13 disadvantages of the new MacBooks with M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max processorsLaptops and tablets09:45 | December 13, 2023

Despite incredible performance, new MacBooks have the same encoding speeds. Regardless of price and configuration.

Battery life. This is especially true for the MacBook Pro on M3. The model on the M3 Max 16″ has 2 hours less autonomy than the previous model M2 Max 16″. Although the base 14″ MacBook Pro performs very well due to its large battery size and high performance.

Noisy operation and heating. The M3 Max MacBook model uses nearly as much power as the best Intel chips. But the MacBook Pro on M3 is equipped with only one fan.

MacBook Pro 14″ runs slowly on M3 Max due to high temperatures. This model is almost 2 minutes slower than its 16-inch counterpart. Therefore, in this case, it is better to choose a model with a 16-inch screen.

No Thunderbolt port on the new MacBook Pro 14″. This is another reason to choose the 16 inch option.

Supports only one external display. This is specifically due to the MacBook Pro 14″ on the M3.

Slow performance of MacBook Pro with 8 GB RAM. The 16GB version of the MacBook Pro 14″ is almost twice as fast.

There is only one fan for cooling. It’s best to get the M3 Pro version instead of the MacBook Pro over the M3.

Higher prices than previous prices. The cost of the maximum configuration is now $ 4,000 instead of 3.5 thousand as before.

Better performance if you only buy the M3 Max chip. And the cost of this equipment is about 4 thousand dollars. At the same time, the difference in performance between laptops is huge (see image above).

Reduced core performance. So, in some tests, the 14″ MacBook Pro on the M3 Pro is even slower than the model on the M2 Pro (see image above). Additionally, the memory bandwidth has been reduced by 25%.

Slow SSD in $2000 MacBook Pro on M3 Pro. It’s much better to buy the M3 Pro version with 1TB of storage instead of 512GB.

Need to buy model in M3 Max for 8TB SSD. This is another way to get you to spend more.