If you really want to go all out, the 16-inch Pro with a nano-texture display, M4 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU, 128GB of memory, and 8TB will run you $7,379. Some things to keep in mind when spec-ing out your system. First, the 14-inch MacBook Pro ...

With the M4, Apple finally has a base MacBook Pro that’s less of a parts-bin compromise and more of an actual Pro machine. It’s a laptop you can buy and not feel like you’re caught in between anything.

However, Apple dropped the M4 chip and obliterated Windows laptops in one fell swoop. On Geekbench 6, the MacBook Pro notched a sweet multi-core score of 15,199. This beats our most powerful non-gaming PC laptop, Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, which delivered a score of 14,548 on the same test.