I’m led to conclude that there’s a simple explanation for Apple holding back the MacBook Air – twice now – when it introduces a new wave of Mac products. Apple simply wants its shiny new M4 chip to look good – and it’s easier to showcase that in a Pro-level laptop with active cooling, rather than the slimmer, passively-cooled MacBook Air.

What's really impressive about the leaked M4 MacBook Pro score is the single-core performance, which smokes every laptop we've tested to date.

The M4 MacBook Pro looks set to launch in just under a month. Normally by this point, we see a lot of leaks and rumors without actually seeing the laptop in the flesh. But if this shocking leak is to be believed, things are very different this time around.