Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced chips for a PC

Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by MBCook on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:54PM (#38079662)

I thought the same, but ended up upgrading to an M1 Air due to a hardware failure.

Sure it feels 100x faster. But more than that it’s DEAD SILENT (no fan in the machine!) and completely cool.

The temperature/noise, if I had experienced it myself first, would have probably gotten me to upgrade.

I use a 2019 Intel MBP at work. It’s much faster than my old 2015 too, but with the additional heat and noise I didn’t really want one.

I would have taken the noise/heat of the M1 + 2018 or 2019 performance. Instead I got heat/noise of the M1 and far better performance, for a fraction of what my 2015 cost (unadjusted) new.

Amazing upgrade.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by pantulis on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:10AM (#38081548)

I got an M2 Pro Mini a couple of weeks ago to replace my 2018 i7 MBP and while it is obviously snappier and you feel it's more powerful without running benchmarks the main difference is that: it is silent. I only got it warm to the touch rendering video with Da Vinci, when CPU temp usage quickly went to 75ºC.

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