Everything Apple announced at its October ‘Scary Fast’ event (and what wasn’t unveiled)

Apple’s MacBook Pro line is more convoluted than it seems, with Touch Bar and no-Touch Bar models still being sold. The new M3 upgrades may streamline things going into 2024. 

With the ever-dwindling inventory of the M2-powered 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros on Apple’s storefront, we found out during the “Scary Fast” event that the two larger laptop models are getting fresher M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. Apple says the M3 Max models, for example, are two times faster than the M2 Max models that were released back in January.

The new MacBook Pros can also be configured with up to 128GB of unified memory, which is ideal for “extreme users” who rely on multiple plugins and services when photo and video editing, developing, and more.

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What hasn’t changed is the form factors of the new MacBook Pros, with Liquid Retina XDR displays that get plenty bright (up to 1,600 nits) and all the ports for professional users. Only this time, there’s a new Space Black finish that gives off dark hues similar to the iPhone 15 Pro, and, more importantly, a meaningful improvement to the performance and battery life (up to 22 hours) thanks to the new M3 chipsets.

The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros are available for pre-order right now, starting at $1,599 and $2,499, respectively, with the M3 and M3 Pro models seeing earlier ship times (as soon as next week), and the M3 Max models being slated for late November.