Apple isn’t big on discounts, so a $400 Black Friday deal on one of its most stacked laptops caught our eye today. The Apple 2024 MacBook Pro with M4 Max chip is down to $3,099 right now on Amazon — the best price we’ve ever tracked on the powerhouse of a device.

The M4 represents as much of a philosophical shift as it does a performance upgrade. It is Apple acknowledging that if you’re buying a laptop with “Pro” in the name, than it should be a better machine.

With the M4, Apple finally has a base MacBook Pro that’s less of a parts-bin compromise and more of an actual Pro machine. It’s a laptop you can buy and not feel like you’re caught in between anything.