M4 MacBook Air Marketing, Sales, Retail Teams Prepare for March Debut Apple has started preparing its marketing, sales, and retail teams as it gears up for the March release of new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models featuring M4 chips, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that current models are also seeing inventory drawn down at stores, which is anothe…

Which MacBook Pro to upgrade to? Currently editing on a MacBook Air M1 2020 8GB unified memory and need to upgrade. Considering the following options for moderate RAW image editing in LRC, PS and graphic making in Canva. Ever since I switched to the Canon R6 mark ii I’ve noticed serious slow downs on my Air so it’s time to upgrade. I’m curious: is RAM more important or is CPU/G…

iPad vs MacBook for editing? I’m almost exclusively a stills photographer. I do all of my editing on my Gen 3 iPad Pro (typically in Lightroom because mobile PS sucks) but I’m going to be upgrading my setup soon. My plan is to start making prints this year, and hopefully🤞a modest photo book, and my concern is image quality. How much difference will there be in the image qua…

The MacBook Air Turns 17 Today Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the MacBook Air 17 years ago today at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, captivating audiences with a groundbreaking design that set new industry standards. Jobs famously revealed the ‌MacBook Air‌ by pulling it out of an interoffice envelope to emphasize its unprecedentedly slim profile. The origina…

Amazon Takes Up to $400 Off M4 MacBook Pro, Available From $1,449 Today we’re tracking a collection of discounts on Apple’s M4 MacBook Pro at Amazon, including as much as $400 off select models of the computer. All of these deals have been applied automatically on Amazon and do not require an on-page coupon in order to see the final sale price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you clic…

5 Reasons to Wait for Next Year’s MacBook Pro Apple in October 2024 overhauled its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, adding M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips, Thunderbolt 5 ports on higher-end models, display changes, and more. That’s quite a lot of updates in one go, but if you think this means a further major refresh for the MacBook Pro is now several years away, think again. Bloomberg’s…

how to calibrate my new macbook air 15? Hi I just got a brand new macbook air 15 M3. As a photographer I care about display accuracy, so I like to calibrate my screen before editing on it. I have a few questions 1) I have a x-rite colormunki display from 2017 and used it to calibrate my macbook screen. I used both Calibrite Profiler and Display Cal. The profiles they create are very c…

The Zenbook A14 is Asus’ MacBook Air Asus is the latest to set its sights on Apple’s bread-and-butter laptop. | Image: AsusAsus’ new featherweight laptop is aiming to be the latest Windows rival to the Apple MacBook Air. The Asus Zenbook A14 is a new thin and light productivity machine announced at CES 2025 sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor for a claimed battery life of up…

Need advice: Upgrading from MacBook Pro for professional photo/video editing to? I’m a professional photographer (1.5 years in business) looking to upgrade from my MacBook Pro 2020 (8GB RAM) to a desktop setup. Current setup is falling short – apps keep crashing, and the 13″ screen feels too small. I use Lightroom and Photoshop, and want to expand into videography. I’ll keep using my MacBook Pro when traveling/on location, b…

New MacBook options? MacBook photo editors! Looking to finally upgrade my very old computer. Looking at a MacBook Pro 14”. Curious if you find the M4 Pro chip that much of an advantage. I could afford the M4 chip with 36GB of ram OR the M4 Pro with 24gb. Not sure which route to go submitted by /u/23maddog23

The MacBook Pro with M4 is matching its record low with $200 off The 14-inch MacBook Pro looks just as nicely as it performs. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeIn recent years, base MacBook Pro models have felt like an automatic skip. It made more sense to pay just a few hundred more for upgrades that truly justify the “Pro” moniker, or save money by stepping down to a MacBook Air without many sac…

Video: M4 MacBook Pro Review The 14-inch MacBook Pro is Apple’s only Mac that can be purchased with an M4 chip, M4 Pro chip, or M4 Max chip, so is the M4 powerful enough or is it better to get the M4 Pro or M4 Max? That’s the question we explore in our M4 MacBook Pro review. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Built on a 3-nanometer process, even th…

MacBook Pros With OLED Displays Won’t Have a Notch, Roadmap Shows Apple plans to remove the notch from the MacBook Pro in a few years from now, according to a roadmap shared by research firm Omdia. The roadmap shows that 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models released in 2026 will have a hole-punch camera at the top of the display, instead of a notch. It is unclear if there would simply be a pinhole in the di…

New MacBook Pro Speakers Are Most Affordable to Repair Since 2015 For the first time in nearly a decade, Apple is able to repair individual MacBook Pro speakers without replacing other components too. In a memo shared with Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, Apple said it is offering speakers as standalone repair parts for the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the M4, …

iFixit Shares M4 MacBook Pro Teardown Repair site iFixit today shared a teardown video of the M4 Pro MacBook Pro, giving us a look inside of the machine. Apple didn’t make any external design changes to the ‌MacBook Pro‌ models, but iFixit was hopeful for repairability improvements. Unfortunately, the M4 Pro ‌MacBook Pro‌ that iFixit took apart was almost identical to the M3 ‌MacB…

Apple Preparing for MacBook Pro Models With OLED Displays Apple has encouraged its display panel suppliers to scale up their investments in laptop-sized OLED displays, Taiwanese research firm TrendForce said in a press release this week. This revelation comes as Apple prepares to launch its first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays, which are likely still a few years away. In line with previous repo…

MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro Buyer’s Guide: 30+ Differences Compared Apple recently updated the MacBook Pro with the M4 series of chips and a series of other upgrades including a 12MP camera, a nano-texture display option, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity. The new machines follow updated MacBook Air models with the M3 chip that were released earlier in 2024, so how do the latest models compare? Despite now being s…

M4 Max MacBook Pro: Real-World Usage Tests Apple last week replaced the M3 Max MacBook Pro with the new M4 Max ‌MacBook Pro‌, and we picked up one of the new high-end ‌MacBook Pro‌ machines to see how it compares to the prior model with both benchmarks and real-world tests. We tested an M4 Max with a 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 48GB RAM against an M3 Max ‌MacBook Pro‌ with similar sp…

All MacBook Air Models Are on Sale Right Now The M3 MacBook Air has dropped to a record-low price of $799, the 16GB RAM M2 is now $749, and the M1 is $649.

Skipping the New MacBook Pro? Here Are the Rumors About M5 Models The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips launched in stores today. If you are not planning to upgrade this year, be aware that there are already rumors about next year’s MacBook Pro models with M5 series chips. It appears the MacBook Pro will remain on an annual upgrade cycle next year. Apple supply chain…