MacBook Pro 14" M3

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

Imo Apple can certainly afford the cost of the whole wafers, and I think they should bear the cost given that it's their design decision for not utilizing lesser-binned chips in their product lines. Such as a hypothetical M3-lite with even less P or E cores, and less active GPU clusters on a lower t

I have a very similar computer to you at home and I haven’t felt the need to upgrade yet for audio production reasons. Running pro tools and some pretty large mixes. Granted my m3 pro max computer at work is faster in sessions but not so much that I need to upgrade now. Maybe next year. Apple laptop

I think price/hardware unit (CPU/ram/SSD) is actually lower, especially if we target premium models. Strictly speaking you have to spend more on absolute base, but then you get more hardware capacity. The same 3k now gives me double storage, 33% more ram, and faster chip (M3 pro Vs M5 pro) than the

If the main goal is AI/ML, model training, or anything that relies heavily on GPU compute, then spending that much money on a machine without an NVIDIA GPU doesn’t make sense. With that kind of budget, I would go for a laptop with 32 GB RAM and a dedicated 16 GB NVIDIA GPU, then install Linux on it.

Get a certified Apple refurb. Those are 300 off regular Apple price. I’ve been using an M3 Pro for a couple years or so already and zero issues

So far, once you understand its existence, it keeps winning. I’m on an MBP M3, which I love, and not in the market for another computer, but here I am, salivating for some reason. I’m not even the demographic for this machine, and not idiotic enough to actually swap it for what I own, but it’s a hel

If a desktop makes more sense for your life get a desktop. If upgrading the Mini gets it to the same price (or close) as the low end Studio, the Studio is a huge upgrade. Even if you aren’t pushing the system, it will be more future proof. Remember the Apple refurbs. My M3 Pro MBP was a refurb and s

'M5 Pro MBP with 24GB is 2200 dollars' from apple config, yes, from bestbuy you can buy the '14-inch MacBook Pro - Apple M5 Pro chip with 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU - 24GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Space Black' from $2,049. the asus zenbook is $1800 so its a $250 difference. I would extend my budget to bu

Yup, for ~$1600 you can get some monster refurb Macs right now: 15" M4 Air, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD 14" M3 Pro MBP, 18GB RAM, 512GB SSD 14" M4 MBP, 24GB RAM, 512 GB SSD Which will all completely smoke any Windows based PC.