MacBook Pro M3 Pro After 3 Months: Why It's Not What You Expected

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Published 2024-02-11
After 3 Months of use with the M3 Pro MacBook Pro, I have to address some things...
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Going over my experience with the MacBook Pro M3 Pro, and how it strikes a balance between upgrades and downgrades. I touch on the real-world efficiency, enhanced battery life from the 3-nanometer chip, and the sleek 14-inch space black design that make it stand out. With an 11-core CPU and 14-core GPU, it handles everything from daily tasks to demanding video editing seamlessly. This review dives into the MacBook's capabilities, answering common questions and sharing my long-term experience. Perfect for those curious about the latest MacBook Pro's performance.

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00:00 | Intro
00:52 | Why I Switched To The M3 Pro
01:52 | Design
02:53 | Power & Battery
05:59 | Performance
10:49 | Audio
11:14 | Wireless Connectivity
11:53 | Wrapping Up

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All Comments (21)
  • @chrislove5816
    Great video, informative and great shooting and editing. Thank You.
  • @kevinbleigh
    I just ordered a MacBook Pro and was having second thoughts, thanks for the clear and honest review. And I love your desk set up
  • Rocking a 14" MacBook Pro M2Pro 16GB RAM 1TB SSD - it's truly perfection! That display, the build quality, the speakers, the amazing battery life, the design. It's perfect!
  • @_EsZett
    For the Thunderbolt Dock: I used a Anker 777-Dock which had a Powerbutton to start my Macbook.
  • @bryans8656
    Thanks for another very informative, unbiased video. I still use both an M1 Studio Max and a refurb'd M1 Pro MBP 14 and, like you, I got the laptop after the desktop. I've considered moving to a laptop only setup like you did but I don't want to take the hit on selling the Studio, and I like using the laptop as a second display. Maybe I'll change my mind when the M4 chips are released.
  • @jontanner
    Regarding battery health - I’ve had my launch M1 Pro 14” plugged in its whole life and it still is at 100% health over two year later. The optimized battery setting keeps it at like 78% charge. I’m actually kind of shocked how well this battery is holding up.
  • Thank goodness I have found your videos! The over-hyping of Ram needed has had me tied up in knots !
  • @Pi3XXAX
    Thank you for the update the amazing editing on your video. I have the same specs as yours, and i don't do any intensive work on the Mac, but I have it connected to a 4k monitor and I have 2 different profiles open of chrome which might have 65+ tab open in total (2 tabs videos). That does stress my ram and I receive a window to start closing some applications. I know this is an edge case and not a lot have a lot of Chrome windows open but thought i would share
  • @joeherter8842
    I really appreciate reviews like this that are based in reality vs over-hyping minor differences that the average user won’t notice. I need to replace my 10 year old MacBook Pro this year and I’m leaning toward the MacBook Pro M3 Pro. Your down-to-earth and very genuine style of communicating is refreshing. Please continue to keep up the great work!
  • @FutureTechPilot
    Good video pal. I bought the M3 Max recently, these machines are amazing lol
  • @seanlitzia1346
    Really enjoyed your video. One of the best reviews for the m3 pro for the 512gb/18gb version. I appreciated your honesty with your needs and how it was just fine for the specs you have. Made me think twice and decided to get the 512gb ssd and store most of my files on my external. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts and look forward to more of your future videos!
  • @Sankew
    thank you so much, i was looking for a video with final cut pro playback performance on 4k sony footage, i was considering the M3 Pro with upgraded RAM as my workflow is quite demanding, this video cleared my questions on it
  • I bought this exact setup as my first Mac ever at the beginning of February. I’ve used windows-based pc’s for over 30 years. This laptop is spectacular for everything I do, including video editing which can be 2 hour videos with a hundred small edits. I do prefer bigger screens but I am adjusting. Appreciate the explanation of the specs.
  • Good in depth review, found out a little of details I didn’t even know! Kudos
  • @jessefallas7094
    Thanks Kyle for addressing my question regarding the drive ejecting improperly.
  • @Scarbuckks
    After a month or so of internal struggle, I finally decided to get an M3 Pro and swap over from Windows. It's an amazing machine that I can't see myself getting rid of for a looong time
  • @JeffreyGVny
    Hey Kyle. I’m glad I’m not the only one waking my Mac to find the externals ejected. I was wondering why that kept happening. One of your solutions about having drives connected through a powered dock sounds reasonable, but when I thought about what gets ejected on my end, it’s also my LaCie and OWC RAID drives that have their own power cords. I’ll fiddle with the settings, but for anyone thinking about buying a powered dock, I’m a bit skeptical. I hope it’s a system glitch they will fix in a future OS update.