NEW M3 MacBook Pro - Which One Should YOU Buy? (I think I messed up)

[@MatthewMoniz]

LOL thanks for coming by again. It was great to do another yearly video!

[@TausifHussain]

Yesss! These are always so fun to make! Always appreciate you brother!

[@Alfattah-2]

​@@TausifHussainHello, I am sahil. My interest in coding, web development. i want to become a good developer but i have no laptop and i am not able to buy it. i am belong to poor family. so please can you give me any good laptop in your treasure. And may I be grateful to you all my life

[@myqaveli]

more of these 💪🏼

[@NotaDoctorOrLawyer]

Hey matthew whats the best external harddrive to work off of and do daily backups like you mentioned in the video?

[@reallyreally2much]

I have m2 pro 16 gb ram 512 storage. This is so good in video editing. So fast..... just love it.

[@AndrewReitze]

This was the most informative and helpful video I’ve seen as reviews of a laptop go. We finally get real life scenarios and use cases with the ideal specs we need from a solid source. Thank you!!

[@sarhan_]

Bro I love these videos with matthew whenever the new MacBooks drop. Please don’t stop!

[@TausifHussain]

Haha thank you!! Yeah it’s definitely one of my favorites in my series!!

[@blonded5861]

Been following you since 20k tausif and I gotta say your videos are genuinely some of the best tech content I’ve seen in years and I mean it. Always a perfect balance of entertainment and genuine information plus your humility really shines through your videos. If no one’s shown you any love recently man I just wanted to say please don’t stop doing what you’re doing because there are so many of us who love your channel

[@TrusteftTech]

Back in 2014 I bought my laptop (i7 4710HQ Windows 8.1 laptop) and I got 32GB of RAM at the time. It was an overkill, but at the same time I do believe it helped make it stay relevant for longer. Going for 128GB of RAM in 2023 feels overkill again. I don't think I would go for it, even if I could easily afford that. But having said that, I get why one would go for that much RAM. Yes, Matthew is one of the good ones. Glad to see you two together for a video.

[@StelmachsWorld]

Love how you mentioned first time users, everybody reviewing this laptop says 18 isn't enough but they live off their Mac doing intensive work such as 8k footage with 3d motion graphics. Like bruh I am just trying to get into it here. I did return my 512gb for a 1tb because I might be using it for schoolwork swell, I don't want to lug around a external drive everywhere I go.

[@MysterCannabis]

Dev here. The reason you're seeing maxed put ram usage is that this is how the mac os is. You will ALWAYS be maxed out. If you have a ton of ram it will just cache everything that is remotely likely to be used. And it's a good thing, there is no point in having unused ram. But well, that's why

[@guylafaras4669]

So…. I’m watching puzzled enough that they don’t know this. Put off the whole flow and now I’m in a KZbin chat?!

[@cxAdam]

The more ram you have, the more ram the computer will use. So say you have 36 GB of Ram, it'll use half or so, if you have 64, it'll use half or so. Same thing for 16, and even 8. So what you mentioned makes sense.

[@wulfbak]

Just traded my 2018 i7 Macbook Pro for an M3 Pro 18 gig/1 terabyte MBP. One of the best features of the new one is no ducking butterfly keyboard. That was such a black mark on Apple's legacy.

[@edgaralfred_films]

Honestly very informative video, I appreciate the help

[@rudyelizondo1935]

I have the M1 Pro but won’t upgrade till the m4 pro comes out, hopefully slimmer and lighter.

[@One.of.the.civilians]

I’ve purchased MacBook Pro M3 Max 36GB RAM 1TB SSD, I’m totally over fine with that. If you are willing to play some games go for windows please 🙏, sometimes it doesn’t matter how Mach powerful is your Mac. MacBook for work

[@jeromescott2113]

I really tried to justify upgrading from my M2 Max for the M3 Max. But I canceled my order. I will wait for the M5 or M6 Max, M2 is still very capable. One user that does need more RAM is people running a VM, 16 or 18GB of RAM won’t cut it. So many KZbinrs focus on video editing, but neglect to consider this perspective.

[@jackcapella2707]

I am actually looking to buy. I sold my M1 Max studio because I wanted the portability with the new generation. I want to hold out for the M4 but if Apple goes all in on OLED, I will by the M3 for the mini LED. OLED is a fad and nothing more.

[@AhmedElhamaky-C]

Thanks for this excellent video! For the first time I find a video which replied to all my questions!!!!

[@RaneMP2016]

OK here is my situation. I have a 2020 M1 Air with 16GB ram + 1TB storage. I want to upgrade to the MBP 16, or 14. I want to upgrade because #1 screen size, #2 color, #3 storage, #4 possibly start content creation. Can I getaway with 18GB ram for light-medium audio production M3 Pro chip bd posibly as a starter for editing video? I have not played around with any 3D apps.

[@sickhcivc]

Damn why don't you use a Nas, and create proxies. I have a 40tb Nas with 10gb network, you don't need to edit on your local ssd

[@oceanelucas6469]

I'm hesitating between the M3chip and the M3Pro chip. I think the M3 chip would fit my needs but I really like the Space Black color and it fits my budget. However, I noticed some white lines linked to the use of the thunderbolts... Also, it has a 18hrs battery life, against a 22hrs one for the M3chip. What would you advise me to do? Thank you !!

[@liamt33]

i ended up going for the normal m3 so i could get longer battery. don’t need the performance of the pro. go with your gut!

[@MyJohnrox]

Mac ram caches and utilizes ram fully. You should look at memory pressure and not how much memory. As long as its green, its fine. Maybe if you see swap memory increasing, you might need bigger ram.

[@TausifHussain]

Oh that’s interesting. Yeah it’s usually always green. Thanks for sharing this. Will look into it more now b

[@dalatesthits3849]

@@TausifHussainthen 64 is enough for you

[@XxsoonerbornxX]

18GB will easily go yellow often and start swapping if you have 4-5 programs open, 15 tabs open in safari and then fire up some videos or music. Go with 36GB.

[@thatkiraiguy2169]

For video editing on Adobe Photoshop, which MacBook (14 inch) would be great? M2 & M3 wise. Between the Pros & Max

[@bryans8656]

That was a fun collaboration.

[@TausifHussain]

Haha glad you liked it! Appreciate you watching.

[@Serdo70]

Is M3pro 11cpu 14gpu 36 Ram , 1TB enough for Music production (making beats,Mixing vocals) and Music Video editing ?

[@Riceyminimad]

This is the exact one I want to get and I also want to do music production as well

[@jethrojacinto2798]

The Base MBP14 M3 for $1599 with 8GB of ram is absolutely fucking criminal and I'm you guys and others are bringing more light about it. I opted for the base M3 Pro MBP14 for 400 more to $2000 and its honestly worth the upgrade IMO with the 18GB unified memory and 11CCPU/14CGPU.

[@sudharsanamtk]

I was confused too, whehter to go for M3 with 24GB or m3 pro with 18gb. (both are priced same), I was unable to take a call wheter to go for that extra ram or pro config.

[@angadsingh8522]

I need one for programming and data analytics. Is the base M3 Pro good in your opinion?

[@joseyang5098]

I’m now hesitating to purchase between MBP 16 M2 Pro and MBP 14 M3 Pro. Price difference is only about 500 USD. If you were me, which one would you choose?

[@taherakhan7044]

Don't get me wrong, the M3 is a decent processor with improvements over the M2. However, there is a BUT, the M2 is better from a performance / memory perspective and cheaper relative to the M3. Granted M3 is faster with more cores but how much difference is the VAST majority of people using these performance laptops are going to see? I use the M1 Pro and looking for an upgrade, and have to say, given what I do with data processing on complex engineering mechanics and dynamics problems/designs, I'd look for more memory. I say that because a colleague has got the M3 Pro, and we did a test to process some engineering data. We were surprisingly to find out the M3 was slightly quicker than the M1 (which had more memory than the M3). Considering the price, I may upgrade mine to a M2 Pro or Max just more processing power.

[@garysandhu5082]

Great video. You addressed a lot of my questions I had in mind. I haven't had an Apple laptop since the PowerBook G4. I tend to keep my computers for a long time so I'm like you in that I tend to overspec my computers. I'm still on the fence for the pro vs max chip and also 14" vs 16". There is also the issue of driving multiple monitors. Max drives more monitors.

[@TausifHussain]

Thank you so much!! Appreciate you watching and glad I could help. Yeah those are all fantastic questions. I’m going to be looking at that in the coming weeks! Stay tuned.

[@garysandhu5082]

@@TausifHussain I was really surprised that Mathew recommended the M3 Pro chip over the m3 max.

[@PKperformanceEU]

Next clown 🤡🤡 don't overspec your laptop just sell it every 2years. Get the m3pro idiot

[@Screaming-Trees]

So I'm tempted to go M3 Max with 96gb ram because of the single core performance bump. For music production single core is, well, king. Especially for low latency operation stuff. Some virtual instruments believe it or not can still max out the M1max and cause it to crap out at low latency in certain situations. It's an edge case but I have a feeling that the 25% extra headroom in single core just might make a difference enough in those cases. Hearing you talk about loud fans on the M3, and also you mentioning how your m1max never spins up its fans, is making me seriously reconsider now. Silence is sacrosanct in the studio when recording. It's about on par with CPU headroom if not even more important. Just how loud are those fans? And do you happen to know if they trigger more because of the GPU utilization rather than CPU? Good overview though thanks.

[@TausifHussain]

That’s incredible man. In terms of the fans, I’m going to be testing it out this week and see how I can trigger them if at all possible and if it affects the 14” as well. Because I believe the fans sound was only picked up using the high power mode on the 16” which the 14 doesn’t even have. And if you keep high power mode off, would it result in no fan noise? I’m gonna have to test it this week!

[@Screaming-Trees]

@@TausifHussain Brilliant. I'll look forward to the results of those tests then. That would be great to know. :)

[@dewaldomusic]

I'm also interested in the fan noise test! Using mine for music production and echo the same concerns, need a step up in CPU from my M1 Pro but worried about fan noise with the M3 Max. Noise comparison between 14 and 16 inch models would be most appreciated too @@TausifHussain

[@petersoneugene4383]

The most honest video about tech ever. I'll save it in a playlist as a reminder. Thank you #MatthewMoniz

[@Tricklarock]

Where/what site was the M3 max with the 36 gb on ?!?!?!?! Could you PLEASE lmk, I'm in the process of buying one, but it seems as if Apple id doing everything they can to keep me from buying the $3100 M3 max?! They unilaterally canceled my order twice now - and the cards I used were completely fine? Then on top of that. a rep HUNG UP on me, and I was being polite as possible! At this point, I don't want to give Apple my money... but I have to have those specs!!!

[@avcreations2494]

Good review thanks. One thing you did not mention was monitor support. I bought the m3pro then exchanged for the m3max base because I use 3 to 4 external monitors and m3 pro only supports 2.

[@driven01]

Which is a ridiculous artificial limitation by Apple

[@JustineCooksVegan]

Hi Tausif! New subscriber here :)Enjoyed this video and your honest feedback that you "messed up"! Would love to know exactly what configuration you think is best? I am looking for a MacBook m3 pro for YT long form video editing, some photoshop and multi-tasking and hoping for a long term investment. Curious if you think m3 pro with 12 cpu/18 gpu with some added memory and storage is the way to go? Thank you!

[@animegeek6118]

What would you recommend for someone just getting into photography and photo editing?

[@TausifHussain]

Just getting into it, you should be fine with even the MacBook Air.

[@honeybuzzard2843]

​@TausifHussain Allot of this went over my head, so I'll watch it a few more times. I've delayed the pick up of MBP 3M, $1,599.00 rushed purchase after sale deadline 12/31. Delayed pick up for 1/10. Think I made a mistake. Got it for heavy Songwriter, GarageBand tons of storage, tons of YT. The 8GB did seem concerning. What's the best MB for me? I have to decide before pick up Tuesday.

[@magnanorth4713]

Love the humour and play between these two.

[@XxsoonerbornxX]

Literally every single person other than hardcore users editing 4k video all day long should be buying the m3 pro version with 36GB of memory. End of story. 18GB is bare minimum to actually USE your laptop with tons of tabs while playing music while also working on things and not have to shut things down because ssd swapping is happening. Apple products are expensive. You already know that. Just spend the damn money and get the extra RAM. Macbook Pro's hold their value extremely well so you will get it back when you trade it in for an upgrade down the road or when you decide to sell. Don't skimp on the memory. Under no circumstance should anyone buy the m3 model with 8GB of ram.

[@elliekim6666]

I mean you could get the M3 base with 16GB of memory. I'm between that and the base M3 pro because of the extra USB and space black color

[@Skribzz_]

@@elliekim6666If you’re still considering it, do NOT buy the Base M3 MacBook Pro It is a complete rip-off for the money and you can get an M3 Pro model for around the same price as the base one with the extra ram, not to mention that just recently apple has announced they are making MacBook Airs very soon with the SAME base M3 chip that’s in the MacBook Pro and those can be configured with 16GB ram also

[@ericdavis1421]

​@@Skribzz_It has happened! M3 Air is now available. M3 iPad is rumored to be coming VERY soon, but having grown up in the golden era of "vapor ware" I have learned to believe it when I see it.

[@thatkiraiguy2169]

So for those who edit with say Adobe premiere pro for video editing software, which would you say is the better performance regarding MacBooks?

[@vsclsvr]

Also check out if a refurbished m2 pros, they come at a base with 16gigs of ram and more cores and gpu, it’s still really competitive deal and high key a better deal

[@annamarino5861]

I need to create tutorials for my online classes for students who use Office 365 on a Mac computer. In addition, I’m getting into creating logos and websites, therefore, I will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, could someone recommend which I should get. Would a Mac Air with the M1 chip suffice or should I purchase on the MacBook Pro M2/M3 base or Pro? Thanks.

[@ashokarjunan2596]

Thank youuuuuuuu brosssss

[@Quiqueleal85]

besides Aesthetics in display and size... would the better chip and extra cores outperform a 32Ram 14' Ram with the Basic Pro Chip? or should I go with the base 16' for the long run with 18gb RAM??

[@amonster8mymother]

I have a 2019 i7 and its 5 years old? Perhaps it's time to upgrade???

[@davemeadows6688]

Thanks for this. I'm just a casual user, email, web browsing, journaling etc. I got the 16" M3 Pro but was wondering if I should get the Max. So, my M3 Pro is probably overkill for me?

[@kimlongphamhoang5385]

I am using M3 Pro MBP 11/14 cores 18gb/512 I open at the same time: - More than 30 tabs safari (articles + journals + news ) - 10 tabs Brave Browser - 4-5 words document - 4-5 powerpoints - Previews + notes ( not much ) - TG Pro - Activity Monitor - Netflix for relaxing but hide it, after finishing my works , I'll enjoy it. => all of them at the same time is : 14-16gb of memory used ONE PRECIOUS THING: I also open DotA 2 for watching friends game for sometimes => memory used : 16gb. Overall, with me it's a damn baby beast!

[@bhawanigurung9913]

@@kimlongphamhoang5385which color? 14” or 16”?

[@tonnanweke9814]

There's something so enjoyable about 2 guys just zoning out while nerding about tech lol

[@Reviews4fun1]

They’re running deals on the Max Chip that it’s almost the same price as the Pro. Like $150 difference. It’s time to go max for me.

[@MrMoviePhoneEx]

probably not the only one to say this, but you're always near your top ram usage because of the way MacOS works. It will load everything it can into ram whether it needs to or not.

[@XxsoonerbornxX]

Yes and that's exactly why you should always go with higher ram options. You want everything loaded and things not swapping off the SSD.

[@karunakaran012]

bro. choose Macbook pro M3 pro 14 inch ( 1 TB SSD) but i confusing which specs enough for graphic designs and 4k video editing works ??? X 11 core CPU, 14 core GPU ( m3 pro) 36gb ram or 12 core CPU, 18 core GPU (m3 pro) RAM: 36 GB

[@rakshithr1274]

Bro which one did you go for? and my requirement are same and i'm confused on same 18 gb or 36gb RAM

[@magnanorth4713]

Thanks!

[@Aka_daka]

You always want more RAM/Memory than you need it's a fact you would rather have it than not have if you start having troubles later down the road, especially since you can't upgrade it once it's done.

[@Mehwhatevr]

I done this three years ago, I wouldn’t have had to spend money this year on a new computer. I fought upgrading as long as I could stand, but I needed more memory

[@timbukstu]

I doubt he would ever notice the difference between 64 and 128, you could swap the machine and performance wise he would never know. I bet he gets an m5 max before he ever uses more than 64gb in performance. 😂

[@MadelnMachines]

Is the 14 core max a faulty 16 core with 2 cores disabled? Apple really screwed the pro chip buyers by removing 2 performance cores.

[@mgasparoni]

they detailed what everyday users or beginner video editors should use, but but i'm a pro and i don't know what i want because i've been using the same 2016 macbook for my entire career. please someone advise me, a full time AR artist / digital artist / short video editor / web designer /graphic designer on which model would be best!!! thank you

[@QuicksilverSG]

The M1/M2 Max totally smokes the M3 Pro (which isn't even "black"). M1/M2 Max have double the RAM size and speed:: 32 GB @ 400 Gb/sec versus 18 GB @ 150 Gb/sec with the M3 Pro. M1/M2 Max also have 8 high-performance cpu cores versus only 6 in the M3 Pro. With 10+ cores available, the excess low-performance "efficiency" cores in the M3 Pro almost never make a practical difference.

[@sglatitude]

Brand new 14” MBP with M3 Pro 12 core CPU and 18 core GPU, 36GB RAM and 1 TB SSD cost $200 more than refurbished 14” MBP with M2 Max with 12 core CPU and 30 core GPU, 32 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD. Which one should one choose between the two? 🤔🤭

[@louisramos6348]

I happen to have the m2 max with the same specs as the refurbished one you mentioned, and I'm going with the M3 pro same specs as what you trying to get. I'm wondering is rhere a huge difference in the M3 pro that I'm getting granted I ordered it with 4TB which that's my main reason for getting it.. Djing purposes.

[@sglatitude]

@@louisramos6348 thanks for comment. After hard long comparison and consideration, I went with 16” MBP M3 Pro 36GB RAM and 1 TB SSD. External Samsung T7 SSD is good enough for extra storage.

[@martinstraub_]

Celebrate you two and helpful Video 🙌🙃

[@bneil4059]

What external work drives does Matt use?

[@PlasticCrackCollectibles]

Get what you want and don’t let people tell you what you want

[@justinavila1320]

I HATE when reviewers say "if you're professional and you know what you need - you know!" Especially when it's just in comparison to "does the everyday user need this? no"

[@abstractwars]

What if i need a machine for photo editing, video editing and 3d rendering ay the same time, would you reccomend the m3pro HWE RT

[@drkmagneto]

I would go with the M3 Pro, but why did Apple nerf the memory bus speed on the M3 Pro over the M2 Pro. M2 Pro runs at 200gb/sec and the M3 Pro runs at 150gb/sec. M3 Max v1 runs at 300gb/sec for $3499 and M3 Max v2 runs at 400gb/sec, but runs for $3999. Like what the heck??

[@yiannig7347]

Would you pick the M3 Pro (1TB, 36GB, 12-18 cores) for $100 more over the M2 Pro (1TB, 32GB, 12-19 cores)?

[@vincemess]

Watching this with my Dell Latitude laptop way back from 2014 😅

[@davidraymond8994]

I want to see how it handle 10-12 docker containers running at once in an Macbook Pro M3 Max 48gb. My PC laptop beat the M2 Max pretty handily with Docker containers and I want to go back to Macbook.

[@davidraymond8994]

@@norbertsusztek1316 I simulate a mini environment with all the services I use in prod for local development and testing. Surprisingly if you have powerful enough equipment then the process I use saves a lot of time and I have been very productive.

[@mikegraham8319]

You expect a 10k laptop to last around 5 years ... I'd want a lifetime warranty for that (are you mad?) 😏 and a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce everyday for a year! 😂

[@johannmadrid8864]

if I have a MacBook Air 2017 right now and do Lightroom photo editing and normal school work, im torn between MacBook m2 pro vs m3 14in with 16gb ram and 512...but with that 180 upgrade, should I might as well get the m3 pro?

[@timbukstu]

M1 air refurb will get you through next 5 years. M2 pro if you need more than one monitor. M3 doesn’t appear to be worth it for your use case. We run a graphics design business with m1 airs with one external monitor. Get 16GB in either the M1, M1 Pro, or M2 Pro coming from a mba 2017.

[@adrianroberson903]

Great video I got the m3 pro I feel much better about it

[@ohokcool]

You made the right choice, start with that and if you need the Max you’ll know by shit not being fast enough (usually 3D workload related as noted in the video, such as gaming)

[@Guironey]

thxxx for this!!

[@AreKayEmm]

Can someone please tell me how big of a difference there's between m3 max 16 base version (binned) or the $500 upgrade version? Is that upgrade worth it?

[@MadelnMachines]

In terms of cpu power not very much - about 10%. Graphics should be about 20-25% better.

[@TheDataArchitect]

What about programming?

[@kalkydra]

Such a great video man! It really helped gaining some perspective as to which version to pick! Keep the good work!

[@mSantsnj]

19:02 was this comment made before Apple released the game port toolkit thing? Because I have steam (running wine/whiskey) and I play FF7 Remake (max settings) and other games on Steam. I play Genshin (max settings) through PlayCover and emulate PS2 games, Switch games like Pokémon Scarlet, Smash Bro’s, etc etc on my M3 Max flawlessly. On mine 🤔

[@woolfel]

the obvious reason for Apple to release M3 is they already paid TSMC and Foxconn to make the hardware. Holding on to it doesn't make sense.

[@joee6014]

How many ppl just found out about Apple in 2023 ????😂 After the iPhone 15 pro max launch publicity.. now all the M3 hate…. If you’ve been picking Apples for years, you’d know that “hate & wait” is Apple’s MO. They launch articles, every year ~ to the T, that’ll be called “Apple just announced the new *insert Apple product* & this is why you should probably wait until next year” 😅😆

[@Ahmed-vn6fd]

Canadian youtubers collab! Next do Dave2D

[@TausifHussain]

Haha one day!! 👀

[@viraltube4232]

CPU Performance + Battery = MacBook & GPU Performance = Windows With RTX

[@StanMog]

I’m still in the minority that wishes they’d kept the magic Touch Bar in the Pro. I loved that

[@o.o4566]

I got an m1 air with 16gb ram and 512 hd. I have the 8/8 processor. I got it because the rose gold. I know the m2 is slightly better but this is my portable Disney + and ffxiv machine so this is fine and the rose gold makes me happy.

[@techinrl9869]

You’d be surprised to know how much power World of Warcraft needs. Reviewers who look at the game are usually on a trial version with low level characters running around nowhere, which doesn’t challenge the machine. On my M2 Ultra Mac Studio, I’m getting 30-40 fps in the Emerald Dream (so much foliage and ground effects) and about 75 fps in Valdrakken on highest quality setting with no ray tracing in 4K. On my new M3 Max 14” MBP, I was getting over 100 fps in Valdrakken, but on the 14”’s smaller screen.

[@minstrelca]

So you notice a difference on Wow? I have a max binned base, but was tempted to return it for a base M3 pro. Thoughts? How would you say the heat was my one only goes above 80 "sometimes" in valkdrakken. Other wise between 60-74ish..

[@techinrl9869]

@@minstrelca I didn’t measure the heat, but WoW is one of the few times I hear the fans rev up on a MacBook Pro. I’d be afraid to game for several hours on a MacBook Air with no fan, but I think it’s fine on a MacBook Pro. I do think you’ll be able to game on a M3 Pro instead of an M3 Max, obviously with fewer fps. You’d probably have to reduce the graphics setting to 7, which is default anyway. I have played the game on an M1 Pro with 16GB of RAM and it plays just fine. If you want to save yourself some money, it’s not bad. It’s too bad WoW can’t take advantage of Metal 3’s ray tracing which would use the M3’s new features, so I leave that setting off. Oh well. Maybe they’ll implement it in The War Within, but I’ve been hearing it involves too much change to the underlying graphics engine to be an easy project.

[@minstrelca]

@@techinrl9869 Yep question is get a M2 pro with 32gb or downgrade this one to an M2 pro with 32gb which will take a while and is only 500 difference. (The M2 is about 1000 difference.) I am probably stressing too much over it lol since I can afford it but kinda hate the idea that I overdid it :) (Which I probably did haha.) Thanks for your insights though!

[@nickb5091]

I thought I wanted the space black until visiting a store today to make a separate purchase and had a chance to view them in person. The silver looked nice and clean and space black honestly looked disgusting. I’m so glad I looked at them in person first instead of making my decision after watching a multitude of videos.

[@richardkillian5657]

Colour choice is very subjective. I've always had silver MBPs and I am absolutely loving the space black colour on my M3. I was getting pretty bored of the same old silver colour so the black (more like a darker space grey) is a fresh and more interesting colour (in my opinion of course...)

[@tony.cortez]

I agree with Mat, M1 Pro is fine. Mine is just the base 14" MBP Binned M1 Pro but I have no problems with everything, photo and video editing, designing, and programming. No problems at all. And the battery is just amazing, better than my 14 pro max. The best battery life I have on tech device. Like now, I am commenting this using the laptop, I charged this last Nov 9. Up to now I have 40%.

[@TheDataArchitect]

Hey i want something for programming and thinking about buying Legion pro 5i for gaming, i don't play high end games, just BF3. for programming i was thinking about a MacBook pro, this will be my first time with MacBook's, i am a windows user, but got confused should i go for 4000 M3 Max MacBook Pro?

[@gotechakash]

10:23 you got me laughing here

[@BooredAtWork]

Dope

[@scavanger1000]

M3 pro has a much better battery life than the m2 pro, which is why I’m going to get one

[@sawyermade5469]

Macs memory is always full, no matter how much you have. It'll just fill up until it's needed then clear off the old shit. Its def a lot different than how windows and linux manage memory.

[@PassiveSmoking]

The 14 inch MBP is a really cool looking machine but I went with the 16 because it has better speakers, bigger fans, better cooling and more battery. And for certain use cases the M3 family will wipe the floor with the M2. (for me the killer app is Blender, where an M3 Max will render twice as fast than an M2 Max!)

[@jinraigami3349]

M3 Max MBP 16 all day.

[@AreKayEmm]

Base binned one or the upgraded one?

[@jinraigami3349]

@@AreKayEmm You would be better on M2 Max if you are on Base M3 or M3 Pro. If you are talking about the 14 and the 16 core, I would go for the 16 core personally because of Ram.

[@AreKayEmm]

@@jinraigami3349 I was talking about the core in M3 max. Thank you for the reply.

[@buhraion3873]

If you have 64 GB RAM, your computer will try to fill it before going to the ssd. check your 128, it will try and fill it. -.-

[@TausifHussain]

Yeah that’s what I’m hearing!! Mac ram caches differently I’m hearing! Thank you!!

[@purplecorpse4230]

Can you explain this in other words? I’m trying to decide between 64gb and 128gb ram

[@timbukstu]

Less than .01% of users benefit from 128gb or higher. If you work with image files with each one larger than 64gb all day, then go 128gb. Of course if that’s the case then one job maybe pays for your machine. It’s all about memory pressure and swap. If your memory pressure is green, you don’t need more. If you get stuttering a lot and the memory pressure is yellow then see if it really impacts your life. Maybe upgrade. If it’s red, then upgrade to more ram.

[@revealhawaiimedia]

@@timbukstu Why isn't anyone talking about 8k editing? 128gb, it's a no brainer

[@timbukstu]

@@revealhawaiimedia what percent of users do that? Patrick rambles a creator does 8k editing I think but he has a M1 max or M2max and isn’t upgrading to my knowledge. If you do 8k then go for 128gb. It’s just funny watching creators buy top line m3 max when they wouldn’t max out a M1 Max or M2 max.

[@Eightpspi]

I buy a computer & use it for 4 -6 years

[@kennysponto6568]

It's a fingerprint magnet

[@dopagony9946]

"right" is the new "like".....

[@EhsanulHaqueVlogs]

bro Are you Bangladeshi?

[@Jupiterflieswithastrom]

Bro, are you a Bangladeshi?

[@DontTrip41]

I fast forwarded onee I saw they like to talk. Good info anyways

[@yl_tech27]

Lets appreciate the timestamps😁

[@TausifHussain]

Always 😂😂😂😅

[@DigiDriftZone]

For me I think it’s base max m3 with 1tb, it’s so much faster than the m3 pro, and if you’re going pro the m2 pro is so much better value. The maxed out max m3 is a lot louder and battery is worse but I haven’t seen any comparisons of 14 core vs 16 core m3 max, that’s what I would love to see.

[@timbukstu]

Look for a LLM model training KZbinr as they would be one of the few use cases to benefit from the increased memory bandwidth. Of course there are much better machines for LLM and ML than the m3 max.

[@bury100]

Maybe I'm a niche case but although I game mostly on consoles, there are games that only come out on PC that I really want to play, like some boomer shooters, indie games, and yes, Baldurs Gate - games I refuse to play on a console, and good performance when playing those titles on Crossover is important for me, that's why I ordered the M3 Max. Still haven't received it. Wish the reviewers would actually benchmark some titles played through Crossover instead of just balking at the very idea of considering gaming when buying a Macbook. No, you don't buy a Macbook _for_ gaming, but it's a consideration for some people

[@pedrothevenard]

The amount you spend from a single jump from 512 gb storage to 2 Tb you can buy an entry level gaming laptop that will run circles on the macbook max on gaming, both in performance, titles available to play and quality of the display for gaming, the macbook has quite a bit of black smearing, blooming, and tearing since it wasn't developed for that. I understand that it's not practical to travel with 2 laptops, and that you likely just like powerful stuff, I do too, but unless you literally works traveling, spending a thousand dollars on a 4060 laptop with high refresh ips panel with sinc technology, is infinitely better than upscaling your macbook by a thousand dollars to game on the side.

[@bury100]

I used to have a desktop PC but found I didn't use it enough to justify it cluttering my space and gathering dust. As you say, two laptops are nonsensical as well from my point of view. I just just want everything centralised on one computer (console gaming being a separate thing for me). GeforceNow is frankly a really good alternative but it doesn't have all the games I wanted to play, so for those titles it was either Crossover or Shadow PC for me. Sadly the latency for Shadow, while good, is noticable. So I prefer to be able to run those titles locally, even if I do pay a premium for that (of course i also work on VMs on an everyday basis, so I can justify the extra investment). @@pedrothevenard

[@pedrothevenard]

@@bury100 Macbooks really are not great for gaming, but I'm sure that if the titles you like are available on it, it will at least be great for some fun, I end up having 2 laptops, but that's me, my windows 3060 gaming laptop is close to a desktop since I just don't take it with me most of the time, the m1 base pro still is going great for the rest.

[@bury100]

Yeah I agree they are not ideal, I'm not trying to argue that Macs are good for gaming, though Crossover and games support is getting better. I don't play PC games enough to justify the hassle of two separate computers, hence I prefer to focus on a Mac with some gaming capabilities, but I admit it's a very personal thing and your mileage will vary :D @@pedrothevenard

[@techinrl9869]

High power mode does exist on the 14” Max versions, a change from the M2’s.

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

It exist for M3 max mbp14

[@1peruvianguy]

🔥🔥🔥

[@TausifHussain]

Thanks for always showing up dude 🫡

[@Mehwhatevr]

I’m seeing that the m3 is mostly better than the m2, and more efficient.

[@timbukstu]

And louder.

[@Mehwhatevr]

@@timbukstu yeah, I've seen that it gets hotter. And the fan is louder because of that. I'm assuming you're not talking about the speakers?

[@arifulislam-xj9if]

brother! are From Bangladesh ? you looks like homie

[@twystedhumour]

That's such an Asian thing to say, Papa Bless, and it's something that we Pilipinos would say ha ha.

[@Al-Sami]

are you Bangladeshi ?

[@dreamyo5846]

DO NOT GET A BASE M3 PRO for 1,999 get the one after for 2,399 u will not regret it

[@thashiznitiful]

why?

[@angadsingh8522]

I got the base M3 pro… for 1999$ for programming and data analytics… did I make a terrible choice?

[@flocela]

I don't care about the color at all.