Development
Can the MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Max, 2024) run Visual Studio Code?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Operating system — supported (Currently supported 64-bit Windows client versions; macOS with active security updates (typically the latest r…); versions are shown, not compared. RAM — needs 1 GB; it depends on the configuration bought (up to 128 GB). Processor — no Mac processor restriction is stated.
How this was judged
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- Visual Studio Code system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- 1.6 GHz or faster processor
- RAM
- 1 GB
- OS
- Currently supported 64-bit Windows client versions; macOS with active security updates (typically the latest release and the two previous versions); Linux: Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, Debian 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fedora 36
Sources and limits
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- Microsoft (Visual Studio Code docs) — Visual Studio Code Requirements · retrieved 9/19/2026
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