🔥 M4 MacBook Pro First Impressions

In this video, I put Apple's latest 16” M4 Pro MacBook Pro through its paces against my trusted dual setup (M1 Max Studio + M1 14” Macbook Pro). We'll dive into a couple real performance tests, with SURPRISING results in Final Cut Pro, photo editing benchmarks, and real-world testing! Is this the perfect all-in-one solution for content creators? Let's find out!

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[vikram.SumerSingh]

solid editing skills and story telling

[eefernandezsoto]

¡Amazing review! ¡Congratulations! ¡Thanks!

[tonypardilla]

love your new editing style for your vids

[codegeass]

Would you say the sweet spot is the Macbook Pro 16" with the M4 Pro chip and 48GB RAM for professional photographers, video editors and graphic designers? Or do you think the Bind MacBook Pro 16" with the M4 Max chip and 36GB RAM would be a better choice?

[chrisbogart]

I also have the basic M1 Mac Studio as my main video editor but I had an 14" M1 MacBook Pro and traded in on the new 14 M4 MacBook Pro unbinned and 48G memory and 1Tb SSD for my field work since I keep my video and photo files on fast external SSDs and also have a NAS for long term storage and group access. I am patiently waiting for the new M4 Mac Studios to trade in my old work horse. Lessons learned - it will not be basic configuration this time. Getting memory is priority one, Priority two is unbinned, and then deciding if the Ulta may be best long term or not? Your logic is spot on and it all depends on your workflow and work environment.

[ahmeddeptto]

Hi, I would definitely recommend going with the 16-inch MacBook Pro Silver, not Space Black. And for the specs, I would recommend 128GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD so that you do not have to worry about the RAM and SSD in the future.

[JoelFabiani]

Got the same specs but in a 14" form factor. While I wait for it to arrive, I’m just binge-watching reviews. Haha! Congrats on your upgrade! Fun fact: my work laptop is also an M1 Max (16"), and I’m happy to hear it’ll give you an even better experience. 😊

[sidbrun_]

I really want to find out how much better 48GB RAM would be when using Lightroom Classic. I’m still torn between 24GB or 48GB, I don’t think 24GB is enough of a jump (From my 16GB) but 48GB sounds like too much and it’s so expensive 😬 how does the memory pressure look like when you have Lightroom open and scroll thru pics etc?

[figo]

I ordered this 16" but with less specs: 24gb ram and 1tb ssd. Arriving in about a week. How is the thermal and fan noise behaviour in your experience?

[sotonin]

You only had the 24 core m1 max... so yeah. M4 is better. if you had the 32 core it would be a bit better