Apple - MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max vs Lenovo - ThinkPad P1 Gen 7

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (74.5 vs 73.3). The decision is not about overall quality — both clear the bar — it is about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max if your top frustration with your current device is running out of charge before the day ends — endurance is the lead spec here. The biggest gaps in its favor are claimed battery life, ram, battery, among others. The single most decisive one: Claimed battery life — 100.00% more. 24 h vs 12 h.

Pick the ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 if you carry the device everywhere and weight or thickness has been the deciding factor before. Its strongest claims are weight. The single most decisive one: Weight — 0.28 kg less. 1.86 vs 2.14.

Both ship with comparable storage, refresh rate, cpu cores, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.