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Apple’s midrange ‘Pro’ M3 chip isn’t looking like a huge upgrade (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is dumb.

You have to think of new MacBooks like new cars. Each year BMW makes a new M3. It's always a little better than last year. But who is buying a new M3 every year? Not most people. They are upgrading from their 10 year old M3 that's finally kicked the bucket. And you know what? The newest m3 is a massive upgrade from that.

Now, pretend this midrange m3 chip is replacing someone's old Intel MacBook pro from 6-7 years ago. It's a huge fucking upgrade.

These dumb hot take articles are tiring.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

And they one touch on the entire point in the most trivial of fashions: better battery life. 15% faster and apparently much better battery life. That should be the headline.

"M3 Pro gives better battery life without losing any power"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

For most people who need a computer with a bit of oomph over dreary office tasks and need multiple external monitors, the M3 Pro will serve their needs and have great battery to boot.

As YouTuber Luke Miani points out in a new benchmarking video, the M3 Pro seems purposefully limited, with fewer performance and GPU cores than the previous generation.

Overall, it points to a change in strategy for Apple’s chip lineup: the M3 Pro, while better than the standard M3, is further behind the M3 Max than its M2-generation counterparts.

The new lineup puts more daylight between the new “mid” (M3 Pro) and high end (which can tilt buyers toward spending at least $2,999 for the Max — even if they don’t really need it).

The M3 Pro demonstrates overall maturation in design, but for those hoping to see bigger year-over-year gains to justify a new purchase, it might be worth waiting for one more generation.

And although the M3 Pro isn’t a huge jump from, well, even the regular M3 for most people, there are still some performance gains to appreciate, along with the ability to connect two external monitors instead of one.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

“Year-over-year computer upgraders”

How big is that market? Like 5 people?