MacBook M3 Pro — 3 Months After Long-Term Review!

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After conducting a long-term review of the M3 Pro MacBook Pro over a span of three months, I've gathered comprehensive insights that you won't want to miss! Is purchasing this Apple laptop currently a wise decision? What kind of issues and glitches might you encounter with prolonged use of this MacBook? The findings were indeed surprising, to say the least! Now, we delve into the question: How beneficial is it to invest in an M3 Pro Mac at this moment? Rest assured, no stone was left unturned in this evaluation. I strongly recommend watching this video from start to finish to uncover the detailed outcomes of my three-months long-term review of the M3 Pro MacBook Pro!

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[siegson]

Lifetime windows user here and i bought a space black m16 m3 pro two weeks ago. Got used to it faster than expected. Supurb screen, sound and quiet device. 20hours of battery life without any problem. MacOS needs some tweaking and tuning with a few opensource and paid apps. Yes it's a bit heavy but i don't care. Expensive? yes. Is it worth it? yes.

[aaliyahlee]

Not me watching this video with my new M3 MacBook Pro I bought yesterday 😅

[ShotgunTherapy]

First time Mac owner here and I have zero regrets switching over to Mac OS.

[kadiraras]

I am very excited to upgrade in a few weeks to the Macbook Pro M3 Pro!
Writing this comment on my 12 year old (!) 2012 Macbook Pro Retina (back in the day it was the first time Steve Jobs introduced the retina display) which i bought when starting college in 2012 for a wopping 2700 euros of student money. What a journey it has been for me with this device! It stood with me during my 6 years of college, i wrote my master thesis with this laptop, i wrote my girlfriend (now wife)'s master thesis with this laptop, i started my first wedding photography business with this laptop around 2018 which made me a ton of money and now currently my wife is using this laptop for her own baby photography business that she started and she still using this laptop for professional photoshop editing! UNBELIEVABLE. It's crazy to look back on the journey! But it's time to move on, I am sure the Macbook Pro M3 Pro will be worth every penny over the long run too and i hope to write a similar comment in 2036!!

[tonyburzio]

The M3 is an M2 + 15% speed + far better Blender developed 3D graphics. The 15% speedup comes from the first gen 3nm tech from TSMC. TSMC is now working on at least 3 new versions plus possibly a 2nm line. Apple is driving the 3D graphics for both their Vision and gaming programs. During M2 development, it was found the M2 3D graphics were getting hot and draining the battery, so Apple put the M1 graphics back into the M2, fired lots of people and joined the Blender Consortium to sort things out. These two lines of development (TSMC and Blender) became the M3.

[hummingpylon]

You didn't know that you will see dust on dark surfaces? That is why I always go with silver option.

[BillTubbs]

5 years? I’m just coming up to replacing my MacBook Pro 2013.

[atikanfilms]

I just bought the space black M3 MBP and absolutely LOVE IT. It is an amazing machine.

[MatthewHouangvilay]

I have an early 2015 macbook pro with intel and am getting the macbook m3 pro which I think is gonna be a great upgrade!

[cleanwing]

Been using M2 air 13" for 5 months and 0 regrets so far well done Apple.

[drkmagneto]

I just picked up an M3 Pro MacBook Pro and I love it!!!!

[KevinFuggi]

I'm sticking with my maxed out M1 Pro 16" until it dies

[owaisrafiq]

I bought the M3 Pro, Macbook pro, use it for photoshop and adobe lightroom as a photgrapher and really handles well, no buffer, uploads files very well, it has 18gb ram and 512ssd, only thing is when im using it for maybe 4/5 hours itll get hot but litterally shut it down and 5 mins later as cold as anything, which is understandable doing so much editing, i think it was mainly to do with not having it on flat surface and on my laps, bcz on my desk it never heats up. good buy for £1800 offer at costco

[Wafaduck]

Been a windows user for years. Currently in college and needed a laptop that's powerful enough and very good battery. Decided to give in to apple and bought my first ever MBP which was the 14 inch M1 Pro. Missed gaming, Sold it and bought a G14 2022. Realized that it's a good on the go gaming machine. But work related stuff + uni. It's very bad. Horrible Battery Life, Not as fast compared to it being plugged in for a charge. Sold it, Bought a MBP 14 Inch M3 Pro. Currently typeng this right now with it and boi. I LOVE IT! I will not be selling this thing anymore. I have no decided to just buy a computer if I wanted to game. Keep my work/uni related life separate from the gaming haha.

[ericinphx]

I don't comment on videos but wanted to here; I appreciate this video and your angle. I might do a light video edit very rarely but bought this M3 Pro for office work and web browsing. I struggled between this or waiting for the M3 Air 15 next month. I ended with the M3 pro for the future proofing, screen, ports, external refresh rate, and color. It's hard to watch all the video reviews because while I get the unit is focused to content creators and so, there are normal office uses like me that want a great device and will pay the extra few hundred after you consider the Air 15 price after Ram and SSD upgrade. $300 more for future proof and the screen… absolutely in my opinion. I traded in my M2 Air 13 as the screen was a little to small so I know the abilities of the air

[Candisias]

I am coming from a MacBook (late 2017 version) which only had 500 MB of storage and my 8GB of memory is completely demolished. It’s a cute laptop that I bought second hand from a teenager who didn’t’ want it during COVID (brand new in box) so I felt like I got a steal. 6 years or so later, and I’m in need of an upgrade. So I got the MacBook Pro M3 MAX. I am looking forward to getting it in the mail next week.

[justbeingadad]

Just picked mines up today after returning the 15 inch M3 air.

[e.s.]

My company sent me a 16 inch m3 pro which was an upgrade from the old 2019 macbook pro with i7. I love the cold running and it is way faster in every department.

[authorpetebauer]

I'm having a unique issue recently. I have a M3 Macbook Pro. For video backups, I bought a 16TB external drive. From other drives, I copied about 12TB of files onto that one 16TB drive and, afterwards, the drive would not remount when being reconnected. It remounted in the beginning. I checked. But, after putting about 12TB onto the 16TB drive, it wouldn't remount. I thought it was the Seagate drive, so I bought a Western Digital 16TB drive. Exact same thing happened. Copied some files over. Unmounted it. Plugged it back in. Remounted fine. When I was done copying over about 12TB of files, it wouldn't remount.

I found one other person on Reddit experienced the same issue. Tried all the silly (or concerning) Apple suggestions, like plug it into another slot! But, nothing helped. Anyone else having this issue? Don't know if there's a TB threshold for external drives that isn't supported by this M3 Macbook Pro.

[abemiranda]

I went M3 max instead of M3 pro. Previously I had a 14in M2Pro, and M2 mini. There was little value in upgrading to the M3Pro. The is no perceptible difference between the two. The M3 max came with all kinds of bonuses, you can feel the power difference even in browsers, productivity apps, and virtual machines. However, you can really feel the battery life loss too even in low power mode. You can feel the difference in screen brightness and frame rate on the M3 max. Invest a few hundred bucks more if you can for the max. If not, strongly recommend the 14. M2Pro!!!