Beauty of Apple’s extended holiday return window. Definitely get a feel for the 8GB. Put it through its paces.
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Beauty of Apple’s extended holiday return window. Definitely get a feel for the 8GB. Put it through its paces.
Yea, I'm sitting with it now.... So far I can see it's faster than my 15 M2 Air but I'm missing the bigger screen. Interesting dilemma.
Well it’s official. I’m coming from a Late 2013 15” Retina MBP 32GB RAM, 500GB SSD to a 2023 16” M3 MBP MAX 128GB RAM, 4TB SSD. What a jump! Anything special I should know or do when I get it? I’ll be setting it up as a new machine as I wiped my one.
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A lot of screens come with micro damage. Shine a flashlight on it, if you have one escalate to Apple.
Just do the things you normally do with it. Don't try and find limits and you will probably be happy with it.
Thanks. It was impressive but I think I need a 16gb. Maybe it's me, but I thought there was some lag with 8gb.
I just picked up a MacBook Pro 16”
M3 max
128gb
8tb ssd
I’m hoping to replace my m1 ultra that’s maxed out. Portability will be nice.
M3 max
128gb
8tb ssd
I’m hoping to replace my m1 ultra that’s maxed out. Portability will be nice.
16" MacBook Pro 12/18/36gb/1tb Ordered on Jan 1. I got charged like 4 hour after I ordered. Still shows processing. Arrives Jan 17 - Jan 19.
I did indeed. I'm a composer for film and television. I've always wanted to be able to be mobile and work, but my typical project eats up around 100gb of ram. This new m3 Max with 128gb is the bare minimum required to compose outside of my studio. Hope it works! I'm hopefully replacing a maxed out Mac Studio.
I'm watching my Fedex tracking like a crazy person right now. I'm 40, but it feels like I'm 8 years old waiting for Christmas. lol
Just got my 16GB/1TB M3. Still testing out the battery life. There's clearly a performance difference from the 15 MBA I had. What I don't know is how much difference (+/-) the battery is. I'd be open to the M3 Pro but I'm trying to get the best battery life possible outside of the Air.
16" MacBook Pro 12/18/36gb/1tb
Ordered: Jan 1st
Charged: Jan 1st
Original estimate: Jan 17 - Jan 19
Preparing to Ship: Jan 4th
Shipped: Jan 5th.
Shipped with DHL. Estimated delivery (Apple): Fri Jan 12th
If I would like to change the delivery date (after 12th), should I try it with DHL or Apple?
Ordered: Jan 1st
Charged: Jan 1st
Original estimate: Jan 17 - Jan 19
Preparing to Ship: Jan 4th
Shipped: Jan 5th.
Shipped with DHL. Estimated delivery (Apple): Fri Jan 12th
If I would like to change the delivery date (after 12th), should I try it with DHL or Apple?
Got my 16" M3 Max in space black delivered today. I went with the 14-core, 36GB/1TB. Decided to finally consolidate and get rid of the two 16s that I had (a 2019 i9, and a 2021 M1 Pro). I am keeping the 13-inch M1 because I run macOS beta's on it. Once the M3 (or whatever) is out for the Mac Studio, I will probably pick one up to replace my iMac Pro (that machine is used for my work).
16" MacBook Pro 12/18/36gb/1tb
Ordered: Jan 1st
Charged: Jan 1st
Original estimate: Jan 17 - Jan 19
Preparing to Ship: Jan 4th
Shipped: Jan 5th.
Shipped with DHL. Estimated delivery (Apple): Fri Jan 12th
DELIVERED: Jan 11th
Ordered: Jan 1st
Charged: Jan 1st
Original estimate: Jan 17 - Jan 19
Preparing to Ship: Jan 4th
Shipped: Jan 5th.
Shipped with DHL. Estimated delivery (Apple): Fri Jan 12th
DELIVERED: Jan 11th
Treated myself to the base 14” M3 Pro - should come today.
Will be my first Apple laptop.
Will be my first Apple laptop.
Just updating to macOS 14.2.1 but it’s here - really like the Space Black!
I just got the 16" MBP M3 Max 14/30 and I am absolutely blown away by its performance. I'm excited to put it through its paces. As a graphic designer and photographer, I'm excited to use this for years to come!
Also picked up Magic keyboard and Magic Mouse to go with it.
Also picked up Magic keyboard and Magic Mouse to go with it.
What I hope will be a Wicked Fast Mac is on the way (yes, I'm enough of a dinosaur to remember the old IIfx and use its tagline)... M3 Max 16/40, 64 Gb, 8 TB in Space Black. They say it'll arrive by March 4 (being shipped to an Apple store because I live very close to New Hampshire, which doesn't have sales tax). What's people's experience with Apple's shipping dates? I wonder if it may ship early, or do all CTOs take three weeks or so?
Custom builds do take longer. From my experience Apple's dates on CTO's are pretty much right on.
What does "Processing" mean on a CTO? Is it "we're building your computer"? Or is it still hung up a step before that? Mine has been stuck in "Processing" for over a week. If it's "we're building your computer", that's expected - the machine has a three week delivery date. If it's "we haven't sent your order to the factory yet", that's more worrisome. I don't see a "building" stage in between "processing" and "shipping to store" (I'm picking it up at an Apple Store in an adjacent state to save sales tax).
I just ordered a 16” M3 Max 16/40/128 with an 8Tb drive. I bought the first 16” Intel MacBook Pro about five years ago, and it is becoming a bit long in the tooth. I have found that, for me, buying a top of the line computer (I do quantitive analysis as a professor) and then keeping it for as long as I can tends to give me the most bang for the buck.
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