1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,920 That's just 8GB of RAM! 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,520 It's night time on Halloween Eve and Apple just announced that the new base model of 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:24,340 the 14-inch MacBook Pro only comes with 8GB of RAM. 4 00:00:24,340 --> 00:00:27,560 That model came with 16GB last year. 5 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:33,240 What's next? Is it rising from the dead? Fear not, there's actually a reason for that. 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:38,560 And I don't actually think it's the spookiest announcement from the event. 7 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:50,040 I have to find out what that is. 8 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,880 What surprised me most was that for the first time, Apple launched three tiers of their 9 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:02,520 new M3 chip at the same time. So not only did we get the M3, but we got the Pro and Max version too, those usually 10 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,600 came months later in previous generations. 11 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:11,000 The big news with this release is that it's built on the state-of-the-art 3nm process. 12 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,840 That's been the holy grail for chip makers and it helps improve speed and efficiency. 13 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:25,080 And from what I know, all of TSMC's 3nm capacity at the moment is going to Apple. 14 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,440 While there are CPU improvements, it's in the GPU where Apple made the biggest leap. 15 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:35,640 Like the A17 Pro chip launched on the iPhone 15 Pro, the M3s get hardware-accelerated ray-tracing. 16 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:42,960 There's also hardware-accelerated mesh shading too. These are features PC gamers have had access to on their discrete graphics cards for years 17 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:49,160 now. While this isn't groundbreaking, it does demonstrate Apple's commitment to their own GPU architecture. 18 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:55,200 And there's even something new. They claim they've made a breakthrough with managing memory thanks to dynamic caching. 19 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,440 They didn't go into much detail about it, so I'm still a little confused. 20 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Local memory gets dynamically allocated in hardware in real-time. 21 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,760 Uh, well, we're going to have to wait until we have the chips in our hands before we can 22 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,760 make any conclusions. What the sound? 23 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:27,600 Memory hogs will be pleased to learn that the M3 Pro and Max chips come with more memory 24 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:35,400 this time around. No longer is 128GB exclusive to the Ultra, though it's still exclusive to the upgraded 25 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,960 Max chip and the configs are a little wonky. 26 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:49,200 Just look at how the memory options appear and disappear like phantoms in the office. 27 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,160 There were a lot of comparisons to Intel Max throughout the keynote, though it wasn't egregious. 28 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,800 But it does sound like Apple wants Intel Mac users to move on so they can stop supporting 29 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,440 them in software. You have been warned. 30 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,680 As for the first Macs getting these chips, a big surprise to me was seeing the iMac in 31 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,120 all its lovely colors on the list. 32 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,840 Back in our Choose Your Dream setup video, I remember struggling between the old M1 iMac 33 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:22,840 and the MacBook Pro. I love the way the iMac looks, but the performance of the M2 Pro processor was way better. 34 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:31,200 I made the wrong choice. Now, both computers meet in the middle, as either is available with the new base M3 chip. 35 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,520 That's a long-awaited performance jump for the iMac, but it introduces a new lower performance 36 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:44,520 tier on the MacBook Pro. At $1,600, Apple made a big deal about the MacBook Pro having a new lower price. 37 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:50,680 But understand this is for the M3 model that replaces the old 13-inch Touch Bar MacBook 38 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,200 Pro, which started at $1,300. 39 00:03:54,200 --> 00:04:03,240 You do get a bit more for your money. This storage is 512GB, there's an HDMI port and SD card reader, plus the XDR display. 40 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,920 But it's not quite the same as the M3 Pro Pro. 41 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:12,240 Oh god, I don't know how to talk about these. 42 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:22,040 The M3 MacBook Pro has only two Thunderbolt 3 ports, unlike the M3 Pro MacBook Pro's three 43 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:31,720 Thunderbolt 4 ports. And the M3 still only supports one external display. 44 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:37,760 That's so scary. 45 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,240 If you're willing to pay up for performance imports on your MacBook Pro, Apple has a new 46 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:47,280 color, Space Black, which would make it so hard to find in here right now. 47 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,320 They made a big deal to say that they figured out how to make it fingerprint resistant, 48 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,680 something this midnight MacBook Air isn't. 49 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,440 I think there are a lot of dark spirits in here that would love a black MacBook, but 50 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,360 because I'm an angel, I gravitate towards silver. 51 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:15,320 Though I still need to see it in the flesh. But it seems way better than Space Gray. 52 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:22,640 I finally found the sound. The iMac's peripherals still have a lightning port instead of USB-C. 53 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,680 Thanks for staying into the dark hours of the night of this Mac Address. 54 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:31,280 If you're one of those who would get an M3-powered MacBook Pro, tell me about it in the comments 55 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:36,880 because I did a video where I thought the M2 Pro MacBook Pro was the most well-rounded 56 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,320 Mac. Watch that video.