Review MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4) review: Nano-texture niceness

[Admin]

Apple's M4 MacBook Pro is a strong, efficient machine, and the addition of an extra Thunderbolt port and an optional nano-texture display — along with 16GB of base RAM — make for a luxurious device.

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[Air2004]

" In general, macOS doesn't complain much bloat."

I think you mean contain not complain.

 

[evdjj3j]

I don't understand Arm on Windows. If you're going to give up x86/64 hardware why in the world would you stay on Windows?

 

[AtrociKitty]

I don't understand Arm on Windows. If you're going to give up x86/64 hardware why in the world would you stay on Windows?

Easy compatibility and a familiar interface. I have a Windows Arm laptop and have been pretty happy with the balance it strikes. For example, my browser and media player are Arm builds, so they run efficiently and I get great battery life. But I can also fire up a 25 year old video game or use my favorite bulk renaming tool without doing anything special to make them work.

 

[NinoPino]

I'd liked to see an explanation of the difference, between the Mac nanotexture screen vs a normal matte screen.

 

[edzieba]

I'd liked to see an explanation of the difference, between the Mac nanotexture screen vs a normal matte screen.

The difference is that one has a picture of a piece of fruit on the other side of the lid.

 

[evdjj3j]

Easy compatibility and a familiar interface. I have a Windows Arm laptop and have been pretty happy with the balance it strikes. For example, my browser and media player are Arm builds, so they run efficiently and I get great battery life. But I can also fire up a 25 year old video game or use my favorite bulk renaming tool without doing anything special to make them work.

How compatible? Like throw any piece of software that will run on x64 Windows compatible? If not that's not easy compatibility.

 

[JamesJones44]

I'd liked to see an explanation of the difference, between the Mac nanotexture screen vs a normal matte screen.

Apple's "nanotexture" display uses etchings in the glass to combat glare. Matted screens are typically just a coating over the display to help diffuse external light causing less glare. Supposedly the etched glass is supposed to achieve the same goal as matted display without affecting the displays color output.

I've never used one of Apple's "nanotexture" displays to know if it's truly better or just different for the sake of charging more.

 

[sjkpublic]

Looks like a brick. Maybe I need to recheck the dimiensions.

 

[ezst036]

I don't understand Arm on Windows. If you're going to give up x86/64 hardware why in the world would you stay on Windows?

ARM and Windows actually makes a lot of sense if you look at it with a long view. It's all about the software. Software, software, software.

Microsoft can't let Apple win solely on the performance of the M series, and Qualcomm can make chips with enough performance to come within a decent range.

The most likely place to see Adobe apps like Photoshop ported to ARM are on Windows - they aren't coming to Linux any time soon. Same for Microsoft Office, same for CAD, same for pick what you want. Visual Studio, anything else. Even the biggest AAA games.

 

[JamesJones44]

The most likely place to see Adobe apps like Photoshop ported to ARM are on Windows - they aren't coming to Linux any time soon. Same for Microsoft Office, same for CAD, same for pick what you want. Visual Studio, anything else. Even the biggest AAA games.

Most of the things listed there are enterprise level, for which Mac is an option. The only consumer level entity is AAA games and it is yet to be seen how many will studios/games will support ARM for Windows.