Amazon has dropped the price on the M4 MacBook Pro to $1,399, which is $200 down from its usual $1,599 price. While 13% off might not sound huge, any discount on current-generation Apple products is a win, and this matches the lowest price we’ve seen on this configuration.

The brand-new M4 Pro MacBook Pro 14-inch has hit a new record low price of $1,749, with units in stock with free expedited shipping. This pre-Black Friday Apple deal may sell out or end soon, with limited supply available at the reduced price.

AM EST This story has been updated with new laptop deals ahead of Black Friday. Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I've tracked them for Mashable since 2019.

I tested a beautiful Space Black MacBook Pro with the new M4 Pro chip and 48GB memory (which I would treasure if it belonged to me). The 3-nanometer chip it uses has 14 cores, consisting of 10 performance and four efficiency cores; it has a 2TB drive; a Liquid Retina XDR nanotexture display; and it costs $3,349.

An early Black Friday price war offers shoppers the lowest price on record for the Late 2024 M4 MacBook Pro 14-inch at Amazon and B&H.

So what are the best Black Friday MacBook deals so far? For me it's the MacBook Air M2 for $749 on Amazon, which is $250 off. And the brand-new MacBook Pro 14-inch with the M4 chip is over $100 off.

As Black Friday approaches and bargains are on the rise, those looking for a new MacBook Pro or MacBook Air should take

The M4 MacBook Pro is pretty stellar. Apple made it far better than the previous generation — without increasing the cost. That includes bumping up the memory of the base configuration to 16GB, improving the webcam,

The biggest reason to upgrade to the MacBook Pro M4 is the performance. This machine gets the newest M4 chip that is based on a 3-nanometer process, promising the fastest CPU core and better multithreaded performance than M3. Based on our testing, the M4 blows a lot of the competition away but not on every test.

Apple's new M4 MacBook Pro has a significant upgrade to the display, and the company somehow forgot to mention it.

The M4 MacBook Pro is a powerful portable companion. When shopping for a new laptop, a MacBook is always a great option. They may be pricey, but there are often sales that can get you a decent price on multiple different configurations.