Cyber Monday is here, and the laptop deals are hot. One of the best I’ve seen so far is this deal on the brand-new Apple MacBook M4 on sale at Amazon for just $1,400 — the lowest price ever for this top-of-the-line laptop.
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The MacBook Pro M4 wasn’t even released a month ago and features Apple’s top-tier, most advanced processor to date, the M4 Silicon chip with a 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU, and 512GB of storage. This thing is a powerhouse, made to handle demanding workloads, especially while plugged into multiple monitors at the same time.
The mini LED display on the MacBook Pro M4 also looks great. It has 1,000 nits of brightness at SDR and 1,600 nits at HDR — one of the brightest around — and pairs well with the optional nano-texture coating. The matte layering reduces glare and makes it look better under indoor lighting, while the sheer brightness makes for a high-end visual experience for entertainment and creative tasks.
The MacBook M4 Pro also comes with some nice hardware upgrades — notably, the USB-C Thunderbolt 5 ports — becoming some of the first laptops to support transfer speeds faster than 120Gbps, 240W charging, and fantastic performance with external monitors. For professional creatives who use external GPUs and need a portable system that can move large files in a flash, this alone could make the MacBook Pro M4 a worthy upgrade. Just know that this only applies to the M4 Pro and M4 Max-equipped models, not the base M4, which this deal is for.
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Of course, we must talk about battery life, which is phenomenal from what we’ve tested. Apple advertises up to 24 hours of juice, the first for any Mac. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro or M4 Max get the full-day rating, while the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro or M4 Max falls just short at 22 hours.
This sale is on the MacBook Pro M4 with the 16GB of unified memory and the 512GB SSD, making it the most inexpensive configuration of the laptop. Keep in mind, however, that this is among the lowest prices we’ve ever seen for the newest version of a MacBook Pro.
Apple is pushing for far more aggressive sale prices on its newest laptops to keep pace with the other manufacturers for Cyber Monday, and if you’ve got your eyes on a new MacBook Pro M4, you’re not likely to see this kind of a sale price again any time soon.
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Cyber Monday always occurs on the Monday following Thanksgiving. This year, it is on Monday, Dec. 2.
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