The Apple Silicon-era MacBook Pro series has universally been touted as one of the best professional laptops in recent times and has been the machine I rely on to do my work and study since 2022. With the M4 chipsets finally coming to this Mac, while I don’t believe it warrants an immediate upgrade from an existing Apple Silicon Mac user, I do think for its performance, battery life, and overall experience parity, the base M4 MacBook Pro is the best laptop you can pick up right now.