MacBook Pro 14" M3

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MacBook Pro 14" M3

#6 in Laptops
123 positive 1 neutral 32 negative

Based on 156 Reddit mentions

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Summary of sentiment across key features mentioned by users.

performance

77/12

ram

45/10

software compatibility

28/20

price

31/12

display quality

30/6

battery life

25/3

build quality

17/8

graphics performance

18/6

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New iPad Pro With M5 Chip Leaked in Unboxing Video

The same YouTube account leaked the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip before that device was announced by Apple last year, so this is likely a legitimate leak.

favicondotico in r/apple

September 30, 2025 3:46 PM

888

I played Assassins Creed Shadows for four hours straight on a plane, it’s incredible!

Jesus Christ, y’all are harsh mfs😂 To answer the most common questions, the frame rate is much better than what the video shows, I’m consistently getting 60 FPS. I’m playing using an M3 pro MacBook Pro, using a PS5 dual sense controller. I was using the anker 27650 prime power bank, which worked for

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Mundane-Complex-1902 in r/VisionPro

June 24, 2025 7:58 PM

157

Introducing gpt-oss

Seriously impressive for the 20b model. Loaded on my 18GB M3 Pro MacBook Pro. ~30 tokens per second which is stupid fast compared to any other model I've used. Even Gemma 3 from Google is only around 17 TPS.

ohwut in r/OpenAI

August 5, 2025 6:13 PM

135

Can someone explain technically why Apple shared memory is so great that it beats many high end CPU and some low level GPUs in LLM use case?

Unified memory can, and in Apple's case, does mean you can use the same data in CPU and GPU code without having to move the data back and forth. Apple Silicon has a memory bandwidth of 68 GB/s on the M1 chip (non-Pro/Max), the slowest processor package for macOS-operated computers, e.g. the MacBook

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rditorx in r/LocalLLM

August 21, 2025 11:58 AM

131

Pixelmator Pro is now part of Apple

Hopefully Apple will show Preview some love though. I can barely open 15k x 15k tif images on a M3 Pro MBP and cannot zoom in at all, while Steve Jobs was able to do the same at a keynote in 2009

random_guy0883 in r/MacOS

February 12, 2025 8:19 PM

91

Switch from PC (4080/9900x) to PS5 Pro

I went from 4090 to ps5 pro and Mac book m3 pro.. cheaper and better experience on both ends for me

Bootychomper23 in r/PS5pro

February 16, 2025 6:36 AM

66

Unpopular opinion : Apple actually makes most of its products (not all) worth it

I mean I don't think this is a surprise to anyone on this sub. Most of the anti-Apple bias I see leads me to conclude that people aren't actually familiar with what Apple is offering. Like it's not exactly easy to find a Windows laptop for a cheaper price that has all the stuff in a Macbook. Sure yo

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medes24 in r/macbookair

March 14, 2025 12:10 AM

64

Since people keep asking me, this is how commuters are simulated:

I've only tested it on my M3 Pro MacBook but it's not bad. At full speed (5 min = 1 game day) I've only hit performance issues when running my biggest NYC save with 200 stations and like 15 routes. Even then it runs at 70% of max speed, or 90% if you turn of the map layer showing population movement

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redistricter_guy in r/subwaybuilder

September 18, 2025 5:41 PM

41

Unpopular Opinion: I don't care about t/s. I need 256GB VRAM. (Mac Studio M3 Ultra vs. Waiting)

I would argue wait, as the baseline M4 to baseline M5 chips had pretty impressive jump on LLM tasks, especially on prefill (tokens that come in along with your prompt) which is how your task will slant: "Take 10,000 words and give me a 500-word summary" is a task where you're doing mostly input work

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Late-Assignment8482 in r/LocalLLM

November 22, 2025 5:17 PM

41

University: "You need an M3 MacBook Air or newer to-" Nah

Guys, CHILL. As someone who has worked university IT, this is likely to ensure students who are buying a NEW laptop are getting one that is likely to be fully supported by the manufacturer for the full duration of 4-5 years of college. Those policies are also generally oriented around ensuring stude

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itsabearcannon in r/mac

January 26, 2025 2:48 PM

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