Battery life... Somehow I cut this from the video but the battery life is up to 22 hours which is insane, and a nice upgrade over the 18 hours of the M2 Max, however, I mostly use this laptop as a desktop so I am rarely away from power for very long. As soon as MacBook were spec'd at over 15 hours, they became all day devices and I am happy with 22, or 18, or 15 hours.
Finally someone has the full size 14 inch M4 Max I have been searching for content on this exact machine!!! I already have an M1 Max 16 inch but I really want to try a 14 inch but I don't want to downgrade the chip I want the full M4 Max. I am a Music Producer, Tracking and Mixing Engineer so I need as many cores as I can get and the fastest memory bandwidth. The GPU is not really very important, but those 2 extra CPU power cores is and the faster memory bandwidth is a bigger help for music than a lot of people would think. But my girlfriend has the M3 base 14 inch and I love that size its perfect to lug around from the tracking studio to my home studio over the 16 inch!! Thanks for reviewing this model!!!
Apple's glossy displays is exactly why I use Apple displays. I like sharp, non-fuzzy text. I like good contrast. I like better reflection of handling of glossy. Matte just spreads out reflections and washes out your screen.
That is why Apple offers it as an option rather than forcing it on people like the Galaxy S24U from Samsung. If you work indoors, you will probably find it a negative, but if you are on-site outdoors, then the nano texture will be a benefit. Choice is great.
Gonna pick the M4 Pro chip for pro photography and light video editing. Which use case would make 48 GB RAM absolutely necessary and when would 24 GB be enough?
I have the 16-inch Macbook Pro M1 and now also the 14-inch Macbook Pro M4 Pro with the Nano texture display. Today I compared both displays in completely different situations. The Nano Texture display looks so much higher quality, cleaner, the matte look. In the future I won't buy any more Macbooks without Nano texture.
I want to buy this chip with maxed RAM I need for music production, just afraid it would be noisy in the 14 inch form factor because I need it to be as silent as possible, I won’t be using any GPU so maybe it won’t get as noisy as stress tests.
re: thunderbolt 5 - I'm convinced there are bugs. I am having a lock/crash if I have had thunderbolt dock plugged in and then unplug the machine and wake/sleep it. if I haven't plugged into the dock, it's fine. machine is 100% rock solid stable under load etc. its just wake from sleep and only after I've used an external dock. Yes its expensive, but it is cheaper than the two machines it replaced (M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14 plus a desktop Ryzen DIY box).
I have an M1 Max 16 inch MBP. I am thinking of upgrading to the M4 Max 16inch and considering Nano Texture. My local Apple Store had a 14inch Nano Texture ready for pickup so I got that one and testing it now and will return it soon and order my custom config. I don't see any difference between colors and contrast compared to my 16inch M1 Max Glossy. My main use case is heavy astrophotography, landscape photography and some video editing. I guess it's better to go with Nano since it's usable in more conditions and the tradeoff is almost none. (I see some slight RGB shimmer on white pages like Google, but not a big deal). Text is perfectly readable, photos look great on the screen. It doesn't look digital, looks like printed on a fine art paper. Do you think Nano is also better for eye strain? I am in front of the screen 12-13 hours every day.
nice. I can't say for sure if it is better for eye strain as I am still using my studio display most of the day with it, but it certain places it just works better. In my living room I have a big window right behind out couch and without nano texture, I can't sit there with my laptop and do anything. With nano, no issue at all.
@@JerrySchulze I am also planning to get the Studio Display for my home setup and have to decide on whether to go with glossy or nano.. Do you have the Nano on the Studio or the Glossy? I read that the Nano on Studio Display is not as good as the one on MBP.
I was concerned about less fan power on the M4 Pro Max 14, so I bought the M4 Pro Max 16. I have ALSO found the issue with attempting to run two thunderbolt external disks plugged into the left side ("not enough power" message)!?>!?! i will try one on each side. I wonder if one internal Thunderbolt controller is managing the two ports on the left? good review, Jerry
The M4 Pro MB Pro 14/16 is the best choice for many potential buyers. The Max is for niche users or those with higher disposable income. The base model is for those who want a de facto ultrabook, but the Air lacks some of the luxury features that would be nice for the next 4-6 years of use. For the latter looking for a nice ultrabook, the M1, M2, or M3 would serve the same utility, and as the new design is due in 2026, if you have one of those, hold on until then, as they will have OLED, under-display tech and the new 2nm chips.
You only get louder fans and warmer when you are doing very intensive workloads, and if that bothers you, do something else when doing a long render. Also, the 16-inch version would get less warm and not as loud and that may be a better choice for those that need less noise.
This is a one month review so why take the time to tell us about ports, screen etc there are a million other videos that cover that info. It's not just you be every longer term review appears to have this 101 overview. It's really useful to know what spec you went for other than that refer to another, "what you get video" and actually do the review promised. Not sure if anyone else feels the same way. Yes it's time stamped but if you are getting lots of people jumping forward that's maybe why.
Thanks for the breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
Battery life... Somehow I cut this from the video but the battery life is up to 22 hours which is insane, and a nice upgrade over the 18 hours of the M2 Max, however, I mostly use this laptop as a desktop so I am rarely away from power for very long. As soon as MacBook were spec'd at over 15 hours, they became all day devices and I am happy with 22, or 18, or 15 hours.
spec sheet... but @AZisk has done some battery tests on his channel. www.youtube.com/@AZisk/videos
Finally someone has the full size 14 inch M4 Max I have been searching for content on this exact machine!!! I already have an M1 Max 16 inch but I really want to try a 14 inch but I don't want to downgrade the chip I want the full M4 Max. I am a Music Producer, Tracking and Mixing Engineer so I need as many cores as I can get and the fastest memory bandwidth. The GPU is not really very important, but those 2 extra CPU power cores is and the faster memory bandwidth is a bigger help for music than a lot of people would think. But my girlfriend has the M3 base 14 inch and I love that size its perfect to lug around from the tracking studio to my home studio over the 16 inch!! Thanks for reviewing this model!!!
It's a nice size, for sure.
I am a freelance logo designer, would you like to have a logo and artwork for your music production business?
Apple's glossy displays is exactly why I use Apple displays. I like sharp, non-fuzzy text. I like good contrast. I like better reflection of handling of glossy. Matte just spreads out reflections and washes out your screen.
Real, I was wondering what was wrong with the macbooks display till he said he got the nano display option.
That is why Apple offers it as an option rather than forcing it on people like the Galaxy S24U from Samsung. If you work indoors, you will probably find it a negative, but if you are on-site outdoors, then the nano texture will be a benefit. Choice is great.
This should be a great review. Been looking for a review of someone who bought the Nanotexture display.
And did it help?
I think I will get the M4 pro 12-core chip, 24gb ram, 1tb ssd and with nano texture, do you recommend this specs?
I think that is a great spec.
Why would you get nano texture? Apple's glossy panels handle reflections better than any matte finish.
@@bren.r The reason is pretty obvious in the first two minutes of the video itself.
Gonna pick the M4 Pro chip for pro photography and light video editing. Which use case would make 48 GB RAM absolutely necessary and when would 24 GB be enough?
You will absolutely get by with 24. If you are planning to have the laptop for 5 years or more it might make sense to upgrade.
I have the 16-inch Macbook Pro M1 and now also the 14-inch Macbook Pro M4 Pro with the Nano texture display. Today I compared both displays in completely different situations. The Nano Texture display looks so much higher quality, cleaner, the matte look. In the future I won't buy any more Macbooks without Nano texture.
its surprisingly good!
I want to buy this chip with maxed RAM I need for music production, just afraid it would be noisy in the 14 inch form factor because I need it to be as silent as possible, I won’t be using any GPU so maybe it won’t get as noisy as stress tests.
re: thunderbolt 5 - I'm convinced there are bugs. I am having a lock/crash if I have had thunderbolt dock plugged in and then unplug the machine and wake/sleep it. if I haven't plugged into the dock, it's fine. machine is 100% rock solid stable under load etc. its just wake from sleep and only after I've used an external dock.
Yes its expensive, but it is cheaper than the two machines it replaced (M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14 plus a desktop Ryzen DIY box).
Great review, thanks. The M4 Max it WAY overkill for me, and my M3 Pro MBP 14 is paid for. Easy choice for me.
Good choice!
I have an M1 Max 16 inch MBP. I am thinking of upgrading to the M4 Max 16inch and considering Nano Texture. My local Apple Store had a 14inch Nano Texture ready for pickup so I got that one and testing it now and will return it soon and order my custom config. I don't see any difference between colors and contrast compared to my 16inch M1 Max Glossy. My main use case is heavy astrophotography, landscape photography and some video editing. I guess it's better to go with Nano since it's usable in more conditions and the tradeoff is almost none. (I see some slight RGB shimmer on white pages like Google, but not a big deal). Text is perfectly readable, photos look great on the screen. It doesn't look digital, looks like printed on a fine art paper.
Do you think Nano is also better for eye strain? I am in front of the screen 12-13 hours every day.
nice. I can't say for sure if it is better for eye strain as I am still using my studio display most of the day with it, but it certain places it just works better. In my living room I have a big window right behind out couch and without nano texture, I can't sit there with my laptop and do anything. With nano, no issue at all.
@@JerrySchulze I am also planning to get the Studio Display for my home setup and have to decide on whether to go with glossy or nano.. Do you have the Nano on the Studio or the Glossy? I read that the Nano on Studio Display is not as good as the one on MBP.
I was concerned about less fan power on the M4 Pro Max 14, so I bought the M4 Pro Max 16.
I have ALSO found the issue with attempting to run two thunderbolt external disks plugged into the left side ("not enough power" message)!?>!?! i will try one on each side. I wonder if one internal Thunderbolt controller is managing the two ports on the left?
good review, Jerry
I would like to see how fast the max can render stable diffusion and flux.
How did you get 14 inch 16/40? Wasn't it only available for 16 inch pro max??
Nope also in 14
@JerrySchulze where? Send me a link where you can see it in 14 inch..
how much ram you have for Max pro? 36 G?
I have the m4 max with 64gb memory.
The M4 Pro MB Pro 14/16 is the best choice for many potential buyers. The Max is for niche users or those with higher disposable income. The base model is for those who want a de facto ultrabook, but the Air lacks some of the luxury features that would be nice for the next 4-6 years of use. For the latter looking for a nice ultrabook, the M1, M2, or M3 would serve the same utility, and as the new design is due in 2026, if you have one of those, hold on until then, as they will have OLED, under-display tech and the new 2nm chips.
What system monitor are you using at. 8:49?
www.tunabellysoftware.com/tgpro/
What's the temp utility you are using in the menu bar? Have you run into the too many icons running into the notch issue? Do they just go behind?
Did you face any extreme heating and fan issues?
Extreme? No but it got hotter and louder than the M2 Max when stressing it.
You only get louder fans and warmer when you are doing very intensive workloads, and if that bothers you, do something else when doing a long render. Also, the 16-inch version would get less warm and not as loud and that may be a better choice for those that need less noise.
This is a one month review so why take the time to tell us about ports, screen etc there are a million other videos that cover that info. It's not just you be every longer term review appears to have this 101 overview. It's really useful to know what spec you went for other than that refer to another, "what you get video" and actually do the review promised. Not sure if anyone else feels the same way. Yes it's time stamped but if you are getting lots of people jumping forward that's maybe why.
Appreciate the feedback
Thanks for the breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
The French voice is fun but it seems effective 😀👍
same exact spec machine here (but I went black this time). love it. no compromises, it has replaced my desktop
Very heavy and expensive
looks very ugly
M1 MAX still stronger than pro