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  • M3 Max benchmarks show Mac Pro performance in a MacBook

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    chasm said:
    I have the last intel MacBook Pro from late 2019. Spent almost $4000 on it. Unfortunately can’t justify upgrading for thousands more when mine works great still. 
    I’m glad you posted, because I’m kind of in the same boat. I have few complaints about the Intel i9, but it does take its time on some audio processing and video transcoding I do. Other than that, it’s suitably speedy for my mostly-modest needs.

    Thankfully, I didn’t spend $4K on my 2019 last-of-the-15-inch MBPs, more like $2.5K, and that’s still MORE than it would cost me to get a 14-inch MBP with M3 Pro (again, more than I need right now), which runs about $2K (before tax) with the specs I want, and I prefer the smaller size anyway.

    I’m still agog that the price of the base 14-inch MBP with M3 now costs $400 **less** than the same model did last year. THIS NEVER HAPPENS! I can’t believe the Mac sites didn’t make a bigger deal about this.

    The base M3 14" is the successor to the M2 13" MacBook Pro. 

    The 14" never came with a non-Pro/non-Max M1 or M2 processor. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobraAlex1NkillroyFileMakerFeller

  • M3 Max benchmarks show Mac Pro performance in a MacBook

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    dk49 said:
    How does it compare to the best desktop CPUs from Intel/AMD? Also how far behind is it from the high end Nvidia GPUs? 
    The fastest multicore CPUs on Geekbench v6 are currently charting in the 33,000's. They consume roughly four times the power of the M3 Max. 
    I'd expect the M3 Ultra to be more or less in that range, once it's released. 

    I'm still reeling from how Apple just hit the ground running with their first-ever Mac CPUs three years ago… 
    netroxwatto_cobragregoriusmroundaboutnowAlex1NFileMakerFelleriqatedoBart Y

  • A lament for the Touch Bar

    sphericspheric
    I do love this 14" M2 Pro, but I really miss the Touch Bar for two things: 

    1. volume & brightness control sliders 

    2. the audio waveform previews in QuickLook, with scrubbing. Used this ALL the time, if just to check whether a bounced track looked right. 

    Logic had some really nice custom controls, and being able to program your own for Mainstage was really nice, but since Apple never made an external keyboard with Touch Bar, the Logic commands never actually got used in this studio… 

    Shame, really. 
    chasmking editor the gratewatto_cobrachiaFileMakerFellerjony0

  • New M3 MacBook Pro box may have been leaked

    sphericspheric
    spheric said:
    How about this: 

    The 13" dies, and we get a 14" M3 — and later a 14" M3 Pro/Max. The 16" stays Pro/Max only. 

    Called it! — except that I didn't expect the M3 Pro/Max to be ready just yet. 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • New M3 MacBook Pro box may have been leaked

    sphericspheric
    How about this: 

    The 13" dies, and we get a 14" M3 — and later a 14" M3 Pro/Max. The 16" stays Pro/Max only. 
    watto_cobra