M3 Pro MacBook Pro after 3 Months – Why EVERYONE Was Wrong!

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M3 Pro MacBook Pro after 3 Months – Why EVERYONE Was Wrong!


Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro has been out for 3 months, but has it beaten the test of time in terms of being a great and reliable Pro machine? Let’s find out!
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  1. Seems apple "downgraded" it on purpose, the M4 pro will also be 3nm so they will only need to add a few CPU/GPU cores to gain this annual 10-15% boost

  2. Got the M3 Pro MBP 16GB 512 on the Apple Cerftified Refurbished store for $1529 + taxes last week and for the value, the price couldn't be beat vs. other MacBooks when spec'd up (15" MBA, base M3 MBP) or the new Windows laptops now with the new Core Ultra chips. Planning on using this as a complete desktop replacement and so far, so good. Runs totally silent and cool for my use case.

  3. My goodness I'm glad to hear you not simply compare these year over year. No on has mentioned M3 Pro compared to M1 Max, that is insane considering big time pros are working with M1 Max MacBook's as their workstations (MKBHD?!)

  4. Just snagged the M3 Pro 1TB apple refurbished for $2039. Happy with the savings and the Apple refurb perks! Not a content creator, but I plan on using this thing for years for anything life brings my way. Coming from iPad mini as my primary. 😂 suuucks

  5. Is the M3 Pro worth the extra $100 over the M2, considering its specs (1TB, 36GB RAM, 12-18 cores) compared to the M2 (1TB, 32GB RAM, 12-19 cores)? The video suggests M3 Pro is the better choice. Thoughts?

  6. They basically optimized the design, if you see one of the m2 cons was the higher temp vs the m1, so by reducing the size further and using less transistors the efficiency and speed improved and the lower temperature help reducing the need of throttling down, so it was a very conscious decision

  7. I just bouht my first macbook pro ..its the m3 pro base model with 18gb ram..

    Never had an apple product before…
    Last notebook was an old lenovo with i5 and gtx860m..

    Most of the reviews out there are not that good for the m3 pro…
    Now im also a little concerned that my purchase was wrong…
    2150euros is soooo much money to me…
    Maybe thats just to much for what u get?
    I looked for m2 pro and even m1 pro but new models wasnt even that much cheeper ..all at around 1800 to 2000…
    Than i had to buy a used one and didnt wanted that route…

    Dont know… Maybe return the macbook and wait or go for a windows notebook?
    Man ..i dont know

  8. I have a M1 Pro Max 16 inch 2TB with 64GB of ram and I am a professional TV editor, I am getting ready to pull the trigger on the M3 Max 16 inch 2TB with 64 GB or ram – I've watched so many videos, I am now confused! I don't have any issues with my laptop but I can still trade it in and get 1k with apple (I'm sure if I wait one more year I will get nothing for my trade) I usually run Premiere Pro, After Effects, Spotify, Adobe Audition, and a few other things at the same time. Any thoughts?

  9. Sorry dude but NO. I have 16' M1 Max and I NEED 64gb ram in it. If Id like to have high RAM in M3 MBP only option is to go for 96gb ram, as only option for ram bellow 96 is 36ram. And do you know how much money one needs to pay for 14' M3 MBP with 96Ram on average in Europe? $5.600 new.

  10. I’ll wait for the new pros I’m using a galaxy tab s7+ and it’s still working just fine but I want to see the new iPad Pro 12.9 inch I’m thinking about buying it

  11. Ive been watching specific video topics from your channel for years. I researched and w the m3 pro I was able to get an 18gb RAM TB SSD for $2,029 pre tax. B&Hphoto is selling the base specs m3 pro for as low as $1,750. quite a good deal IMO except for the fact that the m3 only allows 1 external display connection. The dual engine not being on the m3 pro is disappointing. but its the best laptop ive personally ever owned and while 2k isnt necessarily cheap. its right on the money for its value. i couldnt bring myself to spend $2,800-$3,000 on an m3 max 14”. I can deal w sloghtly slower export times when it comes to the overall considerations of this device. speakers are too loud and clear. call quality is amazing. im a novice video editor tho so slower export times doesnt impede my work and probably wont for a year or two. i also think resale value of m3 pro will hold for 3 years.

  12. I just ordered a 14" M3 Pro 12/18 18GB 1TB from Best Buy after trading in my 2019 16" i9 16GB 1TB and all the preliminary reviews online had me thinking I'd made a mistake. I'm glad your 3 month assessment went this way! Coming from an Intel processor I expect to see a major performance upgrade, but your initial video had me wondering if I shouldn't have just gotten an M2 Pro instead. Being more of a photo editor that just dabbles in video, the video export speeds don't worry me at all. I'm happy to see the photo export speeds are better on the M3 Pro. In case anyone's interested, B&H Photo currently has the model I ordered (MRX43LL/A) on sale for $2,099. That's $300 off.

  13. I am wondering what caused the reevaluation of results you already had from before. Was a call or $ check from Apple involved? Or perhaps you noticed a drop in your affiliate links usage since no one wanted the M3 due to your past recommendations?

  14. With regards to that note on the price drop; Best Buy, Amazon and numerous other third party resellers have certain configs of new Apple machines at the, "sale" price from launch day and often throughout the entire time that they carry it. It's really common for them to do this because they don't make much money from the actual machine sale, but from store-brand accessories and services instead.