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Mac Revenue Down 34% Year-Over-Year, But Tim Cook Expects 'Significant' Improvement With M3 Macs

MrENGLISH said:
I'd happily upgrade my 32GB M1 Max to the 48GB or 64GB M3 Max but their pricing is just ridiculous and forcing me to hold unto my M1 Max longer.
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Same deal here. I splurged when the M1 Max was announced and custom configured a 16" MBP w/64GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage. They simply don't give enough in trade credit to justify the high cost to move to a comparably configured M3 version. And realistically? There's still a lot of software out there that needs to be rewritten to run optimally on M series CPUs, which I think would give as much or more performance boost than moving to the newer CPU.
 
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AF_APPLETALK said:
I actually ordered an M3 Pro MBP to upgrade from my M1 Pro MBP. Canceled it as soon as the cores and memory bandwidth issues came to light.

Clear that the only winning upgrade from M1-family is a machine with a Max chip. I'd rather hang on to my M1 MBP and get a M3 Max chip inside of something more economical, like a Mac Studio.
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You realize just the M3 is as powerful, in single and multi-core, as the M1 Pro? It's fair to say that the M3 Pro will decent performance improvements over the M1 Pro
 
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AF_APPLETALK said:
I actually ordered an M3 Pro MBP to upgrade from my M1 Pro MBP. Canceled it as soon as the cores and memory bandwidth issues came to light.

Clear that the only winning upgrade from M1-family is a machine with a Max chip. I'd rather hang on to my M1 MBP and get a M3 Max chip inside of something more economical, like a Mac Studio.
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Why would anyone order such a machine without looking into what exactly it is that you're buying??

Just because Apple puts a higher number on something, does not mean it's automatically better. You may be working well within the performance of the current machine, and for a long while too.
 
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New Macs are sooooo ugly.. who ever needed an upgrade and is fine with the design already bought M1.

I am not moving to the new design for my personal device. Every time I have my working M1 next to my personal intel, I can feel the difference in the much worse design
 
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MacBooks looks okay, but they are nothing fancy anymore. If you don’t have a very special use case for it, it simply doesn’t worth the money. For the average consumer just the MacBook Air somewhat worth the money, but even for this one the price went too high and they destroyed the nice wedge design and added an ugly notch.

Personally i just use the MacBook for Apple stuff development. If I didn’t have to use it i wouldn’t even own any Apple hardware.
 
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This explains the scary event. Apple is in full panic mode. 34% drop is huge. And it’s not like iPad growth is really up either.

So Apple panicked and threw together a Mac event to release two new Mac’s. Might stop the bleeding for a quarter or two.
 
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mortenb said:
Not sure M3 will save sales. Still on M1 Mac Mini and M1 MBA and they are more than powerful enough already... need something more exciting than CPU upgrades.
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It might ultimately do just fine... after the next round of products comes out.

The M3 MBA, M3 Mini, and M3 Studio are where things get interesting. Do they kill the wildly popular M1 MBA? Or keep it and discontinue the M2 MBA? Likewise, does the Mini get a "press release" refresh like the iMac, or do they give it some actual design attention? And do they update the Studio, potentially sweeping the rug out from the Mac Pro? Or do they just let that one ride for a while as-is without the M3 update?
 
I have put all mac purchases on hold (including laptops)

Why? I am looking for a new desktop to replace my 2019 iMac. I have looked at and rejected the Mac Studio twice. The all in one desktop design is what brought to and kept me with Apple since 2008. The 24 inch iMac doesn't have a large enough screen, nor does it have enough ports or memory. The Mac Studio is too expensive and the design is less convenient.

What am I interested in buying? An iMac with an M3 max with a 27 to 30 inch display, with ports, storage and memory options similar to those of a high end MacBook Pro.
 
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I was holding out to see what M3 brought before taking the plunge, as M2 was essentially a bug-fixed M1 (especially in its Ultra configuration), and at the time my Intel Macbook was handling its workload just fine.

Now the Intel Macbook is looking increacingly obsolete and the performance gains of the M3 look worth the upgrade cost, so now (or at least in a month or 2 once I've saved enough) is the time for me to upgrade.

I'm sure I'm not the only guy in that position.
 
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Wildkraut said:
MacBooks looks okay, but they are nothing fancy anymore. If you don’t have a very special use case for it, it simply doesn’t worth the money. For the average consumer just the MacBook Air somewhat worth the money, but even for this one the price went too high and they destroyed the nice wedge design and added an ugly notch.

Personally i just use the MacBook for Apple stuff development. If I didn’t have to use it i wouldn’t even own any Apple hardware.
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I think their current design is great, but they could be doing so much more. Their focus has only been mostly on processing power and design... and not much else. I think they feel they burnt their fingers with Touch Bar and butterfly keyboards... and have played it safe.

I actually prefer the industrial design of the 2010s MacBooks to the current ones. They feel too thin and fragile, and I do miss the sloped design.

My dream would be an 11 inch MacBook Air with M series CPU, black colour option with minimal bezels (then you'd actually have quite a sizeable screen in that sized laptop) updated speakers and keyboard.
 
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People will upgrade less frequently with M series SOCs (cpu/ram/gpu) and their higher levels of performance.

I still use an M1 MBA laptop and it's still outstanding for basic laptop needs. Though I'm into tech, I don't need to have the latest and greatest every year.

Seems people here believe Apple's core market are tech-enthusiasts just like them. When in fact most are just regular people not into tech.
 
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Fuzzball84 said:
If M2 is good enough for you, just go with M2 and save your money.
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I mean, if the M3 Airs have 120hz (or 90hz) displays, then I’d strongly regret getting an M2 now.

It honestly sounds like a sensical distinguishing feature between the Air and rumored low-cost “MacBook”… But I wouldn’t count on Apple to do what’s sensical or would risk their customers buying a cheaper model.
 
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