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Should You Upgrade to the Apple Macbook Pro M3 Max from the M1 Max?

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The Apple Macbook Pro with M3 Max Apple Silicon is an incredible laptop, but is it worth upgrading from an M1 Max Macbook Pro? In this video, I review and compare the 14″ M3 Max Macbook Pro with the 16″Macbook Pro with the M1 Max Processor and share how Apple has a big problem to overcome 🤖 Get some X-Ray Skins from dbrand: (ad)

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  2. Hi Question, I am looking for the top of the line laptop for editing performance preferably by Apple. Given that this is a Pro M3 Max, do you think it will handle 8K RAW footage fast and easy without needing to make proxies?

  3. I have an M1 MacBook Air with 16 gigs of ram with one tab of storage and I always wanted to get that 16 inch MacBook Pro M2 Pro chip version and just to do like podcasting and pretty much that would do a lot better. I love the M1 MacBook Air, but I think I’m just a pro person.

  5. Hell no. Upgrade every 5-7 years. Not every year. Things aren't optimized that quick for new Macbooks. If you buy latest and gratest you just wasting your money.

  6. someone sold me a mbp m1 max 16 for $1500 and it’s still 99% battery health without a scratch. i’d say i made out like a bandit, and i sold my mba m1 for $525 😀

  7. Just bought this machine same specs with 64GB of RAM (although 1TB SSD) , upgrading from i9 MacBook Pro with 32GB Ram. SUPER HAPPY! Really curious to see you compare BlackMagic speed tests on the internal drives of both. I've heard that the M1Max SSD drives were super fast, perhaps faster than the newer models.

  8. I have a M1 Max and it is just the perfect tool, I dont need any other laptop. It works 12 h + without any charger, using 3 IDEs. I can work on planes without worrying

  9. Thank you for the video! I edit on pretty heavy Canon R5C 4k files and use intensive effects and such.

    Tossed between an M2 Max 64 GB RAM vs M3 Max 48 GB RAM.

    Any suggestions as to which? M1 Max even sounds enticing now..

  11. Eh? Love the comeback of the MagSafe. Not sure what you're talking about around 1:51. Have had the unfortunate incident of an overzealous pet grabbing a non-MagSafe power cord and dragging my MBP onto a concrete floor. Not fun. With MagSafe that will never happen again.

  15. One thing to note. Current software are not optimized for m3 max yet. If you don’t do 3d or use heavy GPU, ai apps, m2 is fine even m1s. My m3max blender classroom renders using gpu 19 seconds vs 17 seconds on my desktop 3090. Even while unplugged ! Amazing

  16. Got m1pro and m3max . M3max upgrade is optimized for 3d apps and gpu. If you run those apps then you will see a huge performance. 3 min render vs 19 seconds blender scene using metal and ray trace accelerator. Editing hardware render encoders are exactly the same on m1 to m3. 2 for the max. Save a few seconds on m3max cuz the encoders are the same . Try rendering using software and you will see a huge difference. Also if you use effects, those will use cpu and gpu.

  18. Still went for the base model 16" MacBook Pro due to ray tracing, mesh shaders, and most importantly, EFFICIENCY since I wanted to be able to enjoy my machine for years to come.

    Coming from a MacBook Pro M1 13" from launch day, I'm very happy with this machine and handles ALL that I throw at it. Worth every penny!

  19. For me, having made mistakes in the past in using a false economy strategy… it’s a case of lesson learned. I buy conservatively then regret it for the life of the product, realising I would have been better off by buying at the top of the range. Not this time. Waiting on delivery of the 16/40 128gb/4TB model. Won’t be buying another machine in the foreseeable future!!!

  21. i still have 2019 , i-9 processor 32 gb memory ram, surprising that 4 years later they still start with 8gb memory ram, what a shame.

  22. Great video. I chuckled along with everyone else watching Apple compare their M3 chips to Intel chips. Of COURSE it would beat a four year old chip! Until I learned 50% of Mac users are still on Intel devices. That’s a HUGE, untapped market already in their ecosystem. Since selling hardware is Apple’s bread and butter, trying to entice those 50% of users to switch from intel to M series Macs will be the marketing push for a while.

  23. upgraded to M3 Max 16c/48GB when I realized my new workflow requires a lot more ram due to me running some local LLM so the M1 Pro 10c/16GB was no longer sufficient as it drags and crashes if I am not careful on which model I am loading.

  26. My 14” M1 Pro is still killing it for me. Love it! 14” is the perfect size for me, when at my desk I have a wide monitor. Speed still kills it for me! Great review bud! I will have that lite 14” for NAB 😉

  27. Well 14" were too small for the M1 Max already, even more so with the M3 Max. The M3 Pro in a 16" chassis performs better than the M3 Max in a 14" chassis. The 14" chassis is just way too small to allow for proper cooling with the M1 Max and even worse M3 Max.

  28. I'm still using a 11 year old macbook pro, and it's obviously lacking… but still works for basic stuff.. That said, I'm looking forward to upgrading. I think this year will be the year.

  29. I bought the M1 max with 4Tb 64Ram on Blackfriday. Got a Great deal paid 44% less than normal. as a Photographer and Video editor M1Max is more than enough for me 👍

  32. I am still using a 2019 i9 iMac with 40 GB of RAM and a baseline 580X graphics card. I just edited a 1.7 GB panoramic photo using Photoshop Elements with some lag but the editing process was fine overall for a prosumer. I imagine that even an M3 Pro MB Pro 12/18 with 36 GB of RAM would make the editing experience so much smoother. GeekBench test results show that this M3 system doubles the performance of my iMac.

  36. The M1 Max Model‘s Mic-Quality is better, like a jump from a „standard“ mic to a „studio“ professional grade Mac. Drastic opinion by me, but ye.