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Leaked M4 MacBook Pro Appears for Sale on Russian Classifieds Site
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intel hardly was able to give customers a 10% bump, while needing more and more power and the machines becoming hotter. 20% is not nothing, while at the same time offering great battery life and temperatures.
at this moment this is free advertisement for the m4 slowly hyping people up for the product announcements.
imo this year's m4 is crucial for the future of apple silicon. ever since apple launched its platform in 2020 amd and intel have tried to put something out that competes with the m1/2/3. earlier this year shots were fired when qualcomm released their socs for windows-arm, but thanks to lackluster software support failed. but with lunar lake's release the air is noticeably becoming thinner for apple silicon so it is important m4 delivers and puts the competition back into their place.
I feel like all these leaks could be avoided if Apple just manufactured their own stuff at factories they owned and controlled in the US where the factory workers would be Apple employees.
Sounds like you'd be OK with the massive increase in retail prices that would need to occur as a result.
Indeed especially ones where we know the supply chain has been compromised.
I wish Macrumors would stop calling this a "leak". This is theft, pure and simple. Apple is the victim of a crime. Quit using euphemisms.
guys guys guys they’re not comparing this to the iPhone 4 leak lol. they literally said this is the biggest leak since… because it is…
it pales in comparison, but if these images and videos are of the actual M4 MBP then this is the first of its kind since then.
feels a bit sensationalized, but it is what it is.
It’s a sticker on the back, so easy to change, whether it’s Apple reusing the same box for the M4 refresh or someone doing something nefarious. It doesn’t prove anything either way.
I'm betting on performance increases like the last update. Nothing special at all...
I really don't get the big deal. Not a redesign and nothing special. We have already seen the chip in the iPad Pros, the color in other models, and the base MacBook Pro (not the Pro line in general) is one of Apples lowest volume Macs.
Now if it was the new Mac mini then I'd understand the hype.
Now if it was the new Mac mini then I'd understand the hype.
I think it’s in the news because of the possible China/Russia theft angle, but in social media it has legs because the use of the same box makes it look like an obvious fake, so it lends itself to extreme positions.
I still think there are enough problems with the sticker on the back of the box to indicate it (the sticker, at least) is likely fake, but I can no longer rule out the possibility all of it is genuine.
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Doesn't look like the sale is still going on, but Best Buy was selling the M3 Pro 18GB RAM 512GB SSD for $1650 a week ago. That looks like a smarter purchase than a base model MacBook Pro M4 which will probably be $1600. I imagine you will see some similar or better sales come back for the MacBook Pro M3 Pro after the M4 launch. Something to consider for those thinking of getting a M4 Base MacBook Pro. Not that buying the MacBook Pro base makes much sense to begin with.
