Speaking of the Studio Display, Apple introduced the nano-textured glass option, which reduces glare, which is useful if you frequently work next to a window or outdoors. As usual, this is an add-on upgrade so it will cost you an extra $150 and is available for all configurations.
The base MacBook Pro now has three USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 (one more than the M3 version), an HDMI, an SD card slot, a high-impedance headphone jack, and a MagSafe charging port. It is available in space black and silver. If you opt for the version with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chipsets, you’ll get three USB-C Thunderbolt 5 ports for faster data transfer speeds along with the same other connectivity options.
If you don’t need a super-powerful chip, you can pair the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the base M4 and 16GB of unified memory. However, this option does not exist with the 16-inch MacBook Pro. You have to get it with the M4 Pro or the M4 Max.
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So what’s the difference between the M4 Pro and M4 Max? The M4 Pro can be upgraded to a 14-core CPU and up to a 20-core GPU. The most powerful option is the M4 Max, which includes a 16-core CPU and up to 40-core GPU. These chips are based on a second-generation 3-nanometer process, which puts more transistors in a smaller space to improve efficiency and speed. The M4 Pro and M4 Max enable features like mesh shading and ray tracing; Apple says the ray tracing engine is now twice as fast as in the M3 chips.