Macbook Pro 14 (2023) with new M3 chips goes official

The “Scary Fast” Event from Apple unraveled a new M3 lineup of chips, an upgraded iMac, and the most anticipated 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro. Designed for creators and students, the Macbook Pros with new M3 chips are here with more power and performance. In this article, we’ll discuss the specs, features, and expected price of the Apple Macbook Pro 14 M3 in Nepal.

Macbook Pro 14 (M3) Overview:

All new M3 Gang

The key highlight of the new Macbook Pro is the new M3 lineup of chips. Comprising of three silicons— M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, Apple has gone with energy-efficient 3-nanometer tech. This 14-inch guy comes with M3 and M3 Pro chipsets under the hood.

The vanilla M3 chip is an 8-core CPU with a 10-core GPU. Likewise, the M3 Pro is available in two variants: 11-core CPU, 14-core GPU, 18 GB unified memory, and 512 GB SSD storage; and 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU, 18 GB unified memory, and 1 TB SSD storage.

The top-of-the-line M3 Max gains more horsepower with a 14-core CPU, 30-core GPU, 36GB of unified memory, and 1TB of SSD storage. Meanwhile, the RAM is upgradeable up to 24GB, 36GB, and 128GB for the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max respectively. The storage on the other hand is configurable up to 8TB for all three variants.

Upgraded Graphics

Besides the CPU performance, the GPU part gets a major buff such as hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading, first time ever on Apple silicon. A sigh of relief for some gaming finally! Moreover, the Dynamic Caching on the new M3 chips enables the efficient allocation of RAM required for the GPU.

Design and Display

On the design side of things, Apple has not altered a lot of things except for the notch on the display. Talking of which is Apple’s Liquid Retina XDR 14.2-inch panel with HDR support. It can go up to 1600nits at peak while the HDR and SDR brightness count going up to 1000nits and 600nits respectively.

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Battery and Rest of the specs

Juicing up the M3 variant of the 14-inch Macbook Pro is a 70 Wh Li-Po cell with 96W fast charging support. The M3 Pro/Max variant for the 14-inch model carries a 72.4 Wh battery with the same 96W fast charging support.

As for the connectivity, it supports WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Thunderbolt 4.4 ports, MagSafe 3, HDMI port, and SDXC card slot. Other features include a Magic keyboard, 1080p Facetime webcam, and Siri. For biometrics security, you get a Touch ID.

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M3) Specifications:

• Dimension: 0.61 (H) x 11.97 (W) x 8.36 (D) inches, 1.4kg
• Display: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display; True Tone technology; P3 Wide Color; 1,600nits peak brightness
• Resolution: 3024 x 1964 pixels; 16:10 aspect ratio
• Chip: Apple M3 (3nm)
• CPU: 8-core (4P / 4E)
• GPU: 10-core
• RAM: Up to 24GB unified memory
• Storage: up to 2TB SSD
• Keyboard: Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch Bar
• Camera: 1080p FaceTime HD camera
• Ports: 2x USB-C Thunderbolt 4.4 ports, SDXC, HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack
• Connectivity: WiFi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/6), Bluetooth 5.3
• Battery: 70Whr Li-Po Battey; 96W USB-C power adapter
• Color options: Silver Black (M3 Max only), Space Grey, Silver

Apple Macbook Pro 14 (M3) Price in Nepal and Availability

In the US, the Macbook Pro 14 (M3) pricing starts at USD 1,599 for the base /512GB trim. We can expect the Apple Macbook Pro 14 (M3) price in Nepal to begin from NPR 277,999 when it launches here.

• Meanwhile, you can check out our Macbook Pro (2023) review.