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Apple Announces New 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pro Models With M3 Series Chips

randomthoughts said:
I think it’s because anyone on an M chip isn’t going to be the target audience for this refresh cycle. The audience is going to be Intel upgrades and outright new purchases. Computers weren’t ever meant to have the same upgrade cycle as a phone. They are bigger investments.
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To be fair, the Pro Max is allegedly the top selling model and costs almost as much as a base MBP…

If anything it may be lack of interest? I bought a M1 mini to replace my aging 15” Pro and likely will keep it another 2-3 years at minimum.
 
theorist9 said:
Except the M3 Pro has more memory bandwidth than the M2 Pro: The M2 Pro was 200 GB/s, and the M3 Pro (and low-end M3 Max) are 300 GB/s.
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Go up the list a little more. Both iterations of the M3 Pro are 150GB/s, a downgrade from the 200GB/s of the M1/M2 Pro. :( The 14-core Max is 300GB/s and the 16-core 400GB/s. The M3 Pro seems to be positioned differently than the M1/M2 Pro with its scaled back CPU cores and lower memory bandwidth. This is the first time the CPU portion of the Pro/Max chips have not been identical.
 
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sevoneone said:
Go up the list a little more. Both iterations of the M3 Pro are 150GB/s, a downgrade from the 200GB/s of the M1/M2 Pro. :( The 14-core Max is 300GB/s and the 16-core 400GB/s. The M3 Pro seems to be positioned differently than the M1/M2 Pro with its scaled back CPU cores and lower memory bandwidth. This is the first time the CPU portion of the Pro/Max chips have not been identical.
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True. This also comes down to the efficiency cores. The M3 Pro has 6 efficiency cores and 6 performance cores in the 12 core version and the M3 Max has only 4 efficiency cores in all configurations with a maximum of 12 performance cores. The M3 Max can have as many performance cores as the M3 Pro can have in total cores. That's going to widen the gap in performance between the two SoC's. While the M3 Pros are minor updates, the M3 Max changes are much more significant. Unless you're upgrading from Intel, do not buy an M3 Pro model. Get the M3 Max instead.
 
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subjonas said:
Not all the updated products had M2 . I guess just the iMac, but yeah it is coming from M1. Also like others said, they are making a sales pitch to M1 users.
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I think they are just trying to make things sound more "awesome" than they are in fact.
 
sevoneone said:
Go up the list a little more. Both iterations of the M3 Pro are 150GB/s, a downgrade from the 200GB/s of the M1/M2 Pro. :( The 14-core Max is 300GB/s and the 16-core 400GB/s. The M3 Pro seems to be positioned differently than the M1/M2 Pro with its scaled back CPU cores and lower memory bandwidth. This is the first time the CPU portion of the Pro/Max chips have not been identical.
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Yeah, I realized that I misread Apple's specs so I deleted my post about 15 minutes before you posted your reply. You probably didn't notice.
 
I made a meme, all in good fun. I love apple.

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Tuck_ said:
I knew they had something planned for the 13" Pro. And they did just what I wanted - replace it with the 14.

Would have been a slam dunk, but of course, they had to go and put the base RAM at 8 GB. What a joke.

EDIT: Could be mistaken but think its also a huge jump in price from what the 13" was in Canada.
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Our dollar is lower at 72¢ vs the 75¢ it was for a long time and I noticed some other prices at Apple look like they went up as well. I haven't done any major look into it but it is possible.
 
spnc said:
I guess M3 is for those who bought late-2020 M1s (like me) or earlier. I may skip this one and wait for the next one after all.
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not even for those ... the only thing that would make me think about upgrading is the said native multiple external display support

SSD speed cut in half isn't really appealing to me either :)

... I will happily use the M1 air until it dies or some employer handles me a MB Pro ...
 
It's been 3 years and it still costs the same to upgrade to the same class of storage and memory (1TB SSD + 32GB RAM) despite the news reports about memory prices falling. I'm impressed.
 
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DestructoTim said:
The takeaway I got is that people never should have bought M2. M1 was a revolution and M3 was a massive performance leap.. M2 was just a waste of money.
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😂 that’s a long bow to draw.

I’m sure your two browser tabs will manage just fine on the m2.
 
kyjaotkb said:
The M3 MacBook Pro ‘Yikes’ costs $1,599, has the same SSD and RAM as a MacBook Pro from 2011 but supports only 1 external monitor. What the…
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Honestly I hate the 1 external monitor support "policy". I understand it's for market segmentation but a "Pro" device should integrate with your workflow seamlessly. I also have to say that the multiple external monitor support on the M1 Pro isn't that great....
 
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henkie said:
8gb memory in a 2000 euro Pro laptop….The audacity. I am very happy I bought my refurbished 1TB/16Gb m1pro for 1800 euro three months ago. It is already scary fast.
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Yes and only 512GB SSD. Not upgradable. The downside for your M1 is the limited OS support. How many years till it’s out of OS support?
 
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