Lowest I've seen for the 16" model for the M4 Max. Great price and cheaper than AOC pricing.
Specs:
14-Core CPU
32-Core GPU
36GB Unified Memory
1TB SSD Storage
This is $5700 at the Apple Store
Note: This is for the black version. The silver is still $5,647.00 at Officeworks.
did you buy 10?… your post doesn't clarify this.
$7000 saved!
holy shit that is a good price for a M4 MAX!!
Excellent saving. I didn't buy it & saved $5k ;) My 10y old desktop runs DeepSeek & has much more efficient AI that Apple Un-Intelligence (Acer $700 can be upgraded to 64GB & already has 6TB+ M.2/SSD storage ;)
i just wished i waited 10 months ago when i bought a m4 pro 24gb with 1tb storage :D o well.
Also on ebay for $5000. One active offer so i assume they will maybe give you 5-10% off.
34xx for lower SSD version
Where are you seeing that?
For the Max?
THANKS BOUGHT 10
i bought minus 1.
Is that all? Times must be tough.
Great for multiple Chrome tabs!
Yes, but I find if you abuse the heck out of processes that it's best to give it a restart every now and then. So many apps go hog-wild with RAM, got Adobe wanting it all, browsers wanting it all especially with a dozen YouTube tabs, after a few weeks you have to nuke them all and start abusing the heck out of it again from scratch.
M5 max probably out soon and officeworks are known to discount old models pretty heavily
Jeez is this how much macbook pros cost these days! I have a Macbook pro with the touchbar that is slowly dying and considering another pro as a replacement but maybe not at these prices.
This is the M4 Max, which is their ultimate tier. The M4 “Pro” chips are thousands less so don’t worry.
Hey mate! I’m actually looking to replace my 2017 MacBook as well.
MacBooks come with three chip options now: the base chip (e.g. M5), Pro, and Max.
The deal OP shared is for the Max model, which is really aimed at heavier-duty, pro-level use.
For most people, the general consensus is that a base M5 with 16GB of RAM is more than enough for everyday use. It’s also quite a bit cheaper and probably closer to what you originally paid.
There’s also the MacBook Air M4 (and M5 models should be coming soon if the rumours are right), which is probably even better suited to everyday use. That model tends to go on sale at pretty fair prices imo.
Worth checking out the Education Store deal that’s on at the moment too.
For me, still researching, but I'm leaning towards the base M5 with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage - should be plenty!
If spending PRO money, I’d highly advise against 16/18GB. 💪
Great advice, thank you!
INB4 the why do you need more RAM incels with non real world points.
I only partly agree. I keep looking at the 36GB+ models (often the 64GB+ models), and the Pro and Max chips and then realising it is mostly FOMO. These would be wasted for over 95% of the time I’d be using my laptop. The 5% would be mostly for fun - running better games or experimenting with local LLMs, and I’d likely be disappointed in performance for both.
What RAM is needed depends on use case obviously, and I probably genuinely only need 16GB when I upgrade. I also need to control my compulsion to upgrade. I could get away with an Air when I do, but the extra inputs/outputs, better screen and having fans would be of real, everyday benefit.
I’m still on MacBook Pro M1, with only 8GB RAM (I think that is 2020 model). Even though I’ve often thought “I should have got 16GB+ to future proof”, the only time RAM has actually been an issue is when I foolishly attempted to run local LLMs and possibly when I ran Baldur’s Gate 3 locally.
I use It for work (non-creative, non-coding), studying, consuming most of my media etc. I will often have 6+ programs open, with lots of browser tabs, a couple of paused YouTube/other streaming service videos paused and terminal running a game in Java (MtG Card Forge).
@tolchok: I was looking into an upgrade to run local LLMs then realised it just wasn't worth it. fwiw the m4 air is noticeably faster than the m1 for compute-bound tasks (which it doesn't sound like you do anyway) and will drive two external screens.
If you’re rocking an Intel “Pro” in 2026 then genuinely all you’ll need is an Air.
Which is great because they’re much better value.
Apple silicon sometimes else as I’m sure you’ve heard. 🙂
Yeah I am rocking a MBP 15" 2019!
I got the whole motherboard/keyboard replaced for free under that warranty thing, so it's still running nice as
goes shopping for a new car and walks into a Lamborghini dealership… "Jeez is this how much cars cost these days!"
apple silicon is a big leap forward. although you don't need latest and greatest
I secured a M1 Max 16 incher (64 ram, 2tb drive) last year under $2k used, replaced the battery myself and it's been rock solid since for what I do. will probably run it till it dies, no incentive to upgrade to M4 Max
True dat. Alien tech considering M1 has been out for a good 5 years and apple competitors hasn't even matched.
Completely destroyed the market.
rage bait
1TB version, 5K, bargain!!!!!
What can this do that the Macbook Air M4 can't?
more than basic video editing. gigapixel images.
technically there's nothing that it can do that M4 Air can't, both are laptops running same architecture and OS
but M4 Max can run things tons faster than M4. differences will vary with certain scenarios (gaming, video export, batch processing of images), especially when you push it for longer, when fan in MBP will help cool things down as fanless MBA will start slowing down
also MBP comes with much better speakers, screen, more ports, slightly better keyboard etc.
but is this worth the $$$ is for you to decide
this just isn't true. plenty of workloads outright will crash on a MBA.
What's not true? Nothing they have said is incorrect.
@Cyphar: if something crashes/freezes on a MBA but runs on a m4 max, i'd say thats something the MBA can't do. mba is a good machine and fine for the majority but to say theres nothing it can't do is wrong.
@JigBew: I have both machines open in front of me right now (Well, I mean on the desk next to me but close enough :P). Name me one thing the MBA can't do, causing it to crash outright, and I'll do testing on both and report back
EDIT: Just to be clear, I'm not referring to crashing after MBA throttling which can and will happen. I'm referring to just not working at all.
@Cyphar: real time editing of 12bit raw 8k video files with complex colour grades. gigapixel photo editing. hook up a third monitor to it while you are at it.
@Cyphar: your edit is a distinction without a difference. if someone buys a laptop to do a job and it can't do it..
@JigBew: Fair point, but nobody is buying an MBA to do 8K video editing though. Nor would an MBP on the Mx base chip be very capable of doing that very well either.
@Cyphar: you asked for situations where it will outright crash. the air won't crash with 4k 10bit raw editing but imo it's not very capeable, it becomes unusable once you start colour grading. people were being led to believe it can do anything a max can do. so i argued it's flat out wrong. you can argue semantics all you want. i don't care if its because it thermal throttles, it doesn't do the same job as a MBP with a max. it's still a fantastic laptop for anyone who doesn't need more.
@JigBew: Yes you're right. I do acknowledge I shifted the goalposts inadvertently and I apologize for that and thank you for clarifying with a legit example.
Will wait for JB to sell their hidden stock of this in 2-years time for $3k ;)
is that common ?
Genuine question, are there even any competing non-apple models with equivalent or better performance (on Windows or Linux) with similar form factor (screen size weight etc) and build quality? As far as I know, few laptops has more than 200 PPI pixel density. The few that have are even more expensive than this 16" M4 Max.
No, there really isn't.
What makes a non gaming laptop worth 5K?
For AI, video/graphic editing and design, code bases, etc. If you're a professional, the time saving is worth it.
by gaming measurements it is a gaming laptop. Dedicated graphics card very high processing power.
lmfao. Are you a child or something? You can't comprehend devices needing to be powerful for work purposes?
Sounds like you're an adult. You don't play games and you spend your own money on laptops for work ;)
Yeah, no such thing as consultants or owning your own business. Everyone works for big corp.
@Randolph Duke: Well, for sane consultants, business owners, please seriously consider return of the investment of this piece of hardware. Save money to somewhere else for your business to grow.
@hoxyz: You’re not the target market, that’s fine. Don’t assume others don’t need the horsepower this machine offers outside of gaming.
its a tool, not a toy.
The computing power of this would take your AI girlfriend to the next level…. for sure.
Here's what I found on the web for "you're quite the pervert".
Her titts double in size on a mbp
Thanks, I bought 0.
14 inch, not 16. And there are a lot of differences.
Yeh my bad :(
Good price for the power user who actually needs the Max version, but then again if you're someone who needs this then you probably weren't worried about the price in the first place
You can save $800 by going with 512GB instead of 1TB SSD. That brings the price down to $4197. And both black and silver 512GB are $4197.
4197 is the pro not max
You're right, I didn't realise that the 512GB capacity is not a spec of the product, but actually it is a link to a different product. My bad.
wow if true this is mad ! great tip cheers
sorry bro seems I was mistaken :P
M4 Max does not come in 512gb, the lowest is 1TB.
New Macbook Pros - M5 Pro and M5 Max 28th Jan
Yep I’m still holding out for better price drops.
Apple seem to have a calendar glitch.
Delay
not the best deal, i got the m3 max from officeworks for 2.6k thanks to the deal on here last year, i would wait till these are reduced even further!
Wow prices of laptops have gone bananas in recent years.
Its likely to get worse with the ram and GPU supply issues caused by data centre greed.
They are about to get worse, but in this case its an top end macbook pro, you should only get it if you need, there are plenty of great options cheaper too (the m4 air and maybe m5 air about to come out are great places to start, i still do lots of dev on an m1 air and love it - i dont feel held back)
It is not a laptop. It is a desktop :)
I really want to buy this but I just worry when I try to flex at the Starbucks with this "look look. M FOR MAX" people will just think my flex is about finally learning the alphabet :(
You will instantly be clocked as not a starving artist writing their first best-seller because it is too big and doesn't have the shining logo on the back to show you are still on Intel.
had no choice but to order. Not sure how i will be paying my 3 mortgages this month)) ohhhhh
just jack the rents up and leech some more from your tenants, i'm sure you will be fine ;)
i am cautious of doing that btw rent is 100 aud per week below the market and i also manage myself through the platform so no Agent fees. Thats why can absorb a bit of losses… 740 per week 2 bed 2 bath but now 900 in the same building. Brisbane is getting crazy….
it is going to be similar price for M4 MAX VS M5 PRO, but m4 max would have better GPUs. , m5 pro have slight better than m4 max
guys i am super happy with the buy. Incredible computer. So easy to work with and the screen!!! i used to have 14 inch pro….
I shall have bought 16 inch size long time ago…. 14 is really small and i think designed more for traveling
in b4 bought 10, thanks