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Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (Late 2024): M4 Pro, 14.2" 3024x1964, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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B&H Photo Video has Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro Laptop w/ M4 Pro Chipset (Late 2024 Model, Space Black or Silver) on sale for $1749. Shipping is free.

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Available Colors:Alternatively, Costco Wholesale offers their Members: Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro Laptop w/ M4 Pro Chipset (Late 2024 Model, Space Black or Silver) w/ Free 2nd Year Warranty & Technical Support Included on sale for $1799.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Costco offers up to a $1575 Costco Shop Card w/ the trade-in on an a old Mac computer (see product page for details).
Product Specs:
  • Apple M4 Pro chip w/ 12 CPU cores, 16 GPU cores, and 16 Neural cores
  • 14.2" 3024x1964 120 Hz 1000-nit (1600-nit peak) Liquid Retina XDR display
  • 24GB Unified Memory RAM
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage
  • Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO | Bluetooth 5.3
  • 12MP Center Stage camera w/ Desk View
  • 6-speaker high-fidelity system with Force-cancelling woofers
  • 3-mic studio-quality array with high SNR and directional beamforming
  • Backlit magic keyboard w/ Touch ID & Force Touch trackpad
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB-C/Thunderbolt ports
    • 1x SDXC card slot
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x Headphone/mic combo
    • 1x MagSafe 3
  • macOS operating system
  • Weight: 3.5-lbs.
Warranty: 1-Year Limited Parts & Labor (additional year included w/ Costco purchase)

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • Costco offer valid through December 2, 2024 (while supplies last).
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here.
  • Additional Information:
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by GlennP9031
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Update: This popular deal is still available.

B&H Photo Video has Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro Laptop w/ M4 Pro Chipset (Late 2024 Model, Space Black or Silver) on sale for $1749. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member GlennP9031 for sharing this deal.

Available Colors:Alternatively, Costco Wholesale offers their Members: Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro Laptop w/ M4 Pro Chipset (Late 2024 Model, Space Black or Silver) w/ Free 2nd Year Warranty & Technical Support Included on sale for $1799.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Costco offers up to a $1575 Costco Shop Card w/ the trade-in on an a old Mac computer (see product page for details).
Product Specs:
  • Apple M4 Pro chip w/ 12 CPU cores, 16 GPU cores, and 16 Neural cores
  • 14.2" 3024x1964 120 Hz 1000-nit (1600-nit peak) Liquid Retina XDR display
  • 24GB Unified Memory RAM
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage
  • Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO | Bluetooth 5.3
  • 12MP Center Stage camera w/ Desk View
  • 6-speaker high-fidelity system with Force-cancelling woofers
  • 3-mic studio-quality array with high SNR and directional beamforming
  • Backlit magic keyboard w/ Touch ID & Force Touch trackpad
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB-C/Thunderbolt ports
    • 1x SDXC card slot
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
    • 1x Headphone/mic combo
    • 1x MagSafe 3
  • macOS operating system
  • Weight: 3.5-lbs.
Warranty: 1-Year Limited Parts & Labor (additional year included w/ Costco purchase)

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • Costco offer valid through December 2, 2024 (while supplies last).
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here.
  • Additional Information:
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by GlennP9031

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Nov 19, 2024 6:43 PM
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chip0101Nov 19, 2024 6:43 PM
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Quote from pkal View quoted comment :
I got the M3 pro from Costco for $1500 - 16 GB, 512 GB and still have a few days in my return window. Is this much faster for a $300 difference?
Faster? Yes. Depends what you're using it for.
Nov 19, 2024 6:55 PM
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pkalNov 19, 2024 6:55 PM
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Quote from chip0101 View quoted comment :
Faster? Yes. Depends what you're using it for.
Music, video production, local LLM. The M3 pro seems plenty fast for me but I was wondering if M4 pro is a generational leap or just incremental.
Nov 19, 2024 7:04 PM
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chip0101Nov 19, 2024 7:04 PM
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Quote from pkal View quoted comment :
Music, video production, local LLM. The M3 pro seems plenty fast for me but I was wondering if M4 pro is a generational leap or just incremental.
I do video production too and I just got this one. Makes a big difference for me coming from m1 pro. If you do after effects you know more ram is better.
Nov 19, 2024 7:16 PM
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DreamerbyDesignNov 19, 2024 7:16 PM
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Quote from eugener63 View quoted comment :
Amazon has the same price.
The price at Apple's educational store is $1,849.
Found the link nm.
Last edited by DreamerbyDesign November 19, 2024 at 11:52 AM.
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Elon69
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Nov 19, 2024 7:20 PM
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Quote from pkal View quoted comment :
Music, video production, local LLM. The M3 pro seems plenty fast for me but I was wondering if M4 pro is a generational leap or just incremental.
Spec says incremental but you also have to compare MPro 14 12c vs 14c and GPU of 16 vs 20 (just 4 more but it helps) since there are different specs of M4 Pros.

GB 6 Metal GPU says 40% increase on Metal performance, that's a pretty nice change.

M3Pro 11c/14gpu. vs. M4 Pro 12c/16gpu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVG5R7QxbFM


I only do LLM on the list of items you do.

My 14c/20GPU has performance similar to the M1 Max 32GPU on LLM.

That's a pretty decent speed increase up from the M3 regular air (8 GPUs) I was carrying (I skipped M3 Pro and M3 Max)

I can actually do local inference on code and now it's fast enough that I cannot read the code it's writing out line by line. M3 Pro at 40% slower may annoy me at this point now that I am used to the faster inference speed. I did try M3 Max but retuned the machine because I didn't want 16" and I didn't need inference speed as much at the time. 7B or 11B files load jus fine on my 24GB RAM machine. 32GB is too much.

you can test your M3 Pro.

I use ollama and wrote out 500 words story to test some of the models I use

12B mistral-small 18 t/s. -why is this so slow compared to 11B vision? no idea.
11B llama3.2-vision 38 t/s
7B llama3.1 43 t/s
7B qwen2.5-coder 42 t/s.
2B llama3.2 72 t/s
1B llama3.2. 124 t/s
Last edited by Elon69 November 19, 2024 at 11:52 AM.
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Nov 19, 2024 7:28 PM
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Elon69
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Nov 19, 2024 7:28 PM
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Quote from Ananke View quoted comment :
Absolutely. My kid is in college and said the MBPro replacement should be an Air because of the weight. They walk and carry this staff all day long. Any of the 16GB RAM MB Air is plenty enough for college.

13.6" Air yes - lighter

15" Air would be very similar weight. So if they pick 15" Air, it's the same but it "feels" lighter because of how thin the air is compared to the MBP.

I'm sure 16GB is fine for college but if you can get EDU discount, get the 24GB if they will use it in college for 4+ hours.
Nov 19, 2024 7:38 PM
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AnankeNov 19, 2024 7:38 PM
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Quote from Elon69 View quoted comment :
13.6" Air yes - lighter

15" Air would be very similar weight. So if they pick 15" Air, it's the same but it "feels" lighter because of how thin the air is compared to the MBP.

I'm sure 16GB is fine for college but if you can get EDU discount, get the 24GB if they will use it in college for 4+ hours.
15" is larger and less convenient to carry around in a backpack. College kids have good eyesight usually and they prefer convenience - at least my experience with the kids I know. Actually, at the moment even the 8GB RAM works but it seems it days are numbered and likely soon there will be apps not running. Also, if for whatever reason the kid needs to emulate MS Windows on that Mac, it should be at least 16GB RAM. It depends on the major - some engineering or finance apps work only in Windows. Although, in that case I would recommend just buying a MS laptop if/when needed. The 24GB MB Air configs are getting too expensive for a college use in my opinion, considering the higher risk of damage or theft in such environment Smilie I just don't see the point of paying extra for that.

pp - Are you a college student, if you don't mind me asking? What major?
Last edited by Ananke November 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM.

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Nov 19, 2024 7:41 PM
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Elon69
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Nov 19, 2024 7:41 PM
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Quote from Ananke View quoted comment :
15" is larger and less convenient to carry around in a backpack. College kids have good eyesight usually and they prefer convenience - at least my experience with the kids I know. Actually, at the moment even the 8GB RAM works but it seems it days are numbered and likely soon there will be apps not running. Also, if for whatever reason the kid needs to emulate MS Windows on that Mac, it should be at least 16GB RAM. It depends on the major - some engineering or finance apps work only in Windows. Although, in that case I would recommend just buying a MS laptop if/when needed. The 24GB MB Air configs are getting too expensive for a college use in my opinion, considering the higher risk of damage or theft in such environment Smilie I just don't see the point of paying extra for that.
Yes ,15" is bigger but some people may get it thinking it's less weight by a lot so I noted it. It's just a little bigger, all my bags do fit but it will stick out and could hit the corners more often while carrying it around,

I do prefer Pro with the 120Hz screen and it is much faster over all and the price gap is narrower now on the M4 Pro base with EDU discount as well.

16GB running Mac is "ok" but I just use the browser and not heavy apps and gave it maybe 4-6GB. If you really have to Windows app very often then more memory is ideal or just get a Windows laptop if that's just 99% of the use of Windows app. VM windows is quite snappy because M3/M4 chip are just so fast at single core so it runs like my cheaper Windows machine.


VMWare fusion is free now though and I am not sure how good App compatibility is on Engineering apps on Arm Windows under VMWARE or Parallels.
Last edited by Elon69 November 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM.
Nov 19, 2024 8:15 PM
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usuiisuNov 19, 2024 8:15 PM
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I think 16GB RAM is NOT enough to livestream. My Macbook Pro 16GB becomes laggy and unusable when I try to use OBS, or Streamlabs of sort even if I clear the cash very frequently. I believe 24GB RAM overcomes this difficulty.
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Elon69
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Quote from usuiisu View quoted comment :
I think 16GB RAM is NOT enough to livestream. My Macbook Pro 16GB becomes laggy and unusable when I try to use OBS, or Streamlabs of sort even if I clear the cash very frequently. I believe 24GB RAM overcomes this difficulty.
I guess I made the right choice with my 24GB if I ever stream
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Never thought I'd feel this way about an Apple product but this laptop at $1800 just after launch is a killer value. Just don't try to upgrade anything or the value quickly erodes.
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BeepBopBeepNov 19, 2024 9:02 PM
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I was reading on Reddit that Apple usually has Apple gift card deals on Black Friday - cyber Monday time. Honestly don't know what's the cheapest price to price match or pull the trigger.


Edit - chatted with apple support and they said to order closer to Black Friday as purchases 10 days prior to apple sales event are eligible to claim apple gift cards if that's what they offer this year.

I have ordered a laptop from BB (after price match) as a security. will see what apple has to offer during thanks giving.
Last edited by BeepBopBeep November 19, 2024 at 02:11 PM.
Nov 19, 2024 9:19 PM
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RenanmarcNov 19, 2024 9:19 PM
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Just drove 100 miles to the MC to get the 1799 deal and now see this, it's a craaaaazy price for this machine, for apple and SPECIALLY right at launch.
Nov 19, 2024 9:33 PM
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cmpeNov 19, 2024 9:33 PM
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So looks like I'm getting one of these from costco.

I decided to learn react native for mobile app development and found out it's best to have a mac for ios testing via xcode.

I have access to an old 2012 MBP+16gb ram which I replaced the HDD with SDD and it still works pretty well but unfortunately os x catalina is the latest os x I can upgrade it to so I can't run the latest xcode.

m4 pro + 24gb ram seems to future proof.

From work I currently have the M3 16" MBP with 36GB of ram and I sometimes get warnings for maxing out the ram. So I think 16gb for personal development use will be too low.

+ SYW credit card offer I have is 150k points and 250k points for $1000 and $1500 online spend. So should be able to get 400k points which is equivalent to $400.
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Nov 19, 2024 9:36 PM
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SlickRiver834Nov 19, 2024 9:36 PM
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good deal but also available at costco with better return policy. Agree about points below about most people not needing the m4pro, hell most people can get by with an m1 and 16gb ram. I got this m4 pro from costco though as tradingview is lagging on my m1 with 8gb ram and I needed the tax write-off

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