Which MacBook Should You Buy in 2025?

[@MaxTechOfficial]

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[@Newgen2023-ppp]

Thanks for always dropping very nice high quality videos. You have my respect 🫡🫡

[@ramblr5900]

opinions on the M1 Macbook Pro?

[@quicogil4565]

All of them are pretty great: M2 and M3 Air: Killer Entry-level machines for the majority of users M4 MBP: Solid value workhorse for most power users and light professionals M4 Pro MBP: Fast, reliable powerhouse for most Pro users M4 Max MBP: La créme de la créme for ultra high res photo, video, 3D work and gamers who need an amazing portable GPU For myself, I chose the full, unbinned M4 Pro with 1TB/24 RAM on the 14 inch. I don’t need the 48GB and feel that is the best all rounder configuration for my needs. Overall, as a person who’s generally preferred custom built PC’s, the current Mac lineup is arguably the strongest it’s ever been. The 600 dollar/700€ Mini M4 utterly humiliates basically every custom PC under a thousand.

[@akin242002]

Agreed, minus gaming.

[@sn-xc7rv]

@@akin242002 which is a pretty big reason why most people even build those custom PCs in the first place

[@ront335]

I'm still using my M1 MacBook Air, and it still performs beautifully. I feel no need whatsoever to upgrade.

[@mekullag]

I feel like for most people who have been mac users anyway, upgrading from the machine their using is probably not worth it. If they were pro users they probably got a pro or max chip from previous gens and those still work amazingly well today. For productivity users who also do web browsing I don´t see how any of the base chips wouldn´t still be powerful enough. I have an M1 Ipad and I have yet to feel its performance limitations for my basic usage and light gaming. But I do think the latest M generations could get more windows users to switch. Especially since the base RAM upgrades, performance-wise the gap of 400-500 bucks between mac and windows pcs of equal power has pretty much disappeared, and apple has even been making a push toward gaming lately.

[@TechGameDev]

one the best machine ever made

[@GSJ_TV]

I just got a 15 inch 16gb MBA on sale for $1099. Comes with 512gb ssd. I am able to easily run my entire business off of it and it’s amazing for media as well. I got the late 2024 version after they upped the M3 to 16gb. More than happy and will keep this thing for years. No need for me to get any more because at that point I would just be spec chasing.

[@JAY-ns1dg]

My Macbook Air M1 16gb is still running really good for Logic Pro (my first use) !!! Stable and noiseless. I can watch Netflix and other things in my bed confortably ! I will wait for the M5 series before switching for shure !

[@jovancalic4913]

Netflix😂😂You need 10% of M1’s power to watch Netflix

[@mekullag]

@@jovancalic4913 that part may have been more about how it´s comfortable to lug around the house because it´s thin and light

[@Kirkster131]

Just ordered my M4 Max with the unbinned chip and 64 gigs of ram. Agonized over the size, but finally decided on the 16 inch.

[@wenjiun88]

as long you dont use it on a plane, i think you're happy with the screen size.

[@arlencarlson]

@@wenjiun88even on a plane 16” is okay.

[@Kirkster131]

Yea, I miss my 17 inch MBP of bygone days. And I have a 16 inch i9 intel MBP, the work M1 Max may be going away and I needed a new MBP. So. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jamesstansfield7046]

16 inch was definitely the right choice for the M4 Max, the Max throttles like crazy on the 14 inch

[@igottheshaft]

I just got a new (sealed Refurb from Apple), 16" M2 Max, 38-core, 64GB RAM, 1TB, with Apple Care+ for nearly 3 years, and Final Cut and Logic licenses, for $2100 off eBay. I am so lucky (and happy)! Now I want Apple to update their Studio Display and XDR with tandem OLED, and pro motion. Happy Apple shopping guys!

[@lenn55]

I've had a 16" M1 Pro MBP for a few years and I'm still amazed at the quality of the screen when watching videos.

[@iPAINTCODE]

I just moved from a 14 M1 Max 32GB 1TB to a 16 M4 Pro 48GB 1TB with nano texture, I never needed the extra power of the Max chip and I valued 24 hour battery life (I know it’s lower with my workflow, around 10-12 hours) love nano texture (have it on my ASD) and love the extra screen real estate of the 16. For my workflow the M4 16 feels much snappier as I don’t get to take advantage of a Max chip.

[@NetvoTV]

Why you guys don't test the binned 14 Cores CPU 32 Cores GPU M4 Max chip?

[@mythicgamingmk1105]

I would recommend the M4 MacBookPro to the average user but if they have some extra money they should go for the M4 Pro

[@asafblasbergvideographer]

One configuration you didn't mention is the binned M4 Pro chip - 20k multi-core, 97k metal for the test results using the 12-core CPU/16-core GPU configuration

[@michelemarangoni]

In my opinion there are 3 models to take into consideration: the MacBook Air M2 for those who want to save money, the future MacBook Air M4 for those who want maximum power and portability. Finally the Pro MacBook Pro or Max for professionals. The model that makes the least sense of all in my opinion is the basic MacBook Pro M4 because ultimately apart from the mini LED display and the SDXC slot it has nothing truly "Pro"

[@mythicgamingmk1105]

I got my M4 MacBookPro and I watched Max Tech for which M4 model to pick and I love my M4 MacBookPro

[@vasylenk014]

Bought the M2 Air last week and I’m extremely happy with it

[@unknownKnownunknowns]

These are all great desktop replacements for most, but which is the best bang for the buck as a desktop replacement for some light editing in Resolve and Lightroom plus general workday tasks - Excel , Word, browsing? (PS - My M1 16" Still rips! )

[@lockitech5263]

None for me as the M4 Mac mini with 16GB for $599 is doing wonders!

[@Yayane_]

Keeping my maxed 16" M3 Max for another 10 years.

[@ramblr5900]

opinions on the M1 Macbook Pro?

[@BTSflyer]

My M1 Macbook Max is still plenty of power for video editing. I might buy the next upgrade if it comes with a OLED screen.

[@pichomor]

I got a M3 pro 16” 36gb ram 512gb open box MacBook pro and its been awesome for software development so far, coming from an intel MacBook.

[@alexanguiano9237]

I decided to upgrade from my 2020 M1 Air 1TB 8 Core GPU 16GB to a preowned 16inch M2 Max 96gb 2 TB was able to find a great deal on ebay for 2650, so after selling my M1 Air and taxes im in 2500. I will be eyeing a Maxed Out M4 Ultra Studio if it is absolutely nuts though.

[@kamalaksh.shenoy]

I am a business user and bought a M4 MacBook Pro 24 GB RAM with 1TB SSD. Because for me life of a laptop is very important. My previous laptop was Dell and I used it for more than 8 years. MacBook is the best as it is a much stable OS. No anti-virus needed. No subscription for 365, no malware removal tool, great battery life. ...etc.These are some of the things just not possible with any Windows laptop even if it is from MS. Apple is unbeatable as of now.

[@chidorirasenganz]

The M3 MBA Geekbench Metal score is wrong for the 10 core version. It should be 47k which is a lot higher than the 40k for the 8 core M2 version

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

M3 max 30 core gpu is still faster than the M4 Pro GPU. There are good deals on microcenter right now.

[@wenjiun88]

I wonder choosing M4Max will help improve my work flow with no laggy. Im currently using M1 pro 16inch with 16GB RAM. It kinda struggle when i editing high megapixel photos such as R5 , after edit the first photos, it takes 5 to 10 seconds to preview the next images in Lightroom or Camera RAW.

[@TechGameDev]

buy the highest Mac depending on your budget desktop /laptop this video is useless

[@chidorirasenganz]

not necessarily. If you’re only doing office tasks or web based tasks the MBA is fine for that usecase

[@yippiecalle421]

@@chidorirasenganzand a iPad Air and would be even better if your tasks are that simple.

[@chidorirasenganz]

@@yippiecalle421 True but it depends what else you do on your computer and your preferred OS

[@darylcheshire1618]

I like it, I don’t have a macbook

[@chidorirasenganz]

@@darylcheshire1618 I wish I could be. Certain 3d tasks, UX Design and Gaming still keeps me on Mac for the moment

[@sergiocn97]

What about the pro and max processors of the previous series (M1, M2 and M3). For example, I have a macbook air M2 512gb and I found a good deal on a Macbook pro M1 Max 32gb 1tb ssd, would it be a good option to think about that or would it be better to save a little more money and go for a Macbook pro m4 pro base model?

[@dami4944]

I am still confused which configuration of each chip did he use. Because I am trying to decide between the 16 vs 20 core gpu for the M4 Pro Chip. Like were these all the binned chips?

[@dami4944]

Nvm its at 5:55

[@meat_loves_wasabi]

MBP 2016 still serving my needs … bring back the Touch Bar.. I actually use it 😂… projectors these days can use USB C connections so HDMI no longer needed for presentation

[@paramshah6376]

There’s only two options really. M4 pro or m4 max 16

[@edwardm9975]

I paused my M4 purchase until I test the new RTX 5090 Blackwell laptops coming in March

[@LunasRa]

These videos are great and helpful, thanks for doing all the hard work!

[@beace4436]

should i get an M3 Pro 11-core or 12-core for software dev

[@cagada]

I got the base model M4 MacBook Pro and I’m happy with it.

[@3Ramzes]

I am using M3PRO 36GB 16" MBP. Not upgrading soon, but still interesting video!

[@murtazachaudhary3339]

Nice video

[@TheNimsen]

Waiting for M4 MacBook Air, upgrading from M1 MacBook air. And i´m gonna have money for that in july. Hope that apple have released it before that…

[@darylcheshire1618]

question about battery life, is there a setting where you specify if the macbook is optimised for battery life or performance? I understand you can max out performance on battery knowing it will last (say) three hours or whatever? Not sure if this oprion exist on Win laptops depending on the make. I think my laptop always throttles on battery. (I might be wrong).

[@akin242002]

Seems like the ones with the best value are the M3 Air for general use and the M4 Pro Macbook Pro. No gamer in their right mind is paying near $4k just to game. Maybe to film an Avengers movie 🎬 or extreme Machine Learning with Python at most.

[@devashishpatwardhan3]

5:53 32 gigs is fine for MOST people? I’m using the M2 Air with 8gb 😂

[@arvindynr]

watching on 13 inch m1 macbook air 16GB/512GB. still rocks coding & web development. Don't feel need to upgrade.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

I ended up purchasing a refurbished M3 Pro base model over the M4, no regrets! Part of me wishes I had a little more than 18GB of RAM, although that's only really useful when a single web page uses up lots of RAM for some reason. Excellent laptop and LOVE the mini-LED display!

[@VikramRaaj9999]

As soon as Macbook Air M4 releases, please make a video comparing MBP M4 and M2 air and m3 air. I wanted to know why I should or should not buy Mb Air M4 for Blender/da vinci/ai considering I am out of reach budget wise for M4 pro/max. Thanks in Advance. I am currently using MBP 2015 and have no issues with editing videos.

[@orhanyor]

Ive got Mac mini M1 16gb, after a fresh install no app is even opened nothing is running and system activity shows me 10gb ram being used. How on earth they are still selling 8gb version? (running latest macos version)

[@dominicjackson2498]

RAM usage is misleading because modern macOS and other operating systems are designed to aggressively grab “free” RAM for caching purposes. As soon as an application needs that RAM it will be released. It is a point about the 8GB configs but not for this reason.

[@orhanyor]

@@dominicjackson2498 Yea but on the other hand i can easily hit 2GB swap usage which shouldnt be the case if the ram is enough. With the current setup 24GB looks like a bare minimum but with only web browsing 16GB is ok.

[@dominicjackson2498]

@ Again it’s down to the design architecture of modern operating systems. Something like Windows 9x only uses the page file when it runs out of actual RAM. But NT-based systems use the page file/swap partition and the physical RAM as a common pool (and so does macOS 10). It’s why running Windows 9x or macOS 9 off an SD card is OK because it won’t write (disk swap) to the SD card unless it needs to. But running NT kernel Windows off an SD card will destroy the card much more quickly because the OS pages to the card not knowing it is a medium that can only support a limited number of write operations.

[@worldoftech6547]

The m1 MacBook air is just enough and is a great buy the m2 is amazing bc the m2 chip is still very powerful I have an m1 ipad air and it's so much more than enough for performance but the best Mac is probably the mac mini m4 incredible value

[@chidorirasenganz]

You all should include Cycles and Eevee for Blender as not everyone uses Cycles and it gives the impression that you need to use Cycles in Blender

[@cruisertechgt]

Waiting for 2025 MacBook pro!

[@timelimitexceeded0]

why the links are taking me to amazon India?

[@MaxTechOfficial]

Is your VPN set to India?

[@brbhave2p00p4]

Rip M1 Air

[@CubikingFBGaming]

Not rip. In my region there's still 16+256 M1 MBA at less than 600USD

[@Ivan-mt9kl]

Which one? None.. Unless they just start brining out 120hz panels on macbook airs lol

[@quarioo]

compare please m3 pro and m4

[@bioglassmusic]

(Don't Pick WRONG). ...or you will DIE!!!! is kind how that played in my head. I realize taglines need to have zest and clickable immediacy. but sometimes it feels a bit dramatic.

[@scorpio896]

Why no reviews on the m4 Imacs?

[@seanedits10]

Cant wait for the ultimate benchmark 😊 M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max, M3? M3 Pro, M3 Max, M4, M4 Pro, M4 Max

[@willy.2002_]

M4 ultra MacBook Pro 14 waiting

[@pandawit5141]

Im saving up for the m5 lineup because it's rumoured to switch to an oled screen, moving to the m5 pro lineup should be an insane upgrade compared to my current laptop which has a 4050 and a ryzen 7 7735hs, it's a great laptop but no where close to the mac lineup so really looking forward to it

[@k_meowington]

Honey will stole your affiliate links anyway 😄

[@mikaelholmstrom2513]

Still waiting for Mac Studio!

[@quaintserpent]

So this is more than clear to me. If you pick M max then that means you are a gamer.

[@Ierr-e4e]

M3 Macbook Air with 16 GB RAM is a good deal for me

[@Kudammxknesebeck]

M4 Base off course

[@AndrewB28]

Figma sound like Thick Ma

[@LouisLuzuka]

I want the m1 air 😮

[@TechGameDev]

😂your macs are screwed with nvidia rtx 5070= rtx 4090 rtx 4080 monstrously and rtx 5090 can handle 16k gaming max graphics😂😂 what did you say MAXTECH the M4 ultra would be more powerful rtx 5090 😂😂😂 who said apple destroys the competition and the worst for $599

[@joytotheworld460]

I know its highly unlikely but that thumbnail looks very AI

[@ivanivanovich5904]

Only 800😂😂😂😂

[@TechGameDev]

the m4 max is destroyed by the new AMD ryzen max processor Vray test M4 pro 100% M4 Max 130% AMD ryzen max 186% is becoming one of the best unified memory processors with very high bandwidth with 256 GB of ram for a much more reasonable price than apple GEEKBENCH still has an advantage under macOS is random one of the worst benchmarks

[@cameraprepper7938]

NONE !!!