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New M3 MacBook Pro and iMac Models Now Available for Purchase
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M3 Pro seems to be only 20% faster then M2 Pro so no way that regular M3 would be faster than M2 Pro. I would be surprised if M3 get close to M1 Pro.
I love it, especially the european dude who described the CPU and GPU who said “welcome to my lair” lol.
And I loved everybody wearing black and it being shot at night, and the cloud covered Apple logo like the moon.
It wasn’t over the top, it was still classy and professional, while still being festive for Halloween.
They did a great job.
14 inch M3 Pro
11-Core CPU
14-Core GPU
18GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage $3,499 in Australia
14 inch M2 Pro
10-Core CPU
16-Core GPU
16GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage $3,199 in Australia
M3 pro chip has
2GB more unified Memory
1 Core CPU but 2 core GPU less
What’s the difference ?
And guess what? In 2 years you can buy a new one and sell your old one to Apple easily. There's a program for that. And I'll take advantage of that when I'll sell my M1 MBA for M3 MBP.
All is good.
I’m impressed by 20% faster, considering for the last decade Intel and AMD have only seen single digit performance increases.
40% faster than the M1 is great.
Depends. I recently bought the 12 core cpu/38 core gpu 32GB ram 1tb M2 Max for $3200. (educational)
The same M3 Max config, with 14 core cpu and 36gb RAM (improvements) but only 30 core gpu (step down) for the same $3200.
I don't know what the speed increase is per gpu core, but 38 vs 30 does not seem it would be much faster, if at all.
But that black does look sharp.
That’s your decision but you’re missing out on some amazing laptops.
Upgrading the base 14” doesn’t make much sense, would put it at $1800 with huge downsides, and within $200 striking distance of a much better machine with the Pro chip.
Not to mention, CTO rarely ever go on sale but a SKU machine regularly goes on sale.
The 21.5" i5 machines sure, but the 27" i7 machines were definitely pro aimed, even without Pro in their name. They were just as fast, if not faster, than the MBP laptops of their time. With the switch the Apple silicon iMac gets a mid-sized screen, and a chip that's great, sure, but not as great as in the MBPs.
iMacs are taking an L compared to the MBPs. They are great machines for that home/office usecase, but they've lost their high-end for more demanding tasks. I'm assuming they didn't sell enough to keep alive, but stating flat out that iMacs are only for non-pro home or office use is ignoring their history. They were a pro workhorse for many.
Forgot to use my Apple Gift Cards when I ordered. Cancelled and ordered again with the gift cards and the same model is now shipping 11/15-17.
You don't need software. Just use a black menubar/appearance from settings and, bang, zero notch with a mini-LED XDR display (true blacks). You know that older MacBook Pro that you used to have with the larger bezel up top, I had one (Early 2015), yeah, same exact bezel with a black menubar added.
Personally, I see no notch when working, it's in the menubar, who gives. But I understand people LOOKING at it when first checking out the laptop (and being allergic to it 😂). For movies, fullscreen, games, etc., the OS DOES NOT have the notch in the display area as it's visually part of the border.
But very productive.
LOL!
I don't buy anything so badly designed. And I don't even need a camera...
That's a software kludge on top of a hardware kludge. My sensibilities couldn't take that. No problem though, i just wont buy it, no harm to anyone else.
I use a Windows laptop and I'm not missing anything in what I need it for. Lighter than the MBA 13", decent battery life, decent performance, and 32G of RAM.
And it's not like I don't have other Macs.
. 27" 2020 iMac with 128G of RAM, and an M2 Pro Mini with 32G of RAM. Plus a few more in the bone pile. I've had an M1 MBA and an M1 Max Studio, but I traded both those in.Agreed, but I couldn't use a laptop with a notch for any length of time. It would bother me way too much. Asymmetrical bothers me for some reason, and I have way too many icons in my menu bar.
