Apple Event Live Blog: MacBook Pro and iMac Updated With New M3 Chip Family

[klasma]

If you stayed up late for this and lost sleep. I’m really sorry

This thread was worth it for entertainment.

 

[JamieLannister]

M3 Pro: 150GB/s memory bandwidth
M1 Pro: 200GB/s memory bandwidth

M3 : 5P + 6E cores
M3 Pro: 6P + 6E cores
M1 Pro: 8P + 2E cores

M3 lineup: AV1 decode

Nothing else much however.

 

[Fuzzball84]

M2 MacBook airs might be around a lot longer than expected… they still have the “new” tagline on the 15 inch model. If there was a refresh in 6 months or so I guess they would have taken this opportunity to drop that.

 

[dan428]

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.

The M1 is way slower than M3 you’re kidding yourself here

 

[bejaxn0623]

Looks like no USB-C for the mouse and keyboard it comes with a USB-C to Lightning cable on the iMac.

 

[Orange Bat]

The 14 inch Pro starts at only 8GB of RAM?!? WHY?!? I’d go for the 15 inch Air before I’d get a low end 14 inch Pro. The 15 inch Air is honestly the sleekest machine I’ve ever owned.

 

[Gill Bates]

Only watched a lil bit.
Did they say "all-new" again this time?

 

[ynotcreative]

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As you can see they kept the same price points, looking at the M3 Pro/Max 14"/16" MBPs the same price points also.

Still its great to see a M1 to M3 Update for the 24" iMac even if the larger model is unannounced/rumored.

Wait, where is the mouse?

Did they finally kill off that cord-humping abomination of a mouse?

 

[zach-coleman]

Still lighting? Ffs...

 

[Apple2GS]

People complained that the 13" wasn't a Pro. Now get a 14" with 8GB.

 

[jameslmoser]

A giant Meh. This was why they did it after the market closed, so hopefully it would forget by morning.

So many opportunities to innovate, but just an iterative update with so many repeats that it was almost predictable. They could not even bake in AV! encoding support in their highest end machine? But, wait, it comes in Black. That makes everything better. SMH...

Speaking of predictions, with all of the mention of pushing Intel users to Mx, I am betting Apple will deprecate compatibility completely next year.

This was the biggest smoke and mirrors show I have seen from Apple in a very, very long time.

It so was... and that ridiculous plug for their Apple TV+ monters show... it made me cringe.

 

[corinthos]

14" MacBook "Pro" with 8GB RAM base model! lol

Bean counter Timmay is at it again!

And notice how they tried to talk to Intel MacBook holdouts multiple times throughout the presentation.

 

[coolfactor]

Tim Cook flexing at the end how much they are innovating was just laughable.

Custom alloys, industry-leading battery life, industry-first hardware-based memory allocation.

Innovation doesn't always come wrapped in a bow. There are deep engineering efforts that are innovative and we all benefit from.

 

[Royksöpp]

I want one, but It can wait. I'm still pretty happy with my M1 Pro.

 

[TigerNike23]

Well at least there wasn’t virtue signaling schtick in this one, it was just product releases.

 

[McScooby]

He did one just for the iPod Hifi and new iPod sock colors. I’m not joking

Think that was the same year he also thrilled us with a separate event for the educational bookstore.

 

[kiranmk2]

Surprised there were no gaming demos to show off the increased GPU features and performance, especially with Resident Evil Villiage launching for iOS today (I was expecting an M3 patch for the Mac version to be announced that introduced ray-tracing). For me, this is the only reason to go M3 over a refurbished M2 model. Guess we'll have to wait for the reviews/benchmarks.

 

[Mac_tech]

Space gray is an option on the 14” MacBook Non-Pro

I see, I just saw that when looking a little deeper at the specs. It would be nice to give options for the Pros I feel but that's me.

 

[Count Blah]

The whining on here is hilarious. I can't wait to type this on my MBP that's $400 cheaper.

Without a pro chip and less RAM

 

[eropko]

14 inch Pros were so gutted

 

[klasma]

"This event was shot on iPhone and edited on a Mac", with a note at the bottom saying it was an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

That’s pretty crazy, the video quality was excellent

Most of the talking parts had CGI backgrounds.

 

[MBAir2010]

14" Space Black MBP ordered. Delivered 11/7.

They claim less fingerprints which should be nice!
enjoy!

 

[dankron]

Why are they comparing the M3 with the M1 and not the M2? Are they assuming that no one with an M2 will be keen to upgrade, and most likely people on M1s might take the bullet?

 

[dan428]

I liked this presentation. I don't need an hour of propaganda commercials with random people clapping and dancing.

Yeah no doubt most people prefer the pre-recorded type so they’ve stuck to it rather than just doing it for the pandemic keynote.. it’s more fun to watch and benefits apple too as they have more creative control

 

[KPOM]

The Magic Keyboards and mouse and trackpad are still Lightning. They did not change to USB-C. And no new Mac mini this time.

Yields on the 3nm process are supposed to be low. Hence they did not expand the M3 to the rest of the lineup (MacBook Air, Mac Mini, Studio and Pro). Perhaps they will skip the M3 entirely and just get updated next year with the M4 Series.