My old and trusty MacBook is slowly giving up and I’m trying to replace it. I’ve been looking at the m3 pro line for a replacement.
Currently I’m debating wether a 14-Inch 12 core CPU, 18 core GPU, 1 TB SSD, or the 16-Inch 12 core CPU, 18 core GPU, 500 GB SSD makes more sense.
I like the small size and larger SSD of the 14 Inch version, but I’m kinda scared that it’ll get hot faster than the bigger version or have less power somehow.
My tasks include handling documents, editing large photos and videos and very rarely some 3D stuff in blender. I also wanna play some BG3 from time to time.
What would you choose? Are those good choices for the jobs I want it to do? Is my fear of the small one being a little too powerful for its size justified? Or do you say get something else entirely?
Thanks for your help in advance!
All of the Apple silicon Mac’s are so efficient I wouldn’t worry about heat unless it’s the M3 max and you plan on fully loading the system at all times.
At work we have an army of M* machines and the 14 and 16” ones have no issues staying cool and performing well at all times.
That definitely calms some of my concerns I had. Thanks for the input. What kind of tasks do you use it for at work? Are thy similar to my area of work?
Ironically I’m one of the only people at work with a PC. But most of the people who have an M* pro/max are our developers. They mostly live in windows land through a VM and their workload isn’t too intensive. It their machines barely get warm to the touch vs the 2019 MBPs they had before.