Following the two new products announced in the past week, Apple is introducing the newly-refreshed MacBook Pro lineup, now featuring three variants of the M4 silicon: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. With the reveal of the third M4 variant, the company is also formally introducing the full lineup of the M4 silicon family.
M4 MacBook Pro
The new M4 MacBook Pros now feature the new 14-inch or 16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display with optional nano-texture glass to reduce glare; brightness is now boosted to 1,000 nits for SDR, though HDR max remains at 1,600 nits. Another update for the lineup, which retroactively applies to products with M3 and M2 models, is the new base memory option – all models now starts at 16GB, following the controversial remark for its decision to keep 8GB as an option.
In terms of differences between the M4 variants, the base model will continue to feature Thunderbolt 4 ports; if you get the M4 Pro or M4 Max, these ports will instead run on Thunderbolt 5 protocol, provided compatible devices are available. However, one thing all variants lack is Wi-Fi 7 support – connectivity for these models will remain on Wi-Fi 6E standard for now.
Here’s a quick rundown of the M4 chip family: the new base silicon starts with 10-core CPU (4P+6E), 10-core GPU and up to 32GB of RAM; the mid-range M4 Pro increases the CPU core count to 14 (10P+4E), plus 20 GPU cores and up to 64GB RAM; and finally, the M4 Max ups the ante with a combination of 16-core CPU (12P+4E) and 40 cores’ worth of GPU grunt, paired with up to 128GB of unified memory.
Pricing of the new MacBook Pro lineup begins at RM6,999 for the 14-inch M4 model, while 16-inch will offer M4 Pro or M4 Max, starting at RM10,999.
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