode engine

  • AV1 decode

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Display

Liquid Retina XDR display

  • 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;2 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)

  • 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

  • XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak3 (HDR content only)

  • SDR brightness: up to 1000 nits (outdoor)

Color

  • 1 billion colors

  • Wide color (P3)

  • True Tone technology

Refresh rates

  • ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz

  • Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz

Configurable with:

  • Nano-texture display

Memory

  • 16GB or 24GB unified memory

  • Configurable to:

  • 24GB or 32GB

Battery and Power

M44

  • Up to 24 hours video streaming

  • Up to 16 hours wireless web

  • 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

  • 70W USB-C Power Adapter

  • USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable

  • Fast-charge capable with 96W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage5

  • 512GB or 1TB SSD6

  • Configurable to:

  • 1TB or 2TB

Charging and Expansion

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  • SDXC card slot

  • HDMI port

  • 3.5 mm headphone jack

  • MagSafe 3 port

  • Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:

  • Charging

  • DisplayPort

  • Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

Display Support

  • Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

  • Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI

  • One external display supported at 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display at 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI

Thunderbolt 4 digital video output

  • Support for native DisplayPort 1.4 output over USB-C

Thunderbolt 5 digital video output

  • Support for native DisplayPort 2.1 output over USB-C

HDMI digital video output

  • Support for one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz

Video Playback

  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes

  • HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10, and HLG

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

  • 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement

  • Touch ID

  • Ambient light sensor

  • Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

Wireless

Wi-Fi

  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)7

Bluetooth

  • Bluetooth 5.3

Camera

  • 12MP Center Stage camera with support for Desk View

  • 1080p HD video recording

  • Advanced image signal processor with computational video

Audio

  • High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers

  • Wide stereo sound

  • Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers

  • Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods 3, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Max

  • Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming

  • 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

  • HDMI port supports multichannel audio output

Operating Requirements

  • Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC

  • Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz

  • Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)

  • Storage temperature: –13° to 113° F (–25° to 45° C)

  • Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing

  • Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 meters)

  • Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet

  • Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

Size and Weight

  • Height: 0.61 inch (1.55 cm)

  • Width: 12.31 inches (31.26 cm)

  • Depth: 8.71 inches (22.12 cm)

  • Weight: 3.4 pounds (1.55 kg)8

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. macOS Sequoia helps you be productive and creative in new ways — with Apple Intelligence,1 iPhone Mirroring, window tiling, major updates to Safari, and more.

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Mac User Guide

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook Pro. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility, and learning, you can create and do amazing things.

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