I made a mistake towards the end of this video when I compared the price of the new M3 Max configuration with the equivalent M1 Max config two years ago. The difference is actually £300, not £800 - my apologies.

Last time I order a Mac was 9 years ago, still working perfectly, is getting close for an upgrade when reach the 10 years mark in a few months.

A very nice look over all the options that are available, and the details which might not be noticed at a quick glance. I'm not in the market for a Macbook Pro (or an iMac, for that matter), but I'll be interested in these chip-comparison issues once the M3 arrives in the Mac Mini or Mac Studio product lines. FWIW, A recent video from Snazzy Labs had some interesting observations of these new chips wrt TSMC.

This is one of the better videos I've seen on these new machines so far. I'm going from a 16" M1 MacBook Pro to the 16" MacBook M3 Max, but the base one, not the nearly $4,000 one. So I lose 10 of those GPU cores as well as the increase in memory bandwidth from 300GB/s to 400GB/s. This was not the case with the M2 Max variants - both had 400GB/s memory bandwidth. How much a difference this will make with the dynamic caching remains to be seen. And we still don't know if there are any differences in the SSDs from the prior gen, so it will be interesting to get some real benchmarks on these machines.

thanks for reviewing these expensive mac units and helps us gauge if we really need an update as software developers. Your test and comparison helps, keep it up and blessings always^✨🙏

Well the baseline 14” M3 MBP is the replacement to the 13” M2 MBP. The 13” M2 MBP with comparable specs was US$1,499 (8C CPU; 10C GPU; 8GB memory and 512GB storage). So just $100 more for a larger mini-LED display; 1000 nits; ProMotion; better speakers and thermals; full height function keys; SD card slot; HDMI…

Thank you! You've been very help full.

There is an issue as well with starving your GPU cores of unified memory for apps like Resolve - you need gigs per core and so you can easily run up to the 128GB for an M3 Max - and you should probably go for the minimum 2TB internal storage for the best performance. The price is crazy.

I’ve used my 2009 MBP 17 inch to this day. Most usual use during the past years were with my iPad Pro I got in 2020. I miss the Mac a lot though and waited how Apple Silicon went. Finally ready to get myself a new computer. Also happy the rumours that it was going to be available next year aren’t true. Heading to Japan at the end of December and I need a machine to work on my projects while i’m there.

I got the 16 inch Black M3 Max with 128 GB Ram and 2 TB HDD. Upgrading from a 2011 - yes, 2011, 17 inch MacBook Pro. Hoping this lasts me as long as my last MacBook has.

Amazing, great details and explanation

Not sure any M1 owners will be desperate to upgrade either - the event seemed to be aimed at Intel Mac owners, they mentioned it enough! Also - best description of the 3Nm process I’ve ever heard - even I understood it!

Great video...thanks very much. I'm upgrading from a highly optioned late 2019 MBP Intel to the M3 Max. Can't wait to see the performance improvements. Cheers!

Outstanding Video! Thanks

i bought the m2max a few months ago. i do video editing and the 1tb hard drive soon filled up. I should have got a bigger drive! So just ordered the new m3 with 8tb. Moral of the story, buy cheap buy twice

Going with the M3 Pro "Full Fat" 16 inch. Thought about getting the Max, but I won't be using it for anything too strenuous enough to justify the cost difference. I'm coming from a 2017 intel MacBook Pro, so it will still be quite a significant upgrade. It lasted me six years without a single issue and I managed to make a decent amount of money selling it. Can't wait to see what the performance is like on the new MacBook.

Curious for the lower mem bandwidths - especially since the max max still *has* the 400gbps? Perhaps it’s related to the number of memory chiplets on the SoC and Apple sure likes to cut costs

really enjoyed your video. Explain very very well .. have now subscribed to your channel 👍.

Great run down! I tend to think they make the comparisons to the M1 as there's not many ordinary users who will upgrade from January/February purchases of the M2 - just some high end users who can squeeze the most out of these computers? It seems that base MBP model is a popular corporate purchase?? I just ignore it, I'd recommend an MBA or a 14" with the Pro chip to anyone who asked. I chose the binned Max chip for my M1 MBP based on some real-world testing that showed that throttling on the 'full fat' system meant that they both performed the same (for my use case, video editing). The difference between the Max binned and full fat in the M3 might be more compelling - 10 GPU cores is quite alot, though for the kind of video work I do it might not be necessary. As far as upgrading, if MKBHD is still (as of a couple of days ago) happy with his M1 Max I can probably wait til M4 or M5, my video workflow has only just moved from 1080p to 4K!

Thanks for this.

One of the greatest reviews on KZfaq , thank you!

I’m definitely not feeling the upgrade pressure. Have an M1 max MacBook Pro. I was in that really weird sweet spot where the standard M1 was not quite what I needed, and the M1 max was a little too much. The M1 Pro just wasn’t a super viable option for me because of my ram needs. Ended up getting the M1 max, and kind of growing into its power, but it still feels like something that’ll serve me for many years to come.

I have an M1 Max Mac Studio, waiting for comparisons to see if it will be time to upgrade when the M3 Max Studios are released or if I wait!

According to the Apple website, the plain M3 14-inch also claims up to 22 hrs battery.

Awesome video. Like how you break things down from a user perspective in usage and price rather than simply compare specs like just about every other channel. Don't get me wrong. I can definitely geek out on specs. But it gets a bit mind-numbing after a while. Besides, I'm coming from an M1 Mac Mini/MB Air (i7) setup so pretty much any M3 MBP is an upgrade. And yes, that Space Black is calling my name!! Thanks again. Liked and Subcribed.

Best review I've seen thank you

I have waited for the M3 PRO mainly because I was so confident the new 3nm (instead of 5nm) technology would push the performance dramatically... but then I saw the benchmark comparisons with M1 and M2, learnt about the decrease(!) of memory bandwith from 200 to 150 GB/s and realised the shift to more efficiency cores at the expense of the performance cores. My consequence: I gave up my M3 PRO idea and bought an M2 PRO refurbished instead, saving approx. a quarter(!) of the price. Things may look quite different for people choosing the M3 MAX which seems to be a real killer - but that is way too expensive for me, and I don't need the GPU power. Thumbs up @Constant Geekery for this brillant analysis!

I’m hoping to upgrade my top spec 27” 2020i Mac with a MacBook Pro. I upgrade an iMac for MacBook Pro every three years and the MacBook Pro for an iMac every three years as well since both the iMac and MacBook Pro will remain, just about usable for six years. As I use BIM the 3D graphics is the power hungry element so I was thinking 14” non-binned M3 Pro chip with 512 Gb plus another external 1Tb SSC drive with a 36Gb RAM. The current twin 27” screen set up will evolve into a 27”2010 iMac and 24” cinema and the 14”. Unless I can find a way of using the 2020 iMac 27” screen as a monitor. I don’t want to overcook the specification but it will need to be operational for six years before it gets upgraded. My high spec. 2016 15” MacBook Pro ceased to be capable due to the BIM software upgrades about a year ago. Any thoughts? More RAM? 16”? Just increase Internal memory? The colour is irrelevant but it WILL be space black :-) I am an architect who use to track satellites at school so any ‘space’ colour makes me smile internally. Nearly sad?

as an owner of a M1 MBP 13", the keyboard is not the butterfly type. It is the called Magic Mouse, I believe that we got even on the 2020 intel ones. So the keyboard is very much the same as the Pro 14". Great summary as always!

For music production, the critical factor is usually going to be 'how many performance cores', bc multi-track music, if it faces a bottleneck, is bc it does thousands of CPU tasks simultaneously in real time. Any sort of momentary stutter scuttles everything. Not stuttering is the high bar it faces, something annoying yet forgivable in video that is a deal-killer in audio. Logic Pro and other DAWs don't use the efficiency cores at all, and those, the GPU cores, and all of that video improvement mean nothing. And rendering is not really an issue. So, max out the P-cores, minimize everything else, and that will give the best platform at the lowest cost. Also, I/O bandwidth on 256 and 512 SSDs is only half what it is on the 1TB, and that could theoretically come into play if you create enough demand on the CPU that you need to freeze some of the tracks to the SSD to free up CPU. (I haven't had that issue on the M1 MBP, but I rarely exceed 70 tracks and don't use tons of effects plug-ins). If you use large suites of samples and lots of plug-ins, CPU and storage become critical, while nothing else 'advantageous' in the beefed-up M3s, such as the Max, really gain you anything that helps music production at all. Start with the M3 Pro. The iMac is great, I've owned a i9 since 2015, but if you work on a desktop, it seems like the best option these days is still a MBP powering external monitors, which wasn't quite as simple, effective, or economical in 2015. I never use the iMac bc Logic Pro has screensets changeable with a keystroke, and really, you can only look at one thing at a time anyway. The best options there in MBP are then probably the 14" M3 Pro with 12 CPU cores, and the 16" base model, which has essentially the same configuration (both already have 6 P-cores, 18 GB, and 1 TB. The US prices are $2400 and $2700). Also of note, that higher-end 14" is rated at only 18 hrs battery life while the low end 14" and base 16" are rated at 22. The extra $300 for the 16" also gets you a few other minor things beyond a bigger screen.

The new studio setup looks great! Can we get a setup vid? Thanks

Thanks! This was a great video! I bought a 14” m3pro today - I thought I paid 400 extra to jump from 512 to 1tb - but now I understand I also paid to get the un binned version of the m3pro:). I feel much better about the upgraded storage now:)

Every MacBook I've bought lasts between 6 and 7 years. I couldn't squeeze any more life out of the internal battery inside my 7+ year old 15" MacBook Pro and I've been carrying around an external battery for the past year. This past summer I was very happy to have the opportunity to pick up my Goldilocks machine: the 15" MacBook Air M2) with 16 GB of RAM). It does Word and Mail and Safari and Acrobat and Contacts and Excel and Filemaker and Notes and Quickbooks and Calendar without a hiccup. In other words, everything a non-graphics professional (who doesn't play games) needs for work. It drives my old 27" iMac as an external monitor just fine. (Though the added screen real estate for simultaneous viewing of multiwindows of a 49" LG curved monitor is very tempting.) I'm hoping (expecting) that I can get another 6+ years out of it my new Air.

Very thorough examination. I watched a few videos similar to this but none were as clear-n- concise as this. I ended up going with a 14in. M3-PRO chip/11core-CPU/14 core-GPU/18gbs-RAM/512-SSD. This seemed to be the best fit for my needs for today and 3-4yrs in the future. It's so WEIRD how we have this love/hate relationship with Apple when it come to RAM & STORAGE pricing but great performance if you get it right. You definitely have to tread lightly when purchasing. Gone are the days of self-upgrading your Macs in this new era of Apple Silicon Chips.

Great video! I am trying to decide which M3 to buy. I use Lightroom/Photoshop, running them off an external SSD and was considering the base M3 with 24GB of memory and a 1TB onboard SSD. After seeing your analysis, I am re-considering, and am looking more closely at the M3 Pro with 18GB RAM and the 1TB SSD. I can get it for the same price, and I think the performance boost will offset the smaller RAM. Thank you!!

My MacBook Pro 13 inch early 2015 stoped breathing one year ago. M3 will be a good update for sure. Now I am working on 4K drone shooting or converting 6k video to 4k. I am also planing working sometime on photometry software for 3D analysis. I will jump on a 16 inch M3 Pro chip for sure. I think the basic M3 Pro chip will be enough with 500tb storage. What do you think think? I do not want to make a mistake.

That was helpful. I'm starting to get into graphic development (Metal). That's the problem, my current macbook is 10 years old. So, I definitely need a new one. But how much GPU do I need? I'm just a beginner, but I'm hoping to become an expert. Is bandwidth important? Don't know. Anyhow, happy holidays! Thanks for the video.

Definitely right on the UK prices. I definitely don’t need one, but I did check the price of the pre-configured M1 Max 16 inch out of curiosity as that’s the only model it would be worth me getting - but I swear it’s close to £1K more than I paid for my equivalent in 2021. I love the space black design, but just can’t justify that much money

I'll be interested to see what read & write speeds people get from the M3 iMac with the base 256GB SSD, and if they're slower than the outgoing M1 version? For that matter how all the SSD speeds compare vs previous generations, as it can make a noticeable difference to performance once memory starts swapping as was apparent on the M2 Air vs the M1 Air...

I'll go for M3 Pro 14" with 12/18-core(cpu/gpu), 32gb ram and 512ssd (I already have 2tb cloud storage and can easily buy external if needed). I see it as a best config for the long term. I still have a mid 2012 macbook pro 13". I've upgraded the hard drive to an ssd and, apart from the rather low resolution display, it still works very well.

The difference between the Pro and Max is even more stark due to swapping perf for efficiency cores (ie. 6/6 ubinned Pro vs 4/12 unbinned Max). That creates a massive compute performance gap. Apple's slides showed the M3 Pro is up to 20% faster compute than M1 Pro compute, but M3 Max is 80% faster than M1 Pro. This is almost certainly due to poor yield issues for this initial run of 3n chips that will be fixed in the M4 series (ie. Apple reduced transistor count over M2 Pro to improve yields), so I highly recommend people skip this if they want the Pro chip.

3:38 you mentioned 22 hours is for the 16 inch variant, but it's also true for the base M3 14 inch variant. Both of these get the same advertised battery life, even though the 14 inch one has 70Wh compared to 100Wh in 16 inch.

The only regret I have as a video editor is not getting my M2 MacBook Pro 16 inch maxed out earlier this year. Had I not been so cheap, I wouldn't be shopping for a new one only 6 months later 🤦🏾‍♂. It's time to bite the bullet and get the 7k plus M3 MacBook Pro 16 inch maxed out this time

Thanks for a great overview of the buying options! My advice for anyone looking at the base 14" M3 version is to instead go for an Apple refurbished 14" M2 Pro version: it's the same price in the U.S. ($1599), yet you get twice the RAM, much faster CPU, 3 Thunderbolt ports and support for 2 external displays. Speaking of external displays, I'm quite disappointed that the M3 chip only supports a single external display: even the lowly base MacBook Air from 10 years ago supported 2 external displays 😲

I’ve had a MBPM1 since they first came out. I love it and probably will always have an apple silicon based laptop.

This year's configurator has never been as unnecessary complicated.

Informative video, thanks. I am planning to use my M3 with Logic Pro and plenty of added VST (software synths). Should I get the M3 Pro or vanilla M3 and how much RAM do I need. I'll go with silver as for me, Mac is always silver.

Apple at last . . . "Back in black" in the MacBook M3 Pro, and M3 Pro Max. If you are a professional this is a great starting point if you need to get a laptop. Do normals really need the power of the new M3 in the 24 inch iMac? Not really however great to get it better performance at the same price. For this normal this clip may not be your intended audience for your clips still have more than enough power ( iGPU FLOPS Apple M1 2.6 TFLOPS ) with my MacBook Air M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 7‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine, 16GB unified memory, 2TB SSD storage. Reason for the larger memory is "Fight the Swap!". Reason 2TB SSD storage is that is what I had on my 2014 5K 27-inch iMac, and since I will have the M1 MacBook Air for at least five years it will help when it comes to SSD ware leveling. So for me will be looking to purchase new Mac in 2031 or later. After all my 2014 5K 27-inch iMac was still doing the job I needed it to do after nine years before I replaced it. Now, if you are in the high end, professional production world. in the scientific community. In the financial community. Time is money, so always get the best tool to do the job at this time. Now for KZfaq content creators, I feel what you were saying probably hold more water. You may not have the need to update every year as a performance gains are not that great year over year.

Do your uk usa price comparisons consider tax is not included on the US price?

I went for the top max at first I went for the binned one at 96gb but then learned that the bandwidth was at 300gb/s I shifted to 64 and top max at 400gb/s my use case it to run descent ai models on it

I've had a 512/ 8gb m2 air for the past 6 months and its been great.. except for the ram. I run a small business and constantly have many tabs and apps running. the most demanding programs I run are generally photoshop and Imovie.. Maybe some games. Anyway when I came across a base m3pro Pro for 1600 (the $2000 one, in black), I couldn't help myself. 18gb ram is a great spec for me.. and while I don't need the extra performance, I justified it by thinking of it as future proofing.. I have been exploring more demanding programs lately. Also love this new color! my gripe with space grey was always that it isnt dark enough. I had the midnight m2 air and it was definitely a hell of a fingerprint magnet. Had I started with 16gb+ ram in the m2 air, I'd definitely still be daily driving it.. but the opportunity to upgrade for $1600.. 7-800 once I sell the air, was just too good to pass up! Hooray for unwanted Xmas Gifts! the seller had received this baby as a gift and was selling to purchase a dedicated gaming machine

Would be awesome if you can review 14 in macbook pro m3 max!!! not pro version but the max one! interesting how it performs at a heavy load. Cause i use now 16 inch m1 max , because my last 14 inch m1 max was overheating very very fast on my daily use (i use many MANY chrome tabs with heavy graphics on them also some third party browsers for my work, so it is ridiculus for me when reviewers tell that macbook pro m1 max is not heating on daily usage! i would say it is overheating! i couldn't stay my hands on the keyboard comfortable on 14 inch max version, now on 16 inch m1 max i use a program called TG pro which allows meto adjust the fans accoding the temperatures of the laptom, and i would say that 99% of the time my fans are from 2300 to 2800 rpm when i use it on a daily bases. And average cpu temp is from 60 to 70 . I am very interested if new 14 inch m3 MAX would be more COOL or as hot as previous 14 inch.....

Bought my first Mac. SHould be getting it in a couple of weeks. I orderd a beefed up version of hte M3 Max. I am an IT pro and have been resisting MACs for over 20 yrs now. I bought the M3 Max, becuase I have been doing a lot of video editing and Blue Ray Ripping. I usually have many windows upen at a time and push my PC pretty hard. I got 64gb and a 4TB drive. Cost me as much as a used car, but I am looking forward to taxing it out.

Wanting to upgrade, not sure whats best for me

I stand to be corrected but US prices are without VAT (known as Sales Tax in the US) which varies by state (5%-7%) and in some cases an additional tax by the city or town. UK prices will already include VAT. UK prices are still more expensive which I think can be linked to import duty charges etc etc ........

I am planning to upgrade. I'm not the kind of consumer who upgrades every year--far from it. My current machine is a MBP 15" for 2015. Probably would be keeping that if it wasn't for a bloated battery that has warped the chassis. So i'm looking to 'future proof' my purchase somewhat. Currentlty heavy user of Photoshop and Lightroom and could make good use of enhanced GPU performance. Right now leaning toward 14" MBP M3 Pro with 36GB Unified RAM giving my Adobe products room to grow over the next several years

I have a PC with i7, 32gb ram some m2 ssd, it's quite old but still decen for my task (95% browsing with a lot of open tabs, 5% photo/video editing) I also have a 13 inch m1 macbook pro, i'm looking to sell both and get something instead. Mac with m1 it's quite slow and 13 inch is too small. I was planing to get 16 inches with m3 pro. or better wait for 15inch air with m3 ?

I'm upgrading from a 2014 Retina MBP base model to full fat M3 Pro with 36gb of ram - I think this will be a significant upgrade. Planning on using for mild video editing as well as usual laptop tasks. I nearly went for the binned M3 Pro, glad i watched this video first! Thank you.

I really wanted to replace my MacBook Pro M1 64GB Max but the trade value according to Apple is way too low to justify it. I primarily want to upgrade for the GPU, but then again, until studios actually follow through and start releasing games for the mac there's nothing to use it with.

Question. What shall i buy. Occasional photographer using photoshop and Lightroom?

I just purchased a MBP 14" with the standard M3 processor and 16GB RAM - Upgrading from a MBA 13" with an M1 and 8GB RAM. While I likely could have waited for the M3 Air, I paid the additional ~$300 Apple tax and moved to the Pro.

As always an excellent insightful video that shines through that Apple fairy dust to reveal a clearer picture. The madness of the lightening port and its associated cable remains a source of frustration , the lack of USB C peripherals a continuing annoyance , the reluctance to introduce BLACK air pods , or a BLACK smaller form factor keyboard . and that stupid mouse port placement , areas that still need addressing . Oh the Mac Pro mini , or iPad mini wrapped in Titanium . Apologies I appear to have exceeded my rant .

M1 Pro MacBook here. It does everything I need very well so no upgrades for me.

I've just traded in my 2019 13" Macbook Pro with the laughable 128 GB storage. I can afford something better now, but the decision is really between 14" or 16". Love the big size, but portability is nice too.

The display on my 2017 MacBook Pro (I got the most loaded version available at that time) finally died. Ok, well, I helped it die by accidentally knocking it off the table. So, I was forced to by a new MacBook Pro. I have lots of work sitting there on my Time Machine back-up waiting for me to get back to it. I was considering the M3 Pro vs M3 Max. I stewed over that for a week. For the most part, I think an M3 Max would be over-kill and not worth the big price jump. However, the one thing that I find I can never get enough of is memory. I found it very frustrating that the M3 Pro has a max of 36GB. I really wanted 64GB at least and almost paid more than a $1,000 dollars more to get that on an M3 Max. But in the end I decided I'd rather keep the $1,000. 36GB will be an upgrade for me and, well, I guess it will be plenty of memory for at least a couple of years. Every time I am in the market for MacBook Pro, I find Apple's approach of making us climb a price ladder to be pretty obnoxious. I think they know that if they had made an M3 Pro with 64GB, and enough memory bandwidth for that (instead of reducing it relative to the M2 Pro), a large number of M3 Max buyers would have gone for the Pro. I resented having to make this decisions. I have long been a Mac user and love them . Nevertheless, I am really tired of Apple's tricky pricing ladder.

I’m going with the M3 Max binned 14in, with 96GB and 2T for animation and video production

I think I am going for the 16” M3 MAX with 128 gb ram and 2 tb. I hope it will last about five years or so.

the best review on KZfaq

I’m upgrading from a late model 27” 2013 iMac. I need the portability and even though I love the 27” iMac screen, I understand I can’t connect it to the macbook which is a shame. I’m finding some of my software (Zoom) doesn’t work properly on my 27” iMac and I use that a fair amount so I find myself using my iPad Pro for Zoom use which is okay. Since my iMac is so out of date and the OS can’t be upgraded anymore for quite awhile now, I figure it’s time to dip into my savings and get a laptop and pair it to a large monitor. I also am thinking about making videos to put on KZfaq and so my thought is to purchase a 14”Macbook Pro with M3 Pro chip, 36GB unified memory and 1 TB of storage. If I were sure that I was going to do videos and really get into it, I’d go for the M3 Max chip but that might be a pipe dream so I think I will be satisfied (probably more than satisfied) with the Pro chip over anything I currently have.

if you are looking at the M3 - that is NOT available in space black... so if you already have the M2 it's really down to if you want the new design pro as the M2 is only in the old pro with touch bar or the Air... it's also slightly better for gaming, has extra ports (if you use them), starts with 512gb, and has a brighter screen with better speakers -- certainly a step up for the machine itself but not a massive change in chip. What really annoys me is 8gb ram on a pro model...that's just not acceptable

A very informative review, thanks. A quick question for the experienced Mac users here. Currently I have a 13" MB Air M1 2020 with 8gb ram and 512SSD. I use it for medium to large Excel files open concurrent with many Chrome tabs open running some investing software databases. Occasionally I'l l get the beachball or it will be a bit slow. Also I've come to realise that the screen is a bit too small. I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade to the current 15" MB Air M2, with 16gb ram and 512SSD, or the new 14" MBP M3 with 16gb ram and 512SSD. I'm needing more screen space and some improved CPU performance. The 15" MB Air M2 is of interest because of the significant additional screen space and faster m2 chip, whereas the performance new 14" MBP M3 is of equal interest and the additional screen space if probably just sufficient. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

I just ordered 14” macbook pro m3 pro 18gb ram 18gb gpu 1tb ssd storage for mobile dj use in addition to my current 2019 macbook pro 16” intel i9 16 gb ram 1tb ssd i was gona get the 16” but unfortunately it was a big jump $1000 different pushing to max model in order to have 1tb

I need RAM but no graphic power. I like to have 4TB SSD but then I need a way bigger external HD for TimeMachine so in the end I will go for 2TB...

Let us not forget the 60ish ms response time of the M3 Macbook Pro. I have an issue paying top dollar for a screen with a huge weakness.

I am upgrading, I really have no choice as I am currently running a 2009 MacBook Pro with the 19 inch screen. I love my MacBook Pro except it is no longer supported by Apple. In all the years I have had this laptop it has never failed. I had hoped that Apple would revive the 19 inch line of laptops, but unfortunately that is just a dream. I have been looking for a company that can update my 19 inch MacBook Pro to a recent chip, and maybe I will find a company or maybe just start a company to do that myself, but for now will be getting the 16 inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chip.

Going for the 14" Fat Max with 1TB SSD and 48GB Ram. Haven't upgraded my laptop since the 2013 Intel model and my main editing machine is maxed out 2019 intel iMac. They still get the job done, but the M3 will replace both.

Thanks for your video! I need to upgrade my Macbook Pro (Intel i5 2 GHz / 16gb RAM / 512 GB SSD) mainly for music creation and some video and audio editing. What's the best choice between apple silicon processors?

I have a 2016 Base Macbook Pro that runs like a Jet engine now. Gonna be Upgrading to the M3 pro in Space Black

You should always buy the best one you can comfortably afford because things in a persons life are always changing and you just never know when or if you’ll need that extra CPU power/Unified Memory/SSD size. If you have it it’s there ready to go, if you don’t have it then you’re just sitting there with your Thumb up your bum frustrated and wishing you had spent the extra cash on a more capable machine. Don’t go cheap when you’re buying your Tools/Equipment you’ll be much happier in the long run. REMEMBER… There are more people out there saying.. “Boy, I sure wish I had bought the better machine” than there are saying… “ Boy, I sure wish I hadn’t bought such a capable machine” THINK ABOUT IT

Wow that studio 9:14 👌is that a godox softbox?

Very informative video as usual. My use case was met with the M1 Max MacBook. If find a way to turn it black let me know.😂😂😂

Just ordered a full fat m3 pro but 18gb 1tb only, usage is cubase 13pro mild use, basic capture one and light video editing….. should be ok didn’t want to spend more than 2499

I don’t have a Laptop rn and don’t need anything super crazy but I do want a fan, so I got the 14” m3 pro

I do photography in Photoshop and Lightroom with 45 megapixel cameras. I’ve been limping along with a 2015 i7 15 inch and would really like to get a bump up in speed and compatibilities. I’ve got a 2 TB SSD in the old one so I will continue with that 2 TB as I use a lot of 5 TB externals. I don’t think I need the max chip with the exception of faster throughput. My question is if 36 gigs of ram is enough? It’s another big chunk $$ to go to 48 as I also would need the increased core model.

I can see little reason for casual users to leap at these machines (unless they just want to) vs. buying the M1/M2, new and used machines for the time being. There are great lightly used MBPs, many still with AppleCare that can be had for a fraction of the cost. I may get a new one for work, but I have an M1 MBA that is probably one of the best laptops I've owned. No need to make the jump for at least a year or two more.

Good financial explanation on 7:00 time.

Hi. I have no experience whatsoever with MacBook yet, my goal is to buy a top laptop that can handle the best both video and RAW pictures coming from my cameras, all this using editing programs like Lightroom... So is going for MacBook M3 Pro for instance with a 18GB (or better 36GB) and 1TB a sure and best choice? Especially in the long run as I've always heard MacBooks would keep running fine for lots of years... Thanks for any suggestion or helpful advice :))

The base level M3 iMac has the same issues as most models of M2 Macs. The default SSD size is 256 Gb which because it is implemented as a single flash module is half the speed of a 256 Gb SSD in an M1 Mac, which has two 128 Gb flash modules. Also the base models of all of the new M3 Macs have only 8 Gb of RAM. The only M3 Macs that I would recommend anyone to buy is those that have at least a 512 Gb SSD and at least 16 Gb of RAM. It is interesting to note that all PCs in the Mac price range come with at least a 512 Gb SSD and 16 Gb of RAM as standard. A major issue with buying a Mac from any high street shop is that almost all Macs on the high street are base models with only a 256 Gb SSD and 8 Gb of RAM.

What kind of camera rig do you use for your videos?

The issue with the memory bandwidth has to do with the fact that they opted for a 3-RAM-module configuration instead of four. We got the two SSD chips on the base model, by the way

This not only replaces the 13 pro but will affect sales on the 15 Air especially the one to get the 512 gig, which is now the same price as the 14 M3 base model, which offers far more value for money.

I think part of the issue is that the M1 was so shockly revolutionary, pundits expect a revolution with every chip revision now.

New base models won't necessarily means able to replace the top models you needed? Don't you guys think, increase in performance on the new releases will also mean increase in new demands hence one still won't able to get the cheaper base models to do most of it unless you still do nearly the same things as years ago and because of that the bases are meant to do the current needs and the tops are meant to do the upcoming needs? Hence if one needed a top end model now, still need to get it instead of getting and waiting for the day the base model to reach performance of the top models used to be, like you wait for a base Toyota car to reach race car performance and when it does, the world already moved on to use flying car or some sort of to race, and buying excess to future proof can most likely only able to cover the unreached potential of the same fields of yours and also similar requirement of new potentials, right? There are reasons for things to get improve and one is to progress our worlds to reach new stages or else we could just use the same thing to do the same thing isn't it?

I have an old Intel Macbook pro and 8GB memory. However I work a lot with Photoshop and Lightroom as well some video work for youtube. I need at least 16 or 32GB memory. So any good advice if I need to go for a M3 or maybe an M2 is better alternative for my needs based on price and performance

I have the 14" and mine is an M3 pro?

Hey everyone I am still using an Intel MBP 15 inch and I am thinking to upgrade this year to M3 Pro chip version with 16 inch model. I am a Graduate Computer Science student and I probably do not need M3 Max and M3 version of mbp lacks unified memory with only 8 gigs. What do you think any suggestions for me I do not want to make a mistake since buying an apple product in Turkey costs nearly 4x of my monthly income

What should I buy? I do heavy photoshopping for work and will be doing 4K/8K video editing, go for the M3 chip notebook?, my iMac desktop is 7 years old and not working smoothly anymore.

Omg so much info. Which shall I buy? I’m an occasional photographer , i use photoshop and Lightroom.

these m3 macbooks would be better if it wasn't for the discreet geforce/radeon gpus in other laptops at equivalent price brackets.

What's the requirement for RAM for upcoming development need of AR a d VR video, apps and games developments? 48 or 64 or 128 better for the 16 cores M3 Max 16 inches MacBook Pro?