With the M4, Apple finally has a base MacBook Pro that’s less of a parts-bin compromise and more of an actual Pro machine. It’s a laptop you can buy and not feel like you’re caught in between anything.

Apple has its work cut out for itself ... That’s $1,150 more than the base 16-inch M4 Pro model and a full $2,050 more than the base 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro. Even so, that puts the review model in the middle of the pack, price-wise.

The 16-inch MacBook Pro, like the previous model, features a 16.2-inch, 3,456 x 2,234-pixel resolution display with ProMotion technology (i.e., up to 120Hz refresh rate). As expected, the display looked gorgeous while I feasted my eyes on the new Squid Game 2 trailer. It's rich, vibrant, and pure visual eye candy.