Apple introduced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with a base M3 chip as a replacement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro that served as the company’s most affordable pro laptop. Generally, the M3 MacBook Pro succeeds in that role, offering a combination of features that improve upon its predecessor. However, for a “pro” laptop, a question of performance value arises. Is it really up to the professional-level tasks that are associated with pro usage?
SPECIFICATIONS
The laptop in this review is the base model 14-inch MacBook Pro with a base M3 System on a Chip (SoC).
CPU: M3 with an 8-core CPU (4 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores), 16-core Neural Engine
GPU: 10-core GPU
Memory: 8GB unified memory (100GBps memory bandwidth)
Storage: 512GB SSD
14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display; 3024×1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch; 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen
