arstechnica macbook pro review up

[dugbug]

A lot of us count on this review each year and this one does not disappoint. This thing creeps up to desktop chip levels. No details on the GPU other than basic benchmarks... beats 4070. One criticism on the review is that there is no disclaimer that the PC laptops were on battery or plugged in (or at least there were no separate graphs).

Review: Apple’s 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop

A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn’t be possible with Intel.

arstechnica.com

 

[altaic]

A lot of us count on this review each year and this one does not disappoint. This thing creeps up to desktop chip levels. No details on the GPU other than basic benchmarks... beats 4070. One criticism on the review is that there is no disclaimer that the PC laptops were on battery or plugged in (or at least there were no separate graphs).

Review: Apple’s 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop

A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn’t be possible with Intel.

arstechnica.com

I guess they updated it: “All tests on both PCs and Macs were run with the machines plugged into the wall.”

 

[reklex]

i’m keeping my M1 Max tbh

 

[leman]

i’m keeping my M1 Max tbh

I am upgrading; 60-80% performance increase in multi-core data crunching is an amazing upgrade.

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

I guess they updated it: “All tests on both PCs and Macs were run with the machines plugged into the wall.”

I'd like more tests on unplugged performance as one video review I watched mentioned that CPU tasks were the same unplugged but GPU tasks were much slower, about a third in performance. That would really kind of suck as I'd like to be able to occasionally play the odd game while chilling on the sofa, watching my kids.

 

[dugbug]

I am upgrading; 60-80% performance increase in multi-core data crunching is an amazing upgrade.

You wouldn't wait for an ultra studio?

 

[leman]

You wouldn't wait for an ultra studio?

I want a laptop.

 

[TechnoMonk]

I am upgrading; 60-80% performance increase in multi-core data crunching is an amazing upgrade.

It would be great if you can do a comparison. I don’t usually upgrade for 5 years but 128 GB RAM and GPU can make me consider. Outside of 4090 GPU, the M3 Max MBP 16 will probably crush my AMD 39XX threaddripper workstation.

 

[reklex]

I am upgrading; 60-80% performance increase in multi-core data crunching is an amazing upgrade.

it is no doubt.

if I were having workflow slowdowns on Ae and Premiere Pro i’d upgrade as well.