Why replace what isn’t broken?
Being a fan of tech and immersed in the industry, it’s a constant struggle for me to not want to upgrade my devices with each new release. With the launch of the M3-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, the struggle is real.
I bought my 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro toward the end of 2022, knowing full well that the M2 machines were likely just around the corner. I bought the machine I needed at the time I needed it. And looking back, I don’t regret that decision.
But now that the M3 models have been released, I’ve wondered if it might be time to upgrade.
Should I? Should you?
While my Mac isn’t my only laptop, it is the primary workhorse of my content creation efforts. I use it to edit nearly every video I shoot, and it’s the ideal machine to use for writing on the go due to its portability.
Even so, I’m hardly what one might consider to be a “power” user. I do edit 4K video with Premiere Pro, and I frequently find myself using After Effects and Audition. When I use Blender, I typically do so on my Dell XPS which has an RTX 4060, but even so, the MacBook does just fine for general edits, or…
