Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips, featuring 12MP Center Stage camera, more
Tom Sykes
Posted On 30/10/2024 
Apple has announced new M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, which now features a new 12MP Center Stage camera, nano-texture display option, Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max models, and more.
Available to pre-order today ahead of the machine’s official launch beginning Friday, November 8, the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 starts at $1,599, the M4 Pro version at $1,999. The 16‑inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,499, with all models available in space black and silver.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 featuring a more powerful 10-core CPU, with four performance cores and six efficiency cores, and a faster 10-core GPU. The new MacBook Pro starts with 16GB of faster unified memory with support for up to 32GB, along with 120GB/s of memory bandwidth. With M4, MacBook Pro is up to 1.8x faster than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1
MacBook Pro with M4 Pro features a powerful 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and four efficiency cores, along with up to a 20-core GPU that is twice as powerful as M4. With M4 Pro, the new MacBook Pro gets a 75 percent increase in memory bandwidth over the prior generation. The new MacBook Pro with M4 Pro is up to 3x faster than models with M1 Pro.
MacBook Pro with M4 Max brings up to a 16-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, over half a terabyte per second of unified memory bandwidth, and a Neural Engine that is over 3x faster than M1 Max. With M4 Max, MacBook Pro delivers up to 3.5x the performance of M1 Max. It also supports up to 128GB of unified memory.
MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max features Thunderbolt 5 ports that more than double transfer speeds up to 120 Gb/s, enabling faster external storage, expansion chassis, and powerful docking and hub solutions. All MacBook Pro models feature an HDMI port that supports up to 8K resolution, a SDXC card slot, a MagSafe 3 port for charging, and a headphone jack, along with support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
