Who is the Apple - MacBook Pro 14 M4 Pro for?
Budget-tier notebook. The 63.7 score sits in C-tier (58-67) — the formula flags meaningful weaknesses against premium peers.
Reasonable if cost is the deciding factor and the spec weaknesses don't matter for your use. Check the spec table below carefully before buying.
Mars Score is computed from 19 measured specs against the transparent formula for the notebooks category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Storage: 512 GB (below category average).
- ▼Refresh rate: 120 Hz (below category average).
- ▼RAM: 24 GB (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Screen size
- 14.2"
- RAM
- 24GB
- Weight
- 1.55kg
- Battery
- 72Wh
All specifications
Design
- Weight
- 1.55 kg
- Thickness
- 15.5 mm
- Build material
- aluminum
- Backlit keyboard
- true
- Fingerprint reader
- true
Display
- Screen size?
- 14.2 "
- Refresh rate?
- 120 Hz
- Panel type?
- OLED
Performance
- CPU
- Apple M4 Pro
- CPU cores
- 12
Battery & Ports
- Claimed battery life
- 22 h
- USB-C ports
- 3
- HDMI
- true
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