OMG, I used to watch this channel during my college days, never knew its still in existence. Nice to find it back nostalgic. I used to love her in-depth reviews...
It’s refreshing to see this channel after so many years.A proper review and recommendations with understandable comparisons like with the 4070 graphics card or the nano texture display.
Thanks Lisa! Decided to go back to a 16" Traded a 14" M3 Pro MBP 12/18/18. It was a great computer, but the M4 16" 14/20/24 I have how smokes it. Crazy fast computer. Dream to photo edit on.
Great video but felt like u rushed it Maybe showng how u can connect external monitors etc. Wouldve been good As this is really confusing with applr devices
Lisa Ive been watching your reviews for years, youre amazing! I remember back in the day I just to just watch for fun to see all the cool tech out there. You’re definitely still the top reviewer to me! Thank you for keeping your channel alive and the quality top notch! Blessings 🙏
One of the best tech reviewers on RUclips. Right to the point, no overwhelming stats, and she always seems to know what's important to tell her audience. Thanks Lisa!
I think the extra P-cores of M4 Pro are worth the $150 premium for students and educators if you were considering the upgrade to 24 GB RAM. Just comparing the base model M4 Pro to the same configuration with M4, I think that upgrade is worth it. My bias is that my workflows benefit from extra performance cores. If you feel that the extra $200 isn’t worth it for 24 GB RAM over 16, I would caution you that the machine will likely last to the point where 16 GB feels like 8 GB feels today - very tight - and so the $2000 / $1850 for education M4 Pro model might be the sweet spot MacBook overall. On the Mac mini, I feel differently. The base model of that machine is so jaw-droppingly cheap that I think you just grin and bare the anemic storage and RAM. And even if you do upgrade them, the upgrade to M4 Pro for some reason costs $400 extra instead of $200/$150 on the MacBook, so you have to really need extra performance cores in that form factor to even consider it. Zooming out a bit, a functional Mac mini with M4 can be had for $499/$599, or around a third of the price of the lowest M4 Pro configuration, and so clearly the value is in that base model if you can possibly make it work. If you want both a USB-C port on the right side of your laptop and a 15” screen, you have to pay up for the 16” MacBook Pro, though you can basically shop anything used or refurbished back to M1 Pro. If you’re willing to concede screen real estate, I think it’s awesome that the base model 14” comes with USB-C on both sides. I’m a DJ, and I find the MacBook Pro port selection essentially perfect. Power in if needed, digital I/O on both sides, and headphones and HDMI supported. The biggest drawback of the MacBook Air 15” for me is the lack of a USB-C port on the right side, and an honorable mention is the lack of HDMI. The fact that the MacBook Pro 14” base model comes with less insulting storage and the M4 Pro config comes with more RAM sweeten the deal on the MBP compared to the Air, and make at least the 14” model worth the weight difference from the Air. I have a 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro at the moment, and if it were to buy over again today, knowing what I know now about my own lack of interest in laptop gaming, and how easy video DJ effects are to run, I’d be looking at the base model 14” or the M4 Pro upgrade, and saving myself the extra heft of the 16” model - maybe. I have to admit that the screen real estate of the 16” model and its battery life are enough to move the needle, and the quieter fan performance due to extra mass to distribute the heatload are nice. I really want to like the 14” and to get the weight of my backpack down in general, but the 16” is just so awesome!
Almost forgot the nano texture glass. Reviewers have universally praised it, and though I haven’t seen it for myself, I am pretty sure I’m sold on that upgrade for my next machine.
Re binning: all processors are binned. All, no exceptions. It's a matter of whether they're top binned, salvage binned, or scrap binned (aka loss). There can be any number of salvage bins, 0 (not sure if any company does 0), 1 like Apple, or dozens like Intel. Salvage is a good thing. It means that a chip is functional, just not stable up to the desired speed, or has defects but can be made fully functional by disabling parts of it. In the case of very large processor dies like some Nvidia chips, there may not be a true top bin, even the top spec product is a salvage bin because they expect yields to be too low to bother - yes a $40,000 H200 is partially cut down. Its been a peev of mine ever since Apple fans discovered the word and started using it wrong.
the display actually uses new technology, Apple is using quantum dots film this year, even better color control and wider color, better display response time and power consumption.
😂🎉 wonderful review as always! I switched to MacBook Pro 💻 after 30 years of Windows PCs and laptops when the M1 came out! I’m STILL rocking the M1, base Pro. 😅 still incredible battery 🔋 life and does everything snappy. My videos render super-fast, and just the over-all experience of the screen, best speakers 🔊 here on the 16”, best trackpad, etc. I won’t need to upgrade for a while still. Maybe 🤔 when they upgrade the design or get even better battery life. 😅
I'm thinking about getting this Pro with M4 Pro but I have to be sure about this. Coming from Pro 13' 2015. Gonna be Software Development student. Is this a good choice?
I am on 14" M1 Pro (10 / 32 / 4). It is just amazing size. If you work with external display anyway - it is the best for portability and taking it places for some outside work. I just wish Apple would of offer M4 Pro with 64GB of RAM in MBP like in Mac Mini.
As always, Apple leads in the hardware department. They know the shit. Even when everyone rides the OLED bandwagon, they stick to what works and arguably still the better display tech. Apple gets it. OLED has too many drawbacks just for the small increase in contrast versus mini LED. All other manufacturers shove down OLED on their laptops because it's a marketable spec. Those vendors love the fact that the display is dying so people would have to buy replacement screens in 12 months or so!
The last sentence made me . For ages Apple have designed their laptops in a way that if you close the lid you will damage your screen physically regardless what you do. You might then live with it, gaslighting yourself into Apple submission, or you pay for a replacement. And in the next 12 months (if you care) you pay for another one. And so on.
@@gpeaes I wasn't even thinking about gaming. If you compare side by side with Android products or Windows in any category of device against Apple,,, Apple always loses. Whether it's phones, tablets or PC s,, all you're doing is spending more when you buy Apple. You're not not getting the best. Been there done that.
@@bobasquid3339 Still wrong. Shows how much you know. Per watt, Apple silicon is the most powerful computing available. Do some research next time, child.
OMG, I used to watch this channel during my college days, never knew its still in existence. Nice to find it back nostalgic. I used to love her in-depth reviews...
Same thing here glad to see her channel grew tremendously
Totally forgot about it too.
Notifications are awesome ❤
Same!
I remember Lisa doing Palm Pilot reviews! Nice to see the channel's well-deserved success!
It’s refreshing to see this channel after so many years.A proper review and recommendations with understandable comparisons like with the 4070 graphics card or the nano texture display.
Thanks Lisa! Decided to go back to a 16" Traded a 14" M3 Pro MBP 12/18/18. It was a great computer, but the M4 16" 14/20/24 I have how smokes it. Crazy fast computer. Dream to photo edit on.
Another great video. Lisa you are on my top 3 reviewer that trust.
Hey Lisa! Haven’t seen your videos in awhile. Nice to see you still plugging away with great reviews.
😎👍
I really appreciated this video! You really made me think differently about the nano texture display. Now I get it. 👍🏻
Thank you, Lisa! I love your reviews. I hope to see you here for years to come!
Whoa. A MacBook with a matte screen! The nano texture is awesome for reducing eye strain for prolonged work sessions!
Great video but felt like u rushed it
Maybe showng how u can connect external monitors etc. Wouldve been good
As this is really confusing with applr devices
Finally! I was wondering when will you up M4 review ever since the announcement.
Lisa Ive been watching your reviews for years, youre amazing! I remember back in the day I just to just watch for fun to see all the cool tech out there. You’re definitely still the top reviewer to me! Thank you for keeping your channel alive and the quality top notch! Blessings 🙏
Great tip on the external storage. Great review
Lisa - It would be great to see your review on the new Mini. Many are classing it as portable….. somehow?? 👍
One of the best tech reviewers on RUclips. Right to the point, no overwhelming stats, and she always seems to know what's important to tell her audience. Thanks Lisa!
Lisa reviews for the win. Love you Lisa.
Does the new tinier Mac Mini count as mobile enough now to get a review here? Hope so :)
I was tempted, very tempted to review it!
@@mobiletechreview Do it please! Get one of those Everki backpacks and stuff the biggest portable monitor you can!
@@mobiletechreview 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Love your shirt.
Really want to upgrade my MacAir19 T__T
Hoping you review the m4 mac mini soonish. As a windows user that has barely given apple a glance, the new mini suddenly seems enticing
I really really really want to upgrade from my M1 Air 8gb, but the thing is still so damn good...
thank you linda
How is the fan noise in the base M4 with day to day tasks?
Pretty much non-existent on our M4 Pro high core count model. The base model would run even cooler and quieter.
@ Thanks!
best reviewer out there. M4 Mini review is sth we are all waiting
I think the extra P-cores of M4 Pro are worth the $150 premium for students and educators if you were considering the upgrade to 24 GB RAM. Just comparing the base model M4 Pro to the same configuration with M4, I think that upgrade is worth it. My bias is that my workflows benefit from extra performance cores. If you feel that the extra $200 isn’t worth it for 24 GB RAM over 16, I would caution you that the machine will likely last to the point where 16 GB feels like 8 GB feels today - very tight - and so the $2000 / $1850 for education M4 Pro model might be the sweet spot MacBook overall. On the Mac mini, I feel differently. The base model of that machine is so jaw-droppingly cheap that I think you just grin and bare the anemic storage and RAM. And even if you do upgrade them, the upgrade to M4 Pro for some reason costs $400 extra instead of $200/$150 on the MacBook, so you have to really need extra performance cores in that form factor to even consider it. Zooming out a bit, a functional Mac mini with M4 can be had for $499/$599, or around a third of the price of the lowest M4 Pro configuration, and so clearly the value is in that base model if you can possibly make it work. If you want both a USB-C port on the right side of your laptop and a 15” screen, you have to pay up for the 16” MacBook Pro, though you can basically shop anything used or refurbished back to M1 Pro. If you’re willing to concede screen real estate, I think it’s awesome that the base model 14” comes with USB-C on both sides. I’m a DJ, and I find the MacBook Pro port selection essentially perfect. Power in if needed, digital I/O on both sides, and headphones and HDMI supported. The biggest drawback of the MacBook Air 15” for me is the lack of a USB-C port on the right side, and an honorable mention is the lack of HDMI. The fact that the MacBook Pro 14” base model comes with less insulting storage and the M4 Pro config comes with more RAM sweeten the deal on the MBP compared to the Air, and make at least the 14” model worth the weight difference from the Air. I have a 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro at the moment, and if it were to buy over again today, knowing what I know now about my own lack of interest in laptop gaming, and how easy video DJ effects are to run, I’d be looking at the base model 14” or the M4 Pro upgrade, and saving myself the extra heft of the 16” model - maybe. I have to admit that the screen real estate of the 16” model and its battery life are enough to move the needle, and the quieter fan performance due to extra mass to distribute the heatload are nice. I really want to like the 14” and to get the weight of my backpack down in general, but the 16” is just so awesome!
Almost forgot the nano texture glass. Reviewers have universally praised it, and though I haven’t seen it for myself, I am pretty sure I’m sold on that upgrade for my next machine.
Re binning: all processors are binned. All, no exceptions. It's a matter of whether they're top binned, salvage binned, or scrap binned (aka loss). There can be any number of salvage bins, 0 (not sure if any company does 0), 1 like Apple, or dozens like Intel. Salvage is a good thing. It means that a chip is functional, just not stable up to the desired speed, or has defects but can be made fully functional by disabling parts of it. In the case of very large processor dies like some Nvidia chips, there may not be a true top bin, even the top spec product is a salvage bin because they expect yields to be too low to bother - yes a $40,000 H200 is partially cut down.
Its been a peev of mine ever since Apple fans discovered the word and started using it wrong.
Nice to see you!
the display actually uses new technology, Apple is using quantum dots film this year, even better color control and wider color, better display response time and power consumption.
😂🎉 wonderful review as always! I switched to MacBook Pro 💻 after 30 years of Windows PCs and laptops when the M1 came out! I’m STILL rocking the M1, base Pro. 😅 still incredible battery 🔋 life and does everything snappy. My videos render super-fast, and just the over-all experience of the screen, best speakers 🔊 here on the 16”, best trackpad, etc. I won’t need to upgrade for a while still. Maybe 🤔 when they upgrade the design or get even better battery life. 😅
I'm thinking about getting this Pro with M4 Pro but I have to be sure about this. Coming from Pro 13' 2015. Gonna be Software Development student. Is this a good choice?
perfect choice
You most likely don't even need the M4 Pro chip. Do some reasearch to be sure, but the base M4 will blow you away.
Nano texture !
From glare to glow !
I already bought a new Macbook Pro yesterday, but clicked on this video anyway, just because I love Lisa's reviews so much! 🤗
Ooo almost 1m subs!
I love you Lisa, you're the best reviewer! ❤
Re: x86, gamers appear to have had a pretty good year with the 9800x3D, if you can get your hands on one.
1M soon🎉
nice, but the 16“ would had been more interesting… better cooling, battery, screen size
I am on 14" M1 Pro (10 / 32 / 4). It is just amazing size.
If you work with external display anyway - it is the best for portability and taking it places for some outside work.
I just wish Apple would of offer M4 Pro with 64GB of RAM in MBP like in Mac Mini.
Nobody beats Lisa wearing a dragon ball z shirt
So glad matte screens are back!
Back? Huh? When did they go away?
Glossy screens never left
@@lambertj.2892 arg! I mean matte! 😅
@@lambertj.2892 2009, as I mentioned in this video. That's when Apple stopped offering MBPs with matte display options.
I have that same shirt!
Amazing!
I promised myself I could watch this and not want to trade in my MacBook Air. Somebody help me….
If your air isn’t keeping you from doing something than you are good. However if you want it and you’ve been a good human for for it
As always, Apple leads in the hardware department. They know the shit. Even when everyone rides the OLED bandwagon, they stick to what works and arguably still the better display tech. Apple gets it. OLED has too many drawbacks just for the small increase in contrast versus mini LED. All other manufacturers shove down OLED on their laptops because it's a marketable spec. Those vendors love the fact that the display is dying so people would have to buy replacement screens in 12 months or so!
The last sentence made me . For ages Apple have designed their laptops in a way that if you close the lid you will damage your screen physically regardless what you do. You might then live with it, gaslighting yourself into Apple submission, or you pay for a replacement. And in the next 12 months (if you care) you pay for another one. And so on.
Love the dragon ball z shirt!
The next gen displays Micro--LED will blow away mini led and oled.
I don't like space black it looks too much like a Dell.
The perfect non-fluff review, straight to the points and super helpful - Thank you!!
2024 battery life year
The OG reviewer delivers as always!
Cool❤
Do Ra Gu N Bo-- Ru Z!
ドラゴンボール Ｚ (Dragon Ball Z)
Still so ugly compared to the sharp edges of the original unibody models :(
Meh, I can wait for an oled panel.
Meh, Apple won't do it. For the reasons mentioned in this video.
Yay! 1st.
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First
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Mac?.fr? Still love your reviews though 🎮👍
Apple makes the best hardware and software, so yes. Not everything is about gaming.
@gpeaes Highly underpowered for being so overpriced. Overall inferior products.
@@bobasquid3339 wrong
@@gpeaes I wasn't even thinking about gaming. If you compare side by side with Android products or Windows in any category of device against Apple,,, Apple always loses. Whether it's phones, tablets or PC s,, all you're doing is spending more when you buy Apple. You're not not getting the best. Been there done that.
@@bobasquid3339 Still wrong. Shows how much you know. Per watt, Apple silicon is the most powerful computing available. Do some research next time, child.