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MacBook Pro (M4 Max)

Creators cited with it
4
From 9 reports.
First cited
March 2025
By Oliur. Last reported .
Reviewers
Praised for performance and battery life
Pushback on ports & connectivity. From 2 reviews. What they said

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Creators cited with this

  • Meet KevinYouTube, 2.1M followers
    “Like for example, I got an M4 Max right here laptop and I could run agents on this guy all day long.”
    Watch the video at 2:25:57
  • iJustineYouTube, 7M followers
    “And I don't even know if there's a point in showing these things because both of these Macs were just whizzing through all of the things that I threw at my main MacBook M4 Max daily.”
    Watch the video at 0:55
  • OliurYouTube, 468K followers
    “I was able to get my M4 Max MacBook Pro up to 144 hertz at 5K when using the included USBC cable.”
    Watch the video at 5:51
    5 more reports from Oliur
    • “I have an M4 Max MacBook Pro, but only because I do video editing and 3D work.”
      Watch the video at 7:38
    • “So, I have the M4 Max MacBook Pro here. And even with that chip, I'm only limited to 165 Hz.”
      Watch the video at 7:00
    • “Okay, I've switched laptops so that I have my M4 Max MacBook Pro”
      Watch the video at 6:06
    • “I specifically have the M4 Max chip in my MacBook Pro, primarily because I'm doing so much video editing.”
      Watch the video at 2:16
    • “I wanted to see what it would be like switching to this over my MacBook Pro, which is here, the M4 Max MacBook Pro. This MacBook Pro actually cost me $4,000.”
      Watch the video at 0:08
  • Tyler StalmanYouTube, 599K followers
    “If we switch it to better quality, which is usually what I'm editing with on my M4 Max.”
    Watch the video at 4:41

What reviewers say

Based on 2 reviews (0 press, 2 video), newest November 2024

What YouTube reviews of the MacBook Pro (M4 Max) judged, by what buyers compare. Open any line for the quotes behind it.

Where it shines

  • Performance
  • Battery life

Where reviewers push back

  • Ports & connectivity
  • PerformanceRated highly: Reviewers rate it highly.Reviewers call performance huge gains, fastest single-core speeds, much faster exports.2 reviews›

    Praise (7)

    • “performance on this is absolutely insane”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 0:08

    • “the performance is still significantly better especially when it comes to the GPU”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 0:19

    • “this has the fastest single core clock speeds I have ever seen on a laptop”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 4:09

    • “the M4 Max also set a new record for Puget bench Photoshop scoring”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 5:02

    • “there is now a significant bump up in performance from M1 to M4. Not just 30 or 40%, but, like, 200%, which is pretty crazy”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 6:13

    • “this laptop open and flip through Final Cut faster than any other machine I've ever used”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 3:43

    • “it also exported the final video roughly twice as fast as my M1 Max laptop, which is really exciting for me”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 3:48

  • DisplayNot covered by enough reviews
  • Battery lifeRated highly: Reviewers rate it highly.Reviewers report longer battery life, roughly an extra hour before charging.2 reviews›

    Praise (3)

    • “battery life is what impressed me the most”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 8:40

    • “I feel like I'm getting an extra 1 hour an hour and a half of use before needing to charge”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 9:04

    • “Same size battery, better battery life.”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 10:49

  • Ports & connectivitySplit: Reviewers are split.More bandwidth and monitor support, but no eGPU, few Thunderbolt 5 accessories.2 reviews›

    Praise (2)

    • “you can have more monitors connected to this higher resolution monitors connected to this which you couldn't do before”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 1:40

    • “it is actually a genuine capability improvement. Like, we love more bandwidth, we love faster I/O.”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 9:21

    Complaints (2)

    • “unfortunately you still can't hook up an external GPU that'd be really cool to test out”

      VideoMatthew Moniz · November 2024Watch at 1:15

    • “there are so few Thunderbolt 5 accessories out right now, and the ones that do start to come out you also notice are pretty expensive”

      VideoMarques Brownlee · November 2024Watch at 9:32

  • Build & handlingNot covered by enough reviews
  • ValueNot covered by enough reviews

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