Should You Upgrade to the Apple Macbook Pro M3 Max from the M1 Max?

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[ThisIsTechToday]

🚨 *QOTD: Do you have a Macbook Pro or Mac? Which version? Does the M3 Max seem compelling to you and will you upgrade or not? If you're waiting, what are the reasons you're waiting?8

[NLM]

I bought the M1 max with 4Tb 64Ram on Blackfriday. Got a Great deal paid 44% less than normal. as a Photographer and Video editor M1Max is more than enough for me 👍

[ChowDownDetroit]

I recently bought a new 16” M1 MBP MAX 64 GB / 4TB for only $2999 at B&H. This machine is a beast! This spec for M3 would be over $5k

[workhardforit]

Still went for the base model 16" MacBook Pro due to ray tracing, mesh shaders, and most importantly, EFFICIENCY since I wanted to be able to enjoy my machine for years to come.

Coming from a MacBook Pro M1 13" from launch day, I'm very happy with this machine and handles ALL that I throw at it. Worth every penny!

[JustinPunio]

I jumped into the Apple life with the 16" M1 Max Pro with 64GB and it still running keeping up with everything I throw at it. Maybe M4 Max will convince me to upgrade, but probably not.

[PaulFeinberg]

My 14” M1 Pro is still killing it for me. Love it! 14” is the perfect size for me, when at my desk I have a wide monitor. Speed still kills it for me! Great review bud! I will have that lite 14” for NAB 😉

[DaveDFX]

One thing to note. Current software are not optimized for m3 max yet. If you don’t do 3d or use heavy GPU, ai apps, m2 is fine even m1s. My m3max blender classroom renders using gpu 19 seconds vs 17 seconds on my desktop 3090. Even while unplugged ! Amazing

[gerald]

I am still using a 2019 i9 iMac with 40 GB of RAM and a baseline 580X graphics card. I just edited a 1.7 GB panoramic photo using Photoshop Elements with some lag but the editing process was fine overall for a prosumer. I imagine that even an M3 Pro MB Pro 12/18 with 36 GB of RAM would make the editing experience so much smoother. GeekBench test results show that this M3 system doubles the performance of my iMac.

[RicardoGneccoFalco]

I bought an RFB MBP M1 Max 16.2 SG/32C GPU/32GB/4TB direct from Apple in Jun/23 and this machine is a real BEAST! I don't even think about updating it for at least another 3-4 years! The best technology acquisition I have made in my entire life!

[sharonb.]

Great video. I chuckled along with everyone else watching Apple compare their M3 chips to Intel chips. Of COURSE it would beat a four year old chip! Until I learned 50% of Mac users are still on Intel devices. That’s a HUGE, untapped market already in their ecosystem. Since selling hardware is Apple’s bread and butter, trying to entice those 50% of users to switch from intel to M series Macs will be the marketing push for a while.

[bryans]

My M1 Pro MBP 14 (16GB/1TB) is still a beast and more than meets my needs, so I can't justify upgrading yet. Maybe when the M4 releases. Maybe.

[rafiashfaq]

If i get an m1 max 32gb ram and 1tb storage, how many years can i use laptop until its no longer productive ? Please give me some idea on this

[mr_glasses]

I'm still using a 11 year old macbook pro, and it's obviously lacking... but still works for basic stuff.. That said, I'm looking forward to upgrading. I think this year will be the year.

[NathanSmithphoto]

Just bought this machine same specs with 64GB of RAM (although 1TB SSD), upgrading from i9 MacBook Pro with 32GB Ram. SUPER HAPPY! Really curious to see you compare BlackMagic speed tests on the internal drives of both. I've heard that the M1Max SSD drives were super fast, perhaps faster than the newer models.

[lokthar]

I have a M1 Max and it is just the perfect tool, I dont need any other laptop. It works 12 h + without any charger, using 3 IDEs. I can work on planes without worrying

[whiterock]

I’ve heard that the M4 max is supposed to have more power put into the media coders so that may make a big difference and then max text talks about how M is going to be a complete red design so I’m just trying to gauge whether it’s worth getting the M4 max or wait for the max to market improvement and export overall, but if you wanna run a test, let me know provide footage and see how smoothly it plays back at higher speed

[SilmarAparicio]

Hi Question, I am looking for the top of the line laptop for editing performance preferably by Apple. Given that this is a Pro M3 Max, do you think it will handle 8K RAW footage fast and easy without needing to make proxies?

[JimKanaris]

16" M1 Pro here. I can't justify the upgrade for my needs anytime soon. I'm sitting tight--oh, with my XPS 9530 i9, 4070 too!

[DojoOfCool]

The M1 and M2 Max chips are amazing and only reason for M3 Max or now M4 is if you're doing video. I'm not sure how much AI improvement is in the M4. Apple is hyping the new Logic Pro 11 with session musicians for bass and keyboard, but Apple previous Logic 10.8 had session drummer and mastering assistant ran on any of the M-series chips and Intel Mac. If doing audio or just basic computing the M1 and M2 Max Mac are excellent and can be found used and great prices.

[mmaged]

For those of you in the comments that still have the 16inch M1 Max, do you have the newest os? If so, has it improved or hurt the battery and performance? I am still on Monterrey. I have had it since launch and I’m a premiere pro video editor. Thanks in advance .