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Apple’s M3 Sparks a New Era of Mac vs. PC Battles

Apple refreshes the MacBook Pro and iMac with faster M3 chips — right as the competition between other chip makers heats up. Are we entering a new era of the Mac vs. PC battles? 0:00 Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Event Delivers M3 Chips 1:07 Hands-On With New M3 MacBook Pros 2:12 High End M3 MacBook Pros…

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Apple refreshes the MacBook Pro and iMac with faster M3 chips — right as the competition between other chip makers heats up. Are we entering a new era of the Mac vs. PC battles?

0:00 Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Event Delivers M3 Chips
1:07 Hands-On With New M3 MacBook Pros
2:12 High End M3 MacBook Pros Don’t Come Cheap
2:47 M3 iMacs Look The Same On The Outside
3:03 Gaming On Macs Gets Better With M3 Chips
4:21 Qualcomm and Intel Challenge M3 Specs
5:21 ‘Scary Fast’ Event Shot on iPhone

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  1. Sway Lizard

    November 3, 2023 at 2:12 pm

    B. Carrie ain’t aged a minute and I’ve been watching this ish for 12+ years!

  2. ai

    November 3, 2023 at 2:24 pm

    The Qualcomm event has me looking forward to Windows 12 and building an ARM based PC in a couple years. 😅

    • Tony Burzio

      November 3, 2023 at 8:13 pm

      Couple of years is forever.

  3. Roberto Tomás

    November 3, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    my dad became a programmer when I was young (we’re talking 80s), and I think its always been “people upgrade their computers every 4 years” – with reality being anything like 3-6 yrs.

  4. Scott Meyn

    November 3, 2023 at 2:34 pm

    I know the host won’t read this but I would like to tell her that I really enjoy her videos and her charisma

  5. Carson Lujan

    November 3, 2023 at 2:43 pm

    I am currently using a 12″ MacBook from early 2016, which is unfortunately no longer supported with major software releases. So I’m stuck on Monterey. It’s on its last leg at this point since I’ve been using it each and every day for the past seven years. Battery capacity is practically gone, processing speed is very bad and it only has 8gb of ram. I plan to upgrade to the baseline M3 with no modifications. I don’t do intensive tasks all the much since this is just my personal computer for work whilst I have a separate dedicated gaming windows laptop. Storage hasn’t been an issue on my MacBook and I only ever really have 2/3 apps open at once. 5.53gb of memory was used as of typing this.

    I don’t know how 8gb would run on an Apple silicon chip. Since I’ve never used a laptop with one before. Again, I rarely do intensive things like rendering. I would bump it up to 16gb for $200 more (I do have a $100 voucher). Then again, that does bring the price closer to the M3 Pro chip model that starts with 18gb of unified memory. But I don’t want to spend more for a faster chip with speeds I do not particularly need, including it compromises battery life on the 14″ model. Nor do I desire a bigger laptop like the 16″ as it is both heavier and more expensive, of course.

    Mentally, I am not adamant on upgrading ASAP but I don’t particularly desire to wait for the new MacBook Air either. So if anyone is willing to share their views on this, I would appreciate it.

    • figo

      November 3, 2023 at 4:07 pm

      Changing battery can make those old machines usable again, with the speed they had before but obviously with the limitations of no more software support. Firefox maintains the compatibility and updates

    • Carson Lujan

      November 3, 2023 at 4:19 pm

      I’d change the battery, that’s a simple fix. If i can even find someone who would support this old of a MacBook for a decent price. Especially how it has long been discontinued.

      But even then, I am tired of the slow speed this laptop has. I desire something faster + the greater efficiency that comes alone with it.

    • figo

      November 3, 2023 at 4:33 pm

      I understand. Me too, I’m ok with my macbook of old age, but often desire something more fast or capable. Changing battery was something that I did myself, was not easy, probably will not do a second time. Now, I linger between a m3 imac and a m3 max 16 macbook pro. Two very different things, I know.. 🙂

    • Lucy

      November 3, 2023 at 6:25 pm

      I have a the same 12” MacBook released in early 2016. Just wondering do you have any audio issues with it? Mine is locked on mute without it being set on mute and I have to type stuff into the terminal to temporarily fix it but this issue always comes back. 😞

    • Carson Lujan

      November 3, 2023 at 7:16 pm

      @Lucy I actually did experience this problem myself around two years ago for several months, so you aren’t alone.

      The only way I fixed it was to restart my MacBook, but just like you, it was a temporary fix. All I could do really was to update my laptop whenever an update came out. But with being stuck on Monterey, that doesn’t really happen anymore. But at the very least the problem has never occurred again. So best to check if you have any available software updates and see if that fixes it.

  6. Anthony Kristofferson Alonzo

    November 3, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    Next question is can we now install windows?

  7. Rashaad Lawson

    November 3, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    Wow! I didn’t realize that IT happened 4 days 3 nights ago. that was the same night on my 41st birthday. I’ll keep that in mind wether or not I’ll be able to switch from
    PC to iMac with M3 chip. So, we’ll see. 😁🤞🙏

  8. LeicaM11

    November 3, 2023 at 5:09 pm

    An Apple Mac PC is no PC? 🤔😳😱😄

  9. Nothing ToSee

    November 3, 2023 at 5:09 pm

    As a longtime owner with everything from top of the range studios to top of the range 16” MBP, if you’re looking for performance it’s still PC. Apple works for video editing because of the built in encoders. But that’s it.

  10. nuyou21

    November 3, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    Apple M3 Max: Where is your Snapdragon X Elite God now 🪦🎃

  11. Jeffrey Weinstein

    November 3, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    I especially liked the web scrapers of the early 00’s. Only back then, we called them “photo grabbers”.

  12. J Staff

    November 3, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    With the cash reserves Apple has on hand pushing out hardware shaders and ray tracing along with real time GPU memory management are all good steps, but why they did acquire a AAA gaming studio like Blizzard Activision to have a top tier title ready at launch using the new features would have said more about being serious about gaming than anything else.

    • Tony Burzio

      November 3, 2023 at 8:13 pm

      That’s because Apple realized that the founders of Blizzard are no longer at the company, and are looking for funding.

  13. Vince Longman

    November 3, 2023 at 6:35 pm

    Really impressed with X Elite and M3 Max. The X Elite seems like it will dominate the M3 in almost all aspects. And the M3 Max is a proper “desktop replacement” laptop chip which will give Intel/AMD headaches. However, really disappointed Apple nerfed the M3 Pro, the poor base RAM/SSD for M3 macs and still having dumb 1x external monitor limit on the M3

  14. Mr. Sir

    November 3, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    Sales and marketing have taken over Apple and pushed out the product focus. Apple silicon is amazing but the confusing product line and lack of focus sound like early 90’s Apple.

  15. Dubiago

    November 3, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    I don’t think that’s much of a battle…ARM is probably the future…but, I got burned by gaming. Mind you, I didn’t get a MacBook Pro thinking I’d have a prime gaming machine. Valve kind of dropped their mic with Counter-Strike 2 and how they took the game away from Mac users. Anyway…that was, actually, a driver which sent me to trading it up for a gaming laptop.

    • Tony Burzio

      November 3, 2023 at 8:14 pm

      Everything is new, the M3 is a Blender developed 3D graphics beast!

  16. Lama Steve

    November 3, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Battery life is very good. Software must keep up !

  17. 123abc

    November 3, 2023 at 7:42 pm

    don’t touch the apple logo on the space black, fingerprint magnet.

  18. Milton Brady

    November 3, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    good job thank you

  19. Mariachee Bandidos

    November 3, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    4:02 isn’t saying a for profit company did something because they want to make money, profit, … “a boost in sale”, 
    like saying people eat steak because they want to stay alive?
    because, sales, money, profit, is a given. it’d more informative, interesting, answering why they did the specific thing as opposed to all the other money making moves they could’ve done.

  20. Ng Roy

    November 3, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    8 GB! The only reason we have 18 GB and 36 GB variance is due to low yield of m3 chips. To reduce complexity they skipped the memory manager. That’s why we have 6×3=18gb. Also noticed the bandwidth is lower compared to last generation because they can’t utilize all 4 slots.

  21. KD Techniques Official

    November 4, 2023 at 12:15 am

    She opened the lid at the coner. period. 🤦🏻

  22. Sudipto Kumar

    November 4, 2023 at 12:32 am

    i love the snapdragon elite chips, but the issue is could windows can pull a transform software like apple to run x86 softwares

  23. Wolf Storm Wizard

    November 4, 2023 at 12:36 am

    Can’t wait for Vision Pro to cost 10k.

  24. Just Moch

    November 4, 2023 at 12:41 am

    when the moore‘s law becomes saturated, it just the matter of consumers preference. because all of the chips perform similar.

  25. Arnold Apostol

    November 4, 2023 at 12:49 am

    Scary, too scary, the price that is!

  26. Matias Valenzuela

    November 4, 2023 at 1:03 am

    you didn’t color grade it or shoot in pro res grl

  27. Wiwing Margahayu

    November 4, 2023 at 1:40 am

    yeah i’m gonna make my own robocop with m series Chip

  28. Giovanni Galvez

    November 4, 2023 at 1:58 am

    Well I mean… Mac is the original. It’s better for almost everything. No question about it. But yes I would still buy myself a PC simply because I see PC as a gaming device. I like consoles because theyre simpler to use. But PC is a cool fun graphical intensive gaming console. Mac isnt. And the only reason why Mac isnt is because developers aren’t supporting the Mac for now. But they will in the future. And once they do, PC will kinda go extinct since thats the only real advantage the PC has at the moment. Otherwise, Mac is way more worth the money because you get a longer lasting computer with more powerful software.

  29. David

    November 4, 2023 at 5:03 am

    Love your spicy narration, Bridget.

  30. DineshKumar पुत्र

    November 4, 2023 at 6:02 am

    My new Chromecast is scary fast

  31. Max B.

    November 4, 2023 at 7:05 am

    I wander when mac mini will get M3…?

  32. Mochi Colorful

    November 4, 2023 at 7:52 am

    until there are more games available for mac than pc on steam i will never switch

  33. abhirupsingh4004

    November 4, 2023 at 7:53 am

    Gaming on a m chip is like racing with a honda jazz

  34. Ryan Shaw

    November 4, 2023 at 10:07 am

    Still have my 16inch Intel Mac book pro with Touch Bar but thinking of going m3 max 16inch

  35. Sdpro learning

    November 4, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    Squashed was only apple m3 It’s only 15% faster than m2 and qualcumm is 50% faster

  36. Dan Balsley

    November 4, 2023 at 1:31 pm

    Speaking of future usb-c accessories will Apple finally get rid of the unmagic mouse?

  37. 尼安德鲁

    November 4, 2023 at 1:46 pm

    No one mentioned how beautiful she is😂 you geeks

  38. Traversia Viola

    November 4, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    Can we please stop saying “Mac vs. PC”. The Mac is a PC. Try “Mac vs. Windows” or “Mac vs. Qualcomm”, something like that. “Mac vs. PC” has never made sense to me.

  39. Destructo Disk

    November 4, 2023 at 6:09 pm

    Qualcomm like “our highest end chip easily defeats your entry level chip from last year… take that Apple!”

  40. €wkx.MS.xkw£

    November 4, 2023 at 9:31 pm

    😂😂😂😂😂
    Believe😂😂
    😂Believe in God.

  41. william hankner

    November 4, 2023 at 10:17 pm

    And PC still wins. If your electric bill is huge. get a Mac just to save on electric bill

  42. Os

    November 4, 2023 at 11:37 pm

    What I think? I think you are gorgeous Bridget!

  43. Lihao Yeong

    November 5, 2023 at 2:39 am

    Hi Snoopy watch face

  44. NEETU KAHLON

    November 5, 2023 at 3:14 am

    SD XElite is 50% faster than M2 for multithread performance. M3 is 35% faster. So XElite is still 15% faster than the M3, and at lower power consumption. I guess it’s too early to say who ‘squashed’ who yet, so watch the space till mid ’24.

  45. Jason Momoa

    November 5, 2023 at 3:34 am

    ⬆️⬆️

  46. Mohamad Almokhllati

    November 5, 2023 at 5:22 am

    They are way overpriced. Who games on MacBooks!?

  47. Sakhile Nkosi

    November 5, 2023 at 8:48 am

    YouTubers are still gonna convince people to buy apple no matter how good the competition gets.

  48. apricot

    November 5, 2023 at 12:24 pm

    No one who actually needs processing power is dumb enough to buy a hardware locked laptop. No serious PC gamer is using a chiclet keyboard and 14″ screen. Fortunately for Apple, they’ve cornered the market on dumdums with money.

  49. Phua Meng Thong

    November 5, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    Great review. Can assist to research when the imac 24 inch with USB C peripherals realising? TY

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