Apple M3 chip's specs revealed as testing starts

15 May 2023
The CPU will be 12 cores, the GPU is said to be 18 cores, RAM is 36 GB.

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  • 17 May 2023

M3 should have a major improvement over M2.. right now, in my case, i prefer to choose MBA M1 over M2 because the performance gain isn't significant but the price gap is kinda big. Now i'll wait for M3 Macbook to see if worth the price.

    Anonymous, 15 May 2023I am a windows user, but looking at buying a Mac with paral... moreMake sure to get the 16GB RAM version. Running VM on 8GB RAM is just bad on my experience.

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      • 16 May 2023

      Anonymous, 15 May 2023Mac is powerful but very limited compared by Windows. If yo... moreYou didn't get the point.
      MacBook is a name for a series of laptops made by Apple.

      For instane, you have HP or Lenovo.
      HP Envy
      Lenovo Ideapad
      Apple MacBook.

      You can run any operating system of your choice.

      Apple's laptops have no competition in terms of quality, reliability and durability, pro studio type audio chipsets, incredible trackpads, enterprise wifi cards and expandability to external monitors.

      Why would you buy a crappy laptop from other brands who will never have that kind of trackpad or audio quality?

      You can run Windows from XP to the latest 11 on a Mac.
      You can run any Linux and any other system.

      There is a program called Parallels that let you run all natively and seamlessly into one session.

      And it runs Windows 11 faster than Microsoft's own Surface laptops.

      MacBook is just brand name, it is a PC.

      MacBoook doens't mean => You are only buying MacOS.

      Get it right and make better choice, don't waste money on other brands of laptops

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        potato4k, 15 May 2023The M1 Macs are superb. They're really the high point ... moreOnly m1 macbook air is worth the price. Others have much better windows alternatives since even before

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          • Anonymous
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          • 15 May 2023

          moving to ARM Was a mistake
          apple having huge issue selling anything other macbook air

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            • 15 May 2023

            Anonymous, 15 May 2023Mac is powerful but very limited compared by Windows. If yo... moreI am a windows user, but looking at buying a Mac with parallels and windows 11 for arm.
            Macs are actually the best windows laptops.

              So, the M3 will have a "base M2pro" configuration (six big + 4 efficient) but with newer cores?

              Meaning the base M3pro will have 8B + 4l and the binned M2pro and MAX 10B + 4 little.

                It took a couple of years of testing and designing M1 an laptops with tablets, thus the products were great.
                M2 was NOT designed in that way, so naturally it was a flop.
                And now Apple plans to release Macbook Air 15" with processor everyone know is a flop. It is not just like shooting yourself in a leg, it is also taking a long time aiming into it before shooting....

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                  • 15 May 2023

                  Mac is powerful but very limited compared by Windows. If you are a basic user then Mac is OK for you. But if you like to customize everything and do everything you want Windows is the best. I'd rather pay 5000 dollars for a Windows laptop. It will be really powerful and futureproof. Dell or Asus or HP. All are good.

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                    • 15 May 2023

                    Hanif Fikri, 15 May 2023please let have android have it too..lolPay Apple first, lol.

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                      • 15 May 2023

                      you have to suffer, 15 May 2023forget cortex x4, bring x86 processors like core i7 to smar... more20Å looks promising brand new x86 intel time perception is a bit crappy maybe a couple of years away in the meantime just rocket lakes as far as the eye can see

                        iin, 15 May 2023intel really needs new cpu's when Cortex-X4 is around ... moreforget cortex x4, bring x86 processors like core i7 to smartphones 💪💪💪😎😎

                          i have a question.
                          can it run skyrim?

                            Mills, 15 May 2023They do everything good BUT laptop thermal management.The M1 Macs are superb. They're really the high point of Apple, being the first transition to their own silicon on devices that have been time tested.
                            But of course, it's Apple. They have to trip on their own foot, again.

                              SShock, 15 May 2023I mean, Macbook Air is passively cooled. It might not be id... moreM1 Macbook Air has proper heatsink, and as such there's no complaints of it overheating. Apple cut cost on the M2 Macbook Air and skipped a proper heatsink. The result is obvious.

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                                • 15 May 2023

                                Given that Apple already has been reported to have ended production of M2 chips, plus the impending global recession, this seems premature. Most MacBook buyers would already have at least an M1 by the point these are released, so other than possible AV1 support, I can think of no significant improvements to warrant an upgrade.

                                  "None of this is confirmed" I'm not negative here but seriously you put entire Post and written this line in the end.

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                                    • 15 May 2023

                                    intel really needs new cpu's when Cortex-X4 is around the corner four of these for phones maybe eight on laptops even apple will get sweaty, customers will get confused with so much HW to choose

                                      potato4k, 15 May 2023M2 "overheats" because Apple is cutting corners i... moreI mean, Macbook Air is passively cooled. It might not be ideal, but there are "applications" where you don't want ANY fan noise. Literally none. I'm using laptop as "evening" media device so I watch movies in bed and last thing I want is any fan noise. So I'm running a 100% passive cooled ultrabook. It ain't Mac, but it's just as quiet. I made small modification though where I connected the heatsink plate of CPU to the aluminium chassis of the ultrabook. CPU runs much cooler now, but the chassis can get very toasty. Apple can't do that by default because such laptop can't be used on a lap anymore because of how hot they get. And that applies to all passive cooled laptops. There are even safety certifications that require devices to not heat up externally past certain temperature level for that very reason.

                                      If you need a more powerful and thermally unconstrained device, buy a Mac with active cooling.

                                        potato4k, 15 May 2023Relax. 4nm is not bad. Just look at Snapdragon 8 gen 2. As ... morePeople forget 3nm process isnt 3nm lol, its 5nm like the 4nm in snapdragon processors. Why the NM marketing is just pure nonsense at this point (maybe to just show there has been some power and effiency improvments over what they've been doing?)

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