I’m still holding onto my M1 Max lol. I have still not been able to use all the power in it. Still looks the same visually. Maybe in 3-4 years I’ll look at an upgrade
Same I don’t even know why to upgrade. People around me still use windows laptops that are even 3-5 times slower then the M1 Max. As long as the design doesn’t change will probably not get a new one the coming years because this machine does everything for me
Same. Only limiting thing I couldn’t predict was I got a 16GB ram and my ML workflows development requires probably a bit more, but I can go another 1-3 years with how fast this M1 Max is before upgrading. Probably when they add OLED
for the majority of tasks there is very little reason to upgrade. With M4 Max I would ay running LLM's in AI based apps would be one reason and maybe large video edits or something along those lines. Otherwise there is no need.
I finally upgrade my MacBook Pro 2017 intel 15 inch to the M4 Pro (1T/48G). My old Mac is so laggy and used replace the whole motherboard for 280 USD. Now I am so excited for my new Mac 😎
Not a MacBook, but still happy with my M1 iMac with 16Gb RAM for everyday tasks, and a bit of photoshopping, coding and light gaming. Tempted by the upgrade marketing but honestly the M1 is still pretty phenomenal.
Great benchmark! It was truly engaging, and I thoroughly enjoyed the detailed insights provided on the M family CPUs and GPUs. However, it would be fantastic to include benchmarks for Blender, gaming, and Excel (at least to understand why the M4 advertises it, haha). These applications are incredibly popular, and including benchmarks for them would provide us with a more comprehensive understanding of how the new chips perform in real-world scenarios. Additionally, it would be incredibly helpful to include graphs comparing CPU, CPU & GPU, and neural network performance. I eagerly anticipate more updates like this. Furthermore, I’ve never encountered such a diverse range of benchmarks in any other UA-camr . Your efforts truly deserve praise!
How has your M3 space gray held up? I want space black but I hear mixed experience regarding the edges wearing prematurely exposing the silver underneath, etc. Yours looks pretty good on screen after a year.
I think nano texture spresds the reflection and decrease contrast and image quality overall, no black blacks - it's a rule for matte display texture... Great video!
I am not sure if it is my imagination but the nano texture display looks more accurate on these new MacBooks Pro, compared to the nano texture used on iPad or Studio Display. I haven’t seen any of these nano texture screens in real life though, but based on videos I have seen, these new MacBooks Pro screens look awesome 🤔. The extra brightness might be a factor…
I grabbed a iPad Pro w the nano and love it! Ordered a new M4 w the nano textured glass! The way the cloth cleans the glass is amazing still have yet to need spray with the cloth.
I returned M4 pro with 20-core GPU and bought the base M4 Max with 36-core GPU because I needed a machine that can run 70B parameters LLM. The M4 pro was powerful but can’t run it while the M4 Max runs without hesitation. I do think that 24gb vs 36gm memory and the M4 Max’s larger memory bandwidth can be also the key reasons for the Max
Thank you for including the Draw Things comparison. It's an APP I've been using more lately and the M1 vs M4 comparison hit home. Essentially about a 30% speed gain. Not convinced that's worth the high upgrade price. I'd love to see at least a 2X performance increase. Maybe the M5 will deliver that.
Since I'm currently on an M3 Pro MacBook Pro, there's no point to upgrade to the M4 Pro other than the brighter screen, better performance, Thunderbolt 5 and Apple Intelligence, I will be holding off on my laptop until they introduce an OLED MacBook Pro. This comparison is useful Aaron!
I bought the new MacBook Pro earlier this year. Once the MacBook Air came out with the M3, I traded the Pro. I LOVE the new Air. 15" with 16GB of RAM. For what I use it for, it's terrific. Much thinner and lighter than the Pro.
It’s funny that you look at accessories as paper and power supply, before look at the top M4 max computer, that would cost around 9500 $ in Denmark. !!! BTW love your very detailed and fine videos.
When the price is not one of the first "specs" noted, you know it is just a sales video. It is a great laptop, but very few people need this considering the price vs. last year's M3 models.
Should I buy the 14” M4 MacBook Pro / M4 Mac Mini - with the m4 pro 24gb ram 512gb ssd or m4 16gb ram 512gb ssd configuration for my use case? I need it for beginners photo and video editing, programming, web browsing, watching yt videos, listening to music and podcasts with high quality audio interface and headphones amp, taking it to university with me sometimes, and media consumption.
@ Ok, thank you Aaron! And which Mac model do you recommend for me if I’m not sure I will take it out for university if needed? Then Mac mini is better to combine with a dell 2723qe 4k 60hz monitor? Or I should still get the 14” MacBook Pro for the added portability choice if needed?
@ Thank you! But again I’m not sure if I will take out the machine or not, that’s why I thought of getting the machine mini since it’s a better price to performance ratio than a MacBook. However if getting a MacBook instead, then shout I go for MacBook Pro 14” m4 pro 24gb ram 512gb ssd or MacBook Air m3 15” 16gb ram 512gb ssd? I also want to get the new gaming of from my old one so I want to get both gaming windows pc and a Mac too.
Bought M4 max . but didn't feel any difference compared by M1 pro . need suggestion can I switch M4 max to m4 pro with 48GB Ram. I have memory intensive development apps.
I'm still using my Late 2019 MacBook Pro with the I9 Processor in it and I'm definitely considering an upgrade. I have used it heavily causing the battery to degrade and the fans to spin up faster and harder now that I'm running the MacOS 15 Dev. Betas. Can't say that I will trade it in thought considering it doesn't have much trade in value and it's also the last Mac with the touch bar. Great video, definitely helped me decide which model I'm going to upgrade to.
Im a graphic designer and I wanna upgrade from the 2022 M2 air 8gb ram 256GB hard drive. I have a budget of about $1400 I’m wondering if I could get a M1 MacBook Pro for that and would that be a significant upgrade or it would be better upgrading to a M4 Mac Mini Pro
I will upgrade next year because my M1 Max is still an absolute beast, anyone agree as I would be interested to know….thanks Aaron always the go to guy, Love, Purpose n Peace MCD
It depends if you want HDR or not. The pro has a 120 Hz display with HDR capability where the error does not. However, for what you’re doing you don’t need the processor of the pro
That Xcode benchmark on M1 Max is off by a lot. Are you sure there isn't anything installed to slow it down? It should be arounf 152seconds. Certainly not 360s.
no idea as I haven't looked at others videos, but the results are the results. This is real world testing like for like with lots of apps loaded, different real world tests. I just ran them and this is what they get. Not sure what test you are referring to, but the video export test could come down to the codec used or something else.
@zollotech ok qs please, so video exporting will be pretty much same with 1hr 4k video on m1 max vs m4 max? With just time of exporting just a little longer?...im thinking to return my m4 max and get used m1 max...i needed it mostly for 4k vide editing, and sometimes hour long videos with effects and luts. M1 max i can get for 1.6k used, vs 5k for medium m4 max spec
Anyone else getting a iMessage bug where your text message is there in the morning but doesn’t show as a notification even with notifications toggle on ?
The m4 max is disappointing. The only thing I'm happy about is the increase in points per CPU core, everything else is also a bit higher, but this is achieved by higher frequencies and higher consumption. M3 max was already hot, m4 max is even hotter. And according to all tests it is clear that its autonomy is worse than m3 max. No wonder it's so hard to find a comparison of these processors on youtube, there's nothing much to show
Great Aaron ❤😊n I still have to wait until I can afford to buy whichever one I can afford right now I think m1 Mac is probably the best bet for me bc the other ones way out of my budget for me n even m1 Mac is out budget right now 😊❤
I use my iPad M1 Pro 11 inch mostly to watch Zollotech videos on youtube I don’t see any reason to upgrade 😜 just got my iPhone 16 pro and still teaching Siri how to talk to me
M1 users should wait for M5, but anybody using an Intel MBP should upgrade. Only scenario to not upgrade from Intel is a 100% maxed out 16" 2019 with an i9-9980HK, 64GB of RAM, 8TB of Storage, a 5600M, and even a 6900 XT eGPU.
A ~12% performance difference between the M3 and M4 Max in the Xcode benchmark (the only benchmark I am interested in anyway) isn't as good as I was expecting truth be told. There has been so much hype about these M4 chips but that isn't anything special. It is the expected 10-15% year on year gains yet with all the hype I have heard people talking about with the M4 I was expecting something closer to 30% gains. I get 104 seconds on my M2 Max 64GB/1TB which puts the M4 Max (with double the RAM) at ~25% improvement over my M2 Max which lines up as expected. Looks like it will probably be the M6 where I think about looking to replace my M2 with a new machine as we should be hitting ~50% performance gains then. Also hopefully a redesign in 2026 to go with the M6 if the leaks are true. Also am I alone in wishing Apple would just ditch the notch and webcam entirely now we can use the continuity camera via iPhone that looks 10x better than the webcam? I would rather lose the notch and have no webcam than have the notch just for that mid-tier webcam. Hopefully if they switch to Tandem OLED like with the iPad Pro they drop the notch if all it is going to house is a webcam. Total waste on an otherwise lovely display imho.
@@jameshiggins26 Wouldn't be so bad if it actually had a super high quality webcam in it (or FaceID however I personally don't want FaceID on my MacBook, I prefer to have something that requires me to physically trigger authentication such as touching the TouchID button. For example I don't want my passwords app or photos delete items to auto-unlock because I just happen to be looking at the screen!). But for the meh quality webcam it currently has I would prefer they remove it and just use a MagSafe clip with my phone to attach it to the screen when needed which is what I currently do and it is so much better than the build in webcam.
I hope the redesign for 2026 is not smaller and thinner again since we are at the limit of this thermal envelope right now. Newer chips need more power, more power means more heat and fan noise. So Apple needs a beefier cooling system.
Did you use the MLX version or the regular version? MLX should have higher performance. If you haven't used MLX can you please rerun with MLX and at least pin a comment with those results? Of course feel free to make a video about it if you think it's worth your time.
What annoys me with Apple they announce a new feature brighter outside but it’s just unlocking software limit for old ones, vivid lets M1 Max go max brightness anytime even indoors with out auto brightness on
$7000 is crazy! 😂 Who would even use that to its fullest potential? I’m thinking my M3 pro is OP for what I’m using it for 😂 BUT the tech Magpie in me always wants the biggest, the best and shiniest new tech, unfortunately I’m married and the old crow won’t allow this magpie anything new and shiny now 😭😂😂
Yeah, it shouldn’t be called that it should be called space gray. However, in my videos, I always try to make it look the exact same. It looks in normal light if you’re holding onto it.
Bought the M4 maxed out. Now I'm surfing UA-cam on it, watching unboxing videos. Unleashing the true power of this machine! 🔥🔥🔥
You have to start somewhere
LOL :D unleashing the power with browsing? what a waste of money!
@@ia6980 pro chrome Surfers can bring a main frame to its knees!
I’m still holding onto my M1 Max lol. I have still not been able to use all the power in it. Still looks the same visually. Maybe in 3-4 years I’ll look at an upgrade
Same I don’t even know why to upgrade. People around me still use windows laptops that are even 3-5 times slower then the M1 Max. As long as the design doesn’t change will probably not get a new one the coming years because this machine does everything for me
Same. Only limiting thing I couldn’t predict was I got a 16GB ram and my ML workflows development requires probably a bit more, but I can go another 1-3 years with how fast this M1 Max is before upgrading. Probably when they add OLED
for the majority of tasks there is very little reason to upgrade. With M4 Max I would ay running LLM's in AI based apps would be one reason and maybe large video edits or something along those lines. Otherwise there is no need.
Same m1 iPad. There has yet to be anything I can’t have.
@@jensbouma123What about Apple intelligence.
This m4 is my first MacBook , it’s going pretty smooth as a new user. Battery life is awesome.
I finally upgrade my MacBook Pro 2017 intel 15 inch to the M4 Pro (1T/48G). My old Mac is so laggy and used replace the whole motherboard for 280 USD. Now I am so excited for my new Mac 😎
Winner!
I did the same thing !! 2017 15 inch i7 16gb 4 gb graphics (most useless thing) to 2024 m4 pro 48 gb ram 14 core
@ haha congratulations! How’s your old Mac. Mine is so laggy even on multiple chrome tabs
I just went from an 8GB binned M1 to an unbinned M4 Pro 48GB. It’s a quantum leap
Not a MacBook, but still happy with my M1 iMac with 16Gb RAM for everyday tasks, and a bit of photoshopping, coding and light gaming. Tempted by the upgrade marketing but honestly the M1 is still pretty phenomenal.
All the Macbook pro M1 pro and M1 Max users gather here , still going strong.
Great benchmark! It was truly engaging, and I thoroughly enjoyed the detailed insights provided on the M family CPUs and GPUs. However, it would be fantastic to include benchmarks for Blender, gaming, and Excel (at least to understand why the M4 advertises it, haha). These applications are incredibly popular, and including benchmarks for them would provide us with a more comprehensive understanding of how the new chips perform in real-world scenarios. Additionally, it would be incredibly helpful to include graphs comparing CPU, CPU & GPU, and neural network performance. I eagerly anticipate more updates like this.
Furthermore, I’ve never encountered such a diverse range of benchmarks in any other UA-camr . Your efforts truly deserve praise!
How has your M3 space gray held up? I want space black but I hear mixed experience regarding the edges wearing prematurely exposing the silver underneath, etc. Yours looks pretty good on screen after a year.
Man your thumbnails are absolutely top notch they are so pleasing to look at and so beautifully aesthetic.
Fantastic review. Well done!
Tomorrow getting 16inch M4 Max Iam upgrading from i5 MacBook Pro 2019 iam so excited 🎉
Thats a huge upgrade.
128 gigs of RAM. That’s insane.
I think nano texture spresds the reflection and decrease contrast and image quality overall, no black blacks - it's a rule for matte display texture... Great video!
I am not sure if it is my imagination but the nano texture display looks more accurate on these new MacBooks Pro, compared to the nano texture used on iPad or Studio Display. I haven’t seen any of these nano texture screens in real life though, but based on videos I have seen, these new MacBooks Pro screens look awesome 🤔. The extra brightness might be a factor…
I grabbed a iPad Pro w the nano and love it! Ordered a new M4 w the nano textured glass! The way the cloth cleans the glass is amazing still have yet to need spray with the cloth.
Best video so far comparing M3 MAX vs M4 MAX
Thank you and glad you liked it
Finally someone testing llms Thanks . Order the base Mac mini with 32gb and 512 storage can’t wait 😅
Just ordered 16 inch m3 max for price of 16 inch m4 pro 48gb. Should I keep or get m4 pro instead.
I would keep a M3 max due to it higher performance GPU and CPU.
Kinda confused why apple didn’t include a new wallpaper. This is my first time not seeing a new wallpaper on a new product(apart from the iMac)
I returned M4 pro with 20-core GPU and bought the base M4 Max with 36-core GPU because I needed a machine that can run 70B parameters LLM. The M4 pro was powerful but can’t run it while the M4 Max runs without hesitation. I do think that 24gb vs 36gm memory and the M4 Max’s larger memory bandwidth can be also the key reasons for the Max
ty this guy only through all tags posible at tittle and no LLM talk
Thank you for including the Draw Things comparison. It's an APP I've been using more lately and the M1 vs M4 comparison hit home. Essentially about a 30% speed gain. Not convinced that's worth the high upgrade price. I'd love to see at least a 2X performance increase. Maybe the M5 will deliver that.
Probably one of the best reviews. I am buying the same hi-end configuration.
Since I'm currently on an M3 Pro MacBook Pro, there's no point to upgrade to the M4 Pro other than the brighter screen, better performance, Thunderbolt 5 and Apple Intelligence, I will be holding off on my laptop until they introduce an OLED MacBook Pro. This comparison is useful Aaron!
I’m an average user, some scheduling, emailing, note taking, web browsing etc and I love my M1 MacBook Air
I bought the new MacBook Pro earlier this year. Once the MacBook Air came out with the M3, I traded the Pro. I LOVE the new Air. 15" with 16GB of RAM. For what I use it for, it's terrific. Much thinner and lighter than the Pro.
It’s funny that you look at accessories as paper and power supply, before look at the top M4 max computer, that would cost around 9500 $ in Denmark. !!!
BTW love your very detailed and fine videos.
When the price is not one of the first "specs" noted, you know it is just a sales video. It is a great laptop, but very few people need this considering the price vs. last year's M3 models.
Could you test how different the training times are when creating a machine learning model in CreateML?
Thanks agian Erin for al of you content 👍 keep going 😀
Are the colours muted & the sharpness/depth of the screen affected with the nano texture?
they are on my studio display. went with standard for my m4.
no, not on the new macbook displays. it's definitely better than teh studio display nano texture.
8:44 I think the M3 look better - natural and not overly processed
My MacBook Air is pre M1 and serves me well. I use my older iPad air for most things.
Thank you for your wonderful voice, which one should I get for graphic design&ai jobs.
Thanks for the fantastic comparison, very cool overview! Did you notice any coil whine on the M4 max while under heavy cpu load?
Not at all thankfully
@ cool, thanks for your answer 🙂👍
best review easy to understand thnx. just focus on real life scenarios then u are the beast
I’d like to see M4 MAX 16in versus M4 MAX 14in (both with specs MAXed out). I’d like to know if the performance is worth the extra bulk and weight.
Great review! Do you think migration assistant between macs is faster than putting a time machine backup on a new mac from a external hard drive?
That’s the same thing really. You use migration assistant with Time Machine as well.
@@zollotech OK thank you for responding I appreciate it! I wasn't sure.
Can you compare the pro chips from M1 to M4?
Should I buy the 14” M4 MacBook Pro / M4 Mac Mini - with the m4 pro 24gb ram 512gb ssd or m4 16gb ram 512gb ssd configuration for my use case? I need it for beginners photo and video editing, programming, web browsing, watching yt videos, listening to music and podcasts with high quality audio interface and headphones amp, taking it to university with me sometimes, and media consumption.
Either of those would work just fine in that scenario, but I would go for the most RAM you can afford as you cannot upgrade it in the future.
@ Ok, thank you Aaron! And which Mac model do you recommend for me if I’m not sure I will take it out for university if needed? Then Mac mini is better to combine with a dell 2723qe 4k 60hz monitor? Or I should still get the 14” MacBook Pro for the added portability choice if needed?
For university I would not even consider the mac mini, take the MacBook!
@ Thank you! But again I’m not sure if I will take out the machine or not, that’s why I thought of getting the machine mini since it’s a better price to performance ratio than a MacBook. However if getting a MacBook instead, then shout I go for MacBook Pro 14” m4 pro 24gb ram 512gb ssd or MacBook Air m3 15” 16gb ram 512gb ssd? I also want to get the new gaming of from my old one so I want to get both gaming windows pc and a Mac too.
Was waiting for this video, as always great work, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just made this upgrade. M1 to M4
Nice, for me stick at m3 max
How’s the experience been so far for you / how do you feel about the purchase?
@@damiantosd8720 should have waited till 2026 for re design
@ 2 years I will upgrade again lol I use for work so business pays for upgrades
@ that’s pretty cool; I want it just for the new space black colour but can’t pay all this money just for a new colour lol
Can you use latest Cinebench and test again?
that was the latest available in the app store
@zollotech Ok. I thought you take it from their website.
still rocking base m1 air but slowly getting out of RAM since I started doing more multitasking :D
macOS will use all the ram it has available usually so its fine if it usues it as long as its performing fine.
I wanna see a comparison between the Intel MacBook pro and the m4
You can see those with the M1 when it came out. The M1 blows away any Intel MacBook.
Wow. Starting to think about upgrading.
@@zollotech Can you do one for the m4 vs intel. There are a lot of people with late top spec 2017,18, 19 who are going to upgrade this year
Bought M4 max . but didn't feel any difference compared by M1 pro . need suggestion can I switch M4 max to m4 pro with 48GB Ram. I have memory intensive development apps.
watching on my M3 Max macbook pro 16in 16/40 with 64gb ram and 4tb ssd, do i need to upgrade? i heard good news
I'm still using my Late 2019 MacBook Pro with the I9 Processor in it and I'm definitely considering an upgrade. I have used it heavily causing the battery to degrade and the fans to spin up faster and harder now that I'm running the MacOS 15 Dev. Betas. Can't say that I will trade it in thought considering it doesn't have much trade in value and it's also the last Mac with the touch bar. Great video, definitely helped me decide which model I'm going to upgrade to.
Looks great. I’ve got an M2 air, thinking of going for the M4 pro with 1tb of storage
thinking about M1 pro to the m4 pro or the max 64gb ... hmm
Amazing. I’m using an MacBook Air m1. It’s an amazing device 😊
How are the fan noise compared between all 3?
the same
@zollotech thnx
Im a graphic designer and I wanna upgrade from the 2022 M2 air 8gb ram 256GB hard drive. I have a budget of about $1400 I’m wondering if I could get a M1 MacBook Pro for that and would that be a significant upgrade or it would be better upgrading to a M4 Mac Mini Pro
If mobility is not needed, I'd definitely go for the Mini + 4-8GB external SSD.
I will upgrade next year because my M1 Max is still an absolute beast, anyone agree as I would be interested to know….thanks Aaron always the go to guy,
Love, Purpose n Peace MCD
Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.
The Space Black on this new model reminds me more of the Space Gray on the iMac Pro rather than a Space "BlacK"
I think I’ll keep my M1 Max for another year and get an M5 Max with all the trimmings 😋
Got your notification aaron
which Mac would you recommend to me if I do trading and watch a lot of UA-cam and streams, MacBook Air m3 15 inch or MacBook Pro m3 14 inch
It depends if you want HDR or not. The pro has a 120 Hz display with HDR capability where the error does not. However, for what you’re doing you don’t need the processor of the pro
@ I guess the air might be a better choice, I also use the laptop in bed a lot! Thank you sir
Trust me. The MacBook Pro will serve you much better in the long run and is much more powerful and has a nicer screen.
How do I make your videos not so widescreen?
You can’t unless you zoom in. They are created that way on purpose.
And here is poor me, buying the discontinued MacbookAir M1 2020 refurbished for $497!😢
Nothing wrong with that computer. My M1 iMac is still fast.
nothing wrong with that. That is a great value.
@@zollotech I am gonna use it for running blender
That Xcode benchmark on M1 Max is off by a lot. Are you sure there isn't anything installed to slow it down? It should be arounf 152seconds. Certainly not 360s.
Yes. I installed the latest version of Xcode and there’s nothing else running.
Why youre tests showing different results? Other vids showed over 50% faster on m4 over m1, how u have few seconds difference between m1 or m4?
no idea as I haven't looked at others videos, but the results are the results. This is real world testing like for like with lots of apps loaded, different real world tests. I just ran them and this is what they get. Not sure what test you are referring to, but the video export test could come down to the codec used or something else.
@zollotech ok qs please, so video exporting will be pretty much same with 1hr 4k video on m1 max vs m4 max? With just time of exporting just a little longer?...im thinking to return my m4 max and get used m1 max...i needed it mostly for 4k vide editing, and sometimes hour long videos with effects and luts. M1 max i can get for 1.6k used, vs 5k for medium m4 max spec
Been 2 months i upgraded from Intel core i3 10110u and mx 230 laptop to M3 Macbook air 15"
I am going from M1 Air -> M4 Max, waiting for custom options in my country
I have order the mid-range max with 16 cores, 64gb, 2 tb and, nano display config.
Anyone else getting a iMessage bug where your text message is there in the morning but doesn’t show as a notification even with notifications toggle on ?
Why run the M1 on an outdated OS version?
because it doesnt really matter and many people don't update their macs to the latest version for a long time.
My first family computer was 66 MHz
Edit: and it was a $2000 computer that was top-of-the-line for its time. “IBM!”
You forgot to test blender on metal (to test ray tracing changes)
ah, should have done that too. could do another if people want to know more.
That’s over $12,000 in Canada after tax if you have AppleCare
I still use my 10 year old MacBook Pro daily. The battery has died so the computer draws power directly from the adapter.
thanks
The m4 max is disappointing. The only thing I'm happy about is the increase in points per CPU core, everything else is also a bit higher, but this is achieved by higher frequencies and higher consumption. M3 max was already hot, m4 max is even hotter. And according to all tests it is clear that its autonomy is worse than m3 max. No wonder it's so hard to find a comparison of these processors on youtube, there's nothing much to show
Great Aaron ❤😊n I still have to wait until I can afford to buy whichever one I can afford right now I think m1 Mac is probably the best bet for me bc the other ones way out of my budget for me n even m1 Mac is out budget right now 😊❤
I knew it Apple didn’t add stickers to the m4 MacBooks
Why is the read speed slower than the write speed? I would expect it to be the reverse.
That happens on the latest macbooks often for some reason, but both are crazy fast
Is Apple going to sell a lower cost laptop soon?
They sell the MacBook Air which is pretty reasonable
@ oh yes.
Migration Assistant should be available between iPhones, too - since they accept a USB-C-connected SSD. It takes forever using iCloud or my Wi-Fi.
Yes, that would be great to be able to do it after the iPhone is setup
Wait for the 2nm tandem OLED MacBook Pro 2026
i made the upgrade from M1 pro to m4 max
I’m considering doing the same. Where do you notice the most change in your workflow? Would you say it is worth it?
I use my iPad M1 Pro 11 inch mostly to watch Zollotech videos on youtube I don’t see any reason to upgrade 😜 just got my iPhone 16 pro and still teaching Siri how to talk to me
M1 users should wait for M5, but anybody using an Intel MBP should upgrade. Only scenario to not upgrade from Intel is a 100% maxed out 16" 2019 with an i9-9980HK, 64GB of RAM, 8TB of Storage, a 5600M, and even a 6900 XT eGPU.
what does the password app use so much system memory on the M3 Pro Version 15.2 Beta 24C5079e ?
Just saying the number $7349 when referring to a laptop feels surreal.
I don't understand the white charging block with a black charging cord, especially for a 7,000$ computer.
A ~12% performance difference between the M3 and M4 Max in the Xcode benchmark (the only benchmark I am interested in anyway) isn't as good as I was expecting truth be told. There has been so much hype about these M4 chips but that isn't anything special. It is the expected 10-15% year on year gains yet with all the hype I have heard people talking about with the M4 I was expecting something closer to 30% gains. I get 104 seconds on my M2 Max 64GB/1TB which puts the M4 Max (with double the RAM) at ~25% improvement over my M2 Max which lines up as expected. Looks like it will probably be the M6 where I think about looking to replace my M2 with a new machine as we should be hitting ~50% performance gains then. Also hopefully a redesign in 2026 to go with the M6 if the leaks are true.
Also am I alone in wishing Apple would just ditch the notch and webcam entirely now we can use the continuity camera via iPhone that looks 10x better than the webcam? I would rather lose the notch and have no webcam than have the notch just for that mid-tier webcam. Hopefully if they switch to Tandem OLED like with the iPad Pro they drop the notch if all it is going to house is a webcam. Total waste on an otherwise lovely display imho.
Absolutely agree with your thoughts about the notch. It needs to go.
@@jameshiggins26 Wouldn't be so bad if it actually had a super high quality webcam in it (or FaceID however I personally don't want FaceID on my MacBook, I prefer to have something that requires me to physically trigger authentication such as touching the TouchID button. For example I don't want my passwords app or photos delete items to auto-unlock because I just happen to be looking at the screen!). But for the meh quality webcam it currently has I would prefer they remove it and just use a MagSafe clip with my phone to attach it to the screen when needed which is what I currently do and it is so much better than the build in webcam.
I hope the redesign for 2026 is not smaller and thinner again since we are at the limit of this thermal envelope right now. Newer chips need more power, more power means more heat and fan noise. So Apple needs a beefier cooling system.
Best value: refurb m3 max 128gb ram
Did you use the MLX version or the regular version? MLX should have higher performance. If you haven't used MLX can you please rerun with MLX and at least pin a comment with those results? Of course feel free to make a video about it if you think it's worth your time.
What annoys me with Apple they announce a new feature brighter outside but it’s just unlocking software limit for old ones, vivid lets M1 Max go max brightness anytime even indoors with out auto brightness on
the M3 Max webcam looks better
Desk speed test 😂
fixed lol
Gray laptop. White charger. Black cable.
How does apple do it, They use the same words every year to make us buy the same product all the time.
Still nothing compelling to update from the M1 Max
Correct, there’s very little reason to do tha
5k is no reason at all to upgrade, just so u can wait 20 min less? I can wait 20 -30 min any time over paying 5k
@ I agree
As a video editor with M1 Max… I will wait for the M4 Studio with M4 Ultra chip. This will be a BEAST🔥
Camera looks better on m3 centre stage uses ultra wide so less quality
Waiting for the M5 and sane storage & RAM pricing, otherwise I’ll use my M1 Max until it’s EOL on macOS and then I’ll run Linux on it.
I believe after m7, apple will have new jump in tech, like intel to m1 chip, no reason to upgrade if u have m1 max
Apple upgrade and redesign their computers every 4 years why not upgrade every 4-5 years people?
$7000 is crazy! 😂 Who would even use that to its fullest potential? I’m thinking my M3 pro is OP for what I’m using it for 😂 BUT the tech Magpie in me always wants the biggest, the best and shiniest new tech, unfortunately I’m married and the old crow won’t allow this magpie anything new and shiny now 😭😂😂
7:36 apparently M4 macs have a new quantum dot display, which is why it is brighter and more accurate, it's like an easter egg nobody knows about.
lmao aaron what do you need 128gb of ram for ? man that is literally maxed out thats crazy
why not?
How is this space black? The background lights show a space grey or even grey color. Comparing to other vids the laptop looks black, lmao
Yeah, it shouldn’t be called that it should be called space gray. However, in my videos, I always try to make it look the exact same. It looks in normal light if you’re holding onto it.