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.

However, Apple dropped the M4 chip and obliterated Windows laptops in one fell swoop. On Geekbench 6, the MacBook Pro notched a sweet multi-core score of 15,199. This beats our most powerful non-gaming PC laptop, Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, which delivered a score of 14,548 on the same test.

Even without the upgrade to M4, the Air remains the best MacBook for most. The one upgrade option I’m surprised I’ve not seen more people mention is the addition of a nano-texture display for the first time ever on a MacBook. Apple notes: The new ...