At Apple’s Scary Fast event on Monday, Apple announced its updated 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro lineup, featuring some new M3 chips and a Space Black chassis. Apple now offers the 14-inch model with the base M3 processor for $1,599. This is the first time the 14-inch laptop has reached such a low price. Previously, the older 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar came with the M2, while the 14-inch MacBook Pro started at $1,999 with the M2 Pro chip.
14 and 16 inch New MacBook Pro unveiled
The new Space Black color option, which looks more like a matte charcoal gray, is available on both 14- and 16-inch systems with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips and helps hide fingerprints better than classic silver models. The rest of the laptops’ hardware remains largely the same, including features like Apple’s 1080p FaceTime cameras and six-speaker audio systems.
Thanks to the new M3 Pro chips, these refreshed MBPs are expected to have some pretty notable increases in performance. In general usage, Apple claims the 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro is 60 percent faster than the 13-inch M1 model and still offers up to 22 hours of battery life. Finally, the 14- and 16-inch M3 Max systems support a whopping 128GB of unified memory for advanced workflows in applications like MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve, and others.