I'm so incredibly disappointed in the 14" M3 MacBook Pro. There is NOTHING about that machine that is "Pro". 8GB of RAM in a pro machine is a joke, as is only being able to drive a single external display and having only two Thunderbolt ports. The 512GB SSD is merely "acceptable", which is fine in the base machine I suppose. What's aggravating is that Apple had to TRY to neuter this machine. This is better than the 13" Pro it's replacing, but just barely. I'm continuing to hold out for an M3 Air 15". I'm sure it'll only be $200 cheaper, but I'm not paying extra for the 14" non-Pro.
Get ready to get slammed by all the Apple sycophants who sees no wrong whatsoever with Apple and will continue to pay the Apple tax regardless of anything that Apple sells.
You're preaching to the choir of 'blasphemers' who dare speak out against Apple's view of using the lowest requirements like 8Gb ram or 256Gb storage (be glad it’s not 128Gb) for its Mac products because Apple can and will continue to do so, to make money, even in 2023.
Unfortunately, there's actually an aftermarket, albeit a relatively small one, of people who buy the 'base' configuration models, many of whom, have no right, later complain it was a bad idea.
Ironically, the aftermarket doesn't look good on Apple and is more of an indication that those Apple lovers were ignorant of their initial buying decision.
Why resell it if it was great when they originally bought it? Who cares. It's their money so let them waste it. To each their own.
Similarly, lots of 'sales' of those lowly models, which is another indication that they are not selling as well as Apple hoped, but have to produce, just to keep it as part of their 'low price point', to entice people to 'buy up' on better equipped models which cost more.
It's been Apple's strategy for decades and it works as Apple is a multi-billion $ company.
