Apple is dropping or has dropped support for most intel machines, and likely Sonoma is the last one. They are proactively trying to get people to switch over.
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Apple Event Live Blog: MacBook Pro and iMac Updated With New M3 Chip Family
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I am interested in a M3 14" to replace my M1 Air. Nice that base storage is 512 but 8GB ram? 1600$ should get you at least 16Gb. Interesting the Base 16" gets 18GB seems an odd number for ram.
A lot of it was about the GPU changes where the performance increase was more significant. Even so, 15-20 percent in a year is quite a good jump.
It's obvious this is Apples attempt to pad their Q4 sales + force Intel users to upgrade to Silicon
Wouldn't be surprised if their isn't enough supply of M3 chips or there's something wrong with them
Wouldn't be surprised if their isn't enough supply of M3 chips or there's something wrong with them
Yeah I would never have guessed that. Good for them to prove the quality is good enough to shoot their keynote.
It doesn't. Just saw the specs. The M3 Macbook Pro only supports one display. They might as well call it the 14" Macbook.
Well Apple did unveil one new thing... a new alloy called Aluminum. So there's that.
My expectations were already sub-par but Apple somehow still managed to disappoint me.
What is going on with this spec sheet? Did an unfinished version of this page go out?
I liked this presentation. I don't need an hour of propaganda commercials with random people clapping and dancing.
my only explanation for that event is that they felt that the M3 announcement was too big to just be a stealth store update. Otherwise literally nothing else warranted a primetime event.
If the screen is the most important , don't buy an all-in-one. That's why the Studio exists.
As for 5k vs. 4.5k... they would not be equal if the screen size were the same, but spread 5k out over 27" vs. 4.5k out over 24", and it's possible the 4.5k is better.
Just a bit underwhelming, I mean M3 looks good for people upgrading from devices in Intel era (if you really need it) but for most people on M1 and later… you’d have to be doing some serious heavy lifting to warrant buying new apple silicon.
Tim Cook flexing at the end how much they are innovating was just laughable.
Same here. I have a 10/16 M1 Pro and saw nothing to make me want to upgrade.
Interesting, It looks like space gray isn't an option anymore. Just space black and silver. I would have expected them to give us options as they mentioned a new color, black. Space gray, space black and silver. Options are a good thing, no?
A lot of fluff. I’m going to buy the 14“ M3 Max because I need to. But assuming the base Memory and SSD thing didn’t change…
It’s shameful.
It’s shameful.
It’s a fall event.. what did you guys expect seriously, we got the new chips which many didn’t think was gonna happen a month ago
Bruh, how can this be good, if you get 512/16 M1 Air for 1400$, thinner and not much slower device.
Jeez, they really are doing 8/512 for M3 macbook pro, wtf.
They said quite clearly Space Black has been designed exclusively for the most Pro users.
Just did a quick pricing check on a MacBook Pro 16 with M3 Pro, 1TB hard drive and 36GB ram. It‘s nearly 10% more expensive than the same configuration but with 32gb ram of the M2 Pro. Looks like prices have jumped 5-10% across the board.
Oh fffffff. They've actually nerfed the pros. 8 P-core version gone. 6 P-core is the higher end now, and entry level starts with 5 P-cores. For the same great price, lol.