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PRICE As reviewed, £2,639 (£3,299 inc VAT) from apple.com/uk
Surprise! After Apple updated its MacBook Pro laptops with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips earlier this year (see issue 342, p48), we weren’t expecting anything else new in 2023. But Apple always enjoys pulling something out of the bag (or envelope) and in this case that’s a new colour and a trio of updated chips: the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max.
The new colour, Space Black, is exclusive to the M3 Pro and Max models. That’s true whether you buy the 14in or 16in option. Otherwise, the design and dimensions are nigh on identical to what came before. That means a weight of around 1.6kg for the 14in laptop and a shade under 2.2kg for the 16in version.
The port selection is also identical, with three USB-C 4 ports supporting Thunderbolt 4, an SDXC memory card slot and a full-size HDMI port. If you buy the plain M3 version of the 14in MacBook Pro (the 16in MacBook Pro doesn’t come with an M3 option), you get two rather than three
