The M4 processor and $999 starting price give you a compelling reason to upgradeThe M4 MacBook Air sells for $999, the same price the M1 model was introduced at back in 2020.By Nicholas De

Apple's M4 MacBook Air is more powerful than ever, but the MacBook Pro still dominates the premium laptop market.

Still, the new M4 MacBook Air is impressively powerful. I put it through GeekBench's CPU test and got great results: a 3,778 single-core score, and a 14,992 multi-core score. That's considerably faster than any earlier Mac when it comes to single-core operation, and roughly on par with an M2 Max when it comes to multi-core operation.