Review - 14 inch MacBook Pro (2024, M4 Max)

[@ownyourambitions]

Thank you for this I am coming from the M1 as well, held off as I wanted the MAX 14 -- your view of the 16 versus 14 was what I was looking for - thanks again

[@accordinglyryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fugaparty1990]

Thank you for a such a great video and explaining about your user experience. I am considering between 16 inch m4pro and 14 inch m4max and will purchase tomorrow m4max . It’s great laptop especially when it is using with separate monitor at home

[@accordinglyryan]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed! And congrats on the new machine!

[@Ryzn322]

16 is the way to go

[@Aaron_Bleu]

I have this same config and it’s great. Works solid for gaming too which surprised me

[@JoelFabiani]

Could you elaborate more how you are gaming on it? Crossover, Native (app store, or steam), Emulation, Thank you.

[@Aaron_Bleu]

@@JoelFabianiJust got the Mac but have played native (App Store and Steam). Specifically played these games so far at the very max settings they can go and connected to an ultra-wide monitor: Resident Evil 2 (Native), Stray(Steam)

[@williamhelena7592]

@@JoelFabianiI can speak on this. I play Baulders gate 3 native on my M4 Max twice a week with my friends using the built in screen and the game defaults to high settings. Never really experience any hang ups with it. Final Fantasy 14 and Death Stranding directors cut are also a treat. I’ve heard that there is a list of games that run rock solid with Crossover including The witcher 3, cyberpunk and a few others. Basically, the horsepower is there, it’s just lacking the support from developers

[@JoelFabiani]

@@williamhelena7592 amazing man. The Max really sets the bar high. Really impressive. Congrats and thanks for taking your time detailing.

[@CartersTechChannel]

Nice. You should do a revisited video on your D500.

[@accordinglyryan]

I would but I don't own it anymore lol

[@ArthropodSpidey]

The Intel pen cup just looks sad near the Apple Silicon MacBook 😂😂. Great video.

[@accordinglyryan]

Lol right! And thanks; much appreciated!

[@Vess-You]

Good, informative, well structed review

[@accordinglyryan]

Thank you, much appreciated! I tried my best.

[@JoelFabiani]

Really nice review. Installed TopNotch but for some reason it only applies the dark notch on the first virtual display.

[@accordinglyryan]

Thank you! I have "displays have separate spaces" turned off, I'm not sure how it is supposed to work with it turned on

[@JoelFabiani]

@ thank you. I’ll check that.

[@accordinglyryan]

@@JoelFabiani I've also found that once you run TopNotch and it adjusts your wallpaper, it's best to just quit the app and don't let it run in the background. I've had it glitch out when connecting external displays before, and without it running it's fine. All you gotta do is just re-run it the next time you change your wallpaper.

[@JoelFabiani]

That’s a truly valuable tip. Thanks for sharing. I believe the glitches I’ve been experiencing are related to this issue, as they occur in the same scenario. You’re truly the best man.

[@accordinglyryan]

@@JoelFabiani I just figured it out for myself a few weeks ago haha. You're welcome man, glad I could help out!

[@a.m.f.m5504]

At minute 12:41, what application is this used to measure the functioning of the CPU and GPU? I thought it was very beautiful. Thank you very much to anyone who can answer me.

[@accordinglyryan]

iStat Menus, it's a paid app but it's really good

[@salut9658]

Thank you ! Very complete vidéo.

[@accordinglyryan]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@Randi_MyMan]

remember when you installed windows 8 on a windows 7 laptop back in 2013?

[@accordinglyryan]

Yeah, that's what made me switch to the Mac lol

[@reverse1646]

Does fingerprint appears ? If yes, is it feel umcomfortable ? Is it possible to make it disappear ?

[@accordinglyryan]

Yeah that's the one downside with this color, it shows dust and smudges pretty bad. It's worth it to me because it looks so good, but a quick cleaning once in a while with a microfiber and some cleaning spray safe for electronics will take care of it.

[@oth3b]

Is the RAM36 of this device sufficient for rendering programs and engineering programs such as Revit and CAD?

[@accordinglyryan]

Yeah, I would say so.

[@Gearsandco]

OVERKILL EVEN FOR 69K 60M FPS VIDEO EDITING!!!

[@newQns]

So the "vignetting-effect" of the mini-led display is not annoying you?

[@accordinglyryan]

I've never noticed anything of the sort. I really don't know what people are talking about lol

[@newQns]

@@accordinglyryan That's very nice, perhaps you're just lucky in having a perfect unit, so congratulations. 🙂 My unit has it and it drives me quite crazy. I hope I get used to it. PS; just FYI: When you for example use the MacOS zoom function and you zoom into a white canvas so that your whole screen is white, you should see a lack in uniformity regarding the backlight from the mini-leds, resulting in a shadow around the edges of the screen. It can also appear a bit blueish in certain environments. If your's doesn't have that, again: Awesome and congratulations. But as far as I can tell, every MacBook with mini-led backlight has that in different degrees of intensity and I think I will check out an Applestore soon to make sure my unit really is fine, since all my info and confirmation on that issue is just web-based for now.

[@accordinglyryan]

@@newQns Hmm, interesting. I guess the reason I haven't noticed it is because I rarely view full screen white content, almost everything is set to dark mode lol

[@newQns]

Thank you very much for replying to my messages. So I guess you notice it too now, right? Sorry for that. xD I appreciate your responses very much, since I'm not sure what to think about this and every person that tells me I'm not alone and that it's normal, potentially saves me a 2 hour ride to the next Applestore and more hassle in general. And don't get me wrong, I think the display is awesome otherwise and I hope to get to not noticing it soon.

[@accordinglyryan]

@@newQns Yeah I mean imo it's not the end of the world

[@neob9017]

Did you reupload this? Lol

[@accordinglyryan]

Yeah lol, the first take was kinda crap so I remade the whole video. Came out way better the second time.

[@neob9017]

@ oh dang. I rewatched your 1st upload, and I was like wait a sec LOL. Very lovely machine.

[@accordinglyryan]

@@neob9017 You a real one, it was only up for like 2 hours lol

[@neob9017]

@@accordinglyryan yeah haha. Very tempted to get one tho lol

[@accordinglyryan]

@@neob9017 I absolutely love this thing man, it's so good

[@NetvoTV]

Can you test gaming on it because no one test gaming on this binned M4 Max?

[@accordinglyryan]

The only game I've tried on it is Minecraft lol. It runs pretty well, around 80fps

[@NetvoTV]

@accordinglyryan I see, what setting? How about Death Stranding and Resident Evil?

[@accordinglyryan]

@@NetvoTV Fancy graphics, default render distance I believe. I'm not much of a gamer so not sure about anything else

[@NetvoTV]

@accordinglyryan i see, these will help me to get a glimpse of what it performance is compare to the rest, but what you going to use the machine mainly for if you don't need it for gaming?

[@accordinglyryan]

​@@NetvoTV Nobody buys a Mac for gaming lol. I use Photoshop, Lightroom and Final Cut Pro to edit photos & video. Other than that I'm a pretty basic user. Did I need a machine this powerful? No, but I plan to keep it for 5+ years and I'd rather have more than I need.

[@smaad7]

Okay give me that intel mug pls !!!!

[@accordinglyryan]

Haha, I can't. My mother used to work at Intel; she passed away six years ago. I got that mug as part of my inheritance, so it has a lot of sentimental value.

[@hectoro4838]

first

[@maddawgzzzz]

Looks great and sleek, everything about it is awesome but the gheyy trashy skin you put on it. Just ride it raw bro no need to cover it up

[@accordinglyryan]

That's cool and all but I don't really care what you think. I like it and it's my computer.