# Apple M4 Mac 8 Hacker News commenters recommended Apple M4 Mac and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend M4 Macs for running local AI models quickly and for everyday computing. Critics say the speed gain over earlier chips is small. ## Why people recommend it - Runs local AI models well (3 comments): "The unified architecture on Macs makes it very hard to justify spending money on a Linux machine for inference workloads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100212)) "I’ve been happy training and running inference for small language models on my M4 Mac." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514639)) "Then why does my M4 run models at TOK/s that similar priced GPUs cannot?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223271)) - Works well for everyday computing (2 comments): "my everyday computer experience got much better after switching to an M4 Mac" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47791167)) "Because it works, and it works well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49941984)) ## What people warn about - Speed gain over earlier chips is small (1 comments): "Besides the memory increase I barely notice the improved cpu/gpu speed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386775)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Apple Mac](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-mac.md): 453 recommend - [Apple Mac Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mac-studio.md): 319 recommend - [Apple M1 Mac](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-m1-mac.md): 48 recommend - [Apple II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-ii.md): 46 recommend - [Apple Macintosh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-macintosh.md): 34 recommend ## Where to get it - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Apple+Mac+M4+chip&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link) - [Official site](https://www.apple.com/mac/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Apple M4 Mac", https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-m4-mac/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).