Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips

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2024-10-30 17:00:04

By Antonio G. Di Benedetto , a writer covering tech deals and The Verge’s Deals newsletter, buying guides, and gift guides. Previously, he spent 15 years in the photography industry.

Apple is updating the MacBook Pro and introducing some even more powerful chips. Announced this morning via a low-key press release, the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros are being updated to the M4 line of processors, which now includes the M4 Pro chip that debuted yesterday in the Mac Mini and a new, even higher-end M4 Max. The entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro is also getting a small design upgrade in the form of an extra USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 port on the right-hand side and a space black option to match its more premium brethren.

Like previous models, the M4 Pro-equipped laptops will start at $1,999 for the 14-inch and $2,499 for the 16-inch, but both are getting an upgrade from 18GB of base RAM to 24GB. The basic 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro still starts at $1,599, but that model now (mercifully) starts with 16GB of RAM instead of just 8GB. The new MacBook Pros will be available on November 8th, with preorders available now.

Outside of chip bumps and RAM improvements, the 14- and 16-inch Pros with M4 Pro / Max chips are also the first Mac laptops with Thunderbolt 5 ports. All three MacBook Pros come with new 12-megapixel webcams that feature a desk view, and they can each be configured with a new nano-texture display capable of up to 1,000 nits of SDR brightness and 1,600 nits in HDR.