The best MacBooks have been the battery life champions since Apple introduced its M-series chips, though things have gotten more competitive. This year, the best Windows laptops packing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors have not only matched MacBooks’ endurance but even surpassed them. With Apple’s laptops in danger of falling behind in battery life, here comes the Apple M4 chip to give those laptops a chance to strike back.
We just reviewed the MacBook Pro 14-inch (M4, 2024) and MacBook Pro 16-inch (M4 Pro, 2024) and they both rank as some of the best laptops for battery life. The former endured for an astonishing 18 hours and 31 minutes in our battery life test, while the latter sped along like a certain toy rabbit for an unbelievable 20 hours and 46 minutes! That makes the new 16-inch M4 Pro-powered MacBook Pro the longest-lasting consumer laptop Tom’s Guide has ever reviewed.
