Apple released14and16-inchvariants of the MacBook Pros touting its newly-released M3 chips.
After years of getting just Space Grey and Silver, we really needed this.
I get the idea behind giving M3 users one less Thunderbolt port than M3 Pro and M3 Max folks.
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It didnt give me any FOMO either; the two available ports met all my USB-4 needs.
M3 MacBook Pro Design
Theres nothing new here since the M2 release.
You get the same Liquid Retina XDR display that you did on this laptops older models.
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It hits a 120Hz refresh rate and 1000 nits in brightness.
If youre content with the Retina display, you will enjoy your content as much as you always have.
But that gives you one less reason to upgrade to this series.
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The touchpad is as responsive and smooth as before, with flawless multi-touch handling capability that never stutters.
M3 MacBook Pro Performance
As smooth as ever.
The14-inch variant with the M3 chipfeatures an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine.
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Thats intended to (and is enough for) handle your everyday computing needs.
I spent last week with this machine and used it for everything during those days.
If youre not gaming or doing creative work, the M3 MacBook Pro is an excellent day-to-day laptop.
The M3 MacBook Pro features the same six-speaker sound system that its M2 predecessor did.
You get two tweeters for a clear soundstage and four force-canceling woofers.
And if youre consuming content that supports Dolby Atmos, youll also be able to enjoy spatial audio.
I was left quite impressed with the punchy bass and wide soundstage.
I wasnt expecting that oomph in the bass that I would typically expect from a dedicated speaker.
Whether it was a song or narration, everything had depth to it.
Dialogue on theM2 MacBook Prosounded a bit tinny, but Apple took that complaint to heart.
Even the dialogue on this machine had layers and featured excellent sound imaging.
The colors are rich, sufficiently saturated, and vibrant.
The results arent as washed out as they usually are on laptop webcams.
The lens is precise enough to capture the texture of your skin exactly.
It isnt a deal breaker anyway, and if youre bothered by it, having dark wallpaper helps.
Macs being incredible in terms of battery life is nothing new.
We all know that Windows laptops dont even come close.
The company promised a whopping 22 hours on the machine and didnt exaggerate.
I noticed an approximate 10% drop every two hours throughout my usage.
The drop would slightly differ based on the kind of activity I was engaged in.
That amounts to just around 20+ hours of use.
This is a pretty good upgrade, considering the M2 Pro MacBook Pro lasted 16 hours and 40 minutes.
Should You Buy the M3 MacBook Pro?
Make the move if youre on an M1 or Intel series chip.
Most features are exactly the same as the M2 MacBooks that were released earlier in the year.
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