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Apple Event Live Blog: MacBook Pro and iMac Updated With New M3 Chip Family
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The image of the M3 Pro package that is floating around shows it has only 3 lpDDR5 SDRAMs sitting next to it.
Each lpDDR5 chip is capable of about 51GB/s bandwidth, IIRC.
Hence 3 x 51 = 153.
I wasn't able to watch this event, but I don't feel like I missed much.
The biggest takeaway for me is the Space Black color. There hasn't been a new MBP color since 2016.
I don't like that they nerfed the Pro chip with fewer GPU cores, fewer performance cores, and lower memory bandwidth compared with M1 and M2.
The iMac update was also incredibly lame. Imagine waiting two and half years for that. I'm guessing we will see USB-C peripherals with the next Studio update.
The biggest takeaway for me is the Space Black color. There hasn't been a new MBP color since 2016.
I don't like that they nerfed the Pro chip with fewer GPU cores, fewer performance cores, and lower memory bandwidth compared with M1 and M2.
The iMac update was also incredibly lame. Imagine waiting two and half years for that. I'm guessing we will see USB-C peripherals with the next Studio update.
Add on $200 for the ram and it's a $1800 computer, before tax.
I had no much knowledge about that anymore. PC-building days are over... Seems like both of us are some kind of right. But i personally think, much worse is the fact, that we can't change ram or ssd's in apple notebooks anymore. For Ram it is not so bad; but SSD is really bad. And yes - apple charges a lot for options. No idea, which notebook will max out those speeds. I work with thinkpads and Linux as well, but that kind of speeds is new for me. In PC's - especially gamer ones - it is a normal thing but Notebooks?
the most fascinating thing about this event is apple bumping up ram from 16gb to 18gb for pro models.
apple bumping up ram more than the competition? that is like absolutely shocking.
apple bumping up ram more than the competition? that is like absolutely shocking.
"New" as in two years old now, and it wasn't exactly burning up the GPU's when it dropped.
I have a 2017 13” Touch Bar MBP. Hoping it’ll last until at least 2027. 4 more years!😆
My bet: earnings report is really bad. So they rushed together some products that were near ready for a PR blitz.
Companies will always do something big the week or two before bad earnings. Some do layoffs, product announcements, etc.
This is all to show investors that the future is bright.
I'll be curious to see their earnings report.
Companies will always do something big the week or two before bad earnings. Some do layoffs, product announcements, etc.
This is all to show investors that the future is bright.
I'll be curious to see their earnings report.
I didn’t say they hadn’t done it before “Pal”
I’m pointing out it’s not really a comparison using the fact they’d done it to a £200 iPod touch to suggest they’d do it to a £7000 Pro computer.
Ok, “pal”?
thanks, I was wondering how can people complain about a quick nice informative event?
there were too many negative posts here last night on a tech company just being proud of their latest achievement.
have we reached a point when nothing is good and we need to topple the leader?
I wil read th rest of your post now.
You’re getting that 22 hours only with a special use case with just appleTV app running and the screen with low brightness. Regular browsing is much less than that.
I also noticed that too! Funny to see how NOBODY even liked your post.
Goes to show the largest fan base here is kids or youth under 30 and have no knowledge of the Pirate Flag significance. I wonder WHOM at Apple chose to place it, surely not Tim.
Pro models start at 8gb. Only the higher end get that 18gb base.
No, I know that.. That's the metric they use on all their releases... but this is different in that a) the 14 MacBook Pro allegedly gains significant battery improvement and b) Apple is saying the 14 and the 16 get the same battery life despite a larger battery in the 16. I just don't understand these gains and how the 14 and 16 are getting the same battery life.
Then they shouldn't sell it. Bump up to the next level and make that the base model. Be honest about it.
Probably not, people on forums and tech sites probably would, but they’re also the ones who don’t care 😂 average person probably sees a MacBook and sees it as just another laptop