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Apple MacBook Pro: 14" Liquid Retina XDR, M3, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Expired

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Mac Connection has Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (Late 2023, Z1C80001D) on sale for $1499. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member psychosaint for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Apple M3 8-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • 14" 3024 x 1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
  • 10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • SDXC Slot | FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS
  • Ports
    • 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3 / USB4)
    • 1x HDMI
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Looks to be $300 off a similar configuration, however, for whatever reason you can't configure this on apples website.

Apple M3 8-Core Chip
16GB Unified RAM | 512GB SSD
14" 3024 x 1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
Thunderbolt 3 | HDMI | MagSafe 3
SDXC Slot | FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
Backlit Magic Keyboard
Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
macOS

https://www.macconnection.com/pro...d/41770545
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Apple is a bit shady nowadays...
Non-pro chip in pro models.
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Not directed towards the OP, but just want to point out the hypocrisy over here. Posted this exact deal a month ago and it remained this price for a good 2-3 weeks, and it was heavily downvoted with multiple people whining about this being the regular chip on a Pro model: https://slickdeals.net/f/17278783-apple-macbook-pro-14-liquid-retina-xdr-m3-chip-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-space-gray-1499-99?src=SiteSearchV2Algo
Now suddenly, everyone seems to like it. A bird to all those people.
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No, you're stepping down from M1 Pro chip to base M3 chip
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qning
03-19-2024 at 06:54 PM.
03-19-2024 at 06:54 PM.
Quote from redcloudmkii :
I disagree with people who say there shouldn't be 8GB options because the lightest of users won't feel it. However, for longevity and price, anything above $1000 not having 16GB of RAM feels like poor value. A MBA can be had for closer to $700, which is a bit easier to stomach given the ultrabook competition and the cost mostly being directed at its super light design. And if you get any other deal tacked on, it's just better than nearly everything else at that price-point.

You may not care about Swap but that does incur extra write-cycles to your SSD which is unnecessary wear, imo. Is it paranoia? Probably. But these things are expensive and I'd like them to last like how others have used the same Mac for 10+ years. Heck, my old Powerbook G4 still works (not good for much these days though).

I am giving my 8gb MBA M1 to take to college this fall. It will be enough for him. He'll basically use OneDrive with O365 apps to do his school work. I've had that computer for about 2.5 years and it's been fine for me. I'm only upgrading to M3 MBA because I want to run Parallels in order to run Power BI.
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skramac
03-20-2024 at 09:14 AM.
03-20-2024 at 09:14 AM.
Quote from AquaPencil926 :
Is this site legit? Should i get this macbook instead of the macbook air m3 16/512?
I also have the same doubt if this site is legit. If I search by the product code it shows another site connection.com which looks eerily similar. BTW B&H has the same product for $100 more.
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03-20-2024 at 03:17 PM.
03-20-2024 at 03:17 PM.
Quote from Caleo :
Seems like there are a lot less active Macbook deals right now, vs a month or so ago when there seemed to be tons. That could be a factor, but yeah.. people do love to thread crap on Apple deals lol
Everyone was clearing M2 inventory before the M3 launch. There might still be a few great M2 deals out there, and the M3 is not a huge upgrade over the M2
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Mo0eY
03-22-2024 at 03:30 PM.
03-22-2024 at 03:30 PM.
Quote from dave816am :
Put it on a cooling fan laptop stand and problem solved.
"You're holding it wrong"
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03-22-2024 at 09:12 PM.
03-22-2024 at 09:12 PM.
[QUOTE=Caleo;169861782]Going from a base 14" M1 Pro to a 14" M3 might actually be a performance upgrade in some regards, but if you ever intend to use 2 external displays, the base M3 only supports 1.

I thought M3 supports 2 external monitors if lid is closed?
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03-23-2024 at 08:28 AM.
03-23-2024 at 08:28 AM.
Quote from Dr.Wajahat :
Not directed towards the OP, but just want to point out the hypocrisy over here. Posted this exact deal a month ago and it remained this price for a good 2-3 weeks, and it was heavily downvoted with multiple people whining about this being the regular chip on a Pro model: https://slickdeals.net/f/17278783-apple-macbook-pro-14-liquid-retina-xdr-m3-chip-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-...
Now suddenly, everyone seems to like it. A bird to all those people.
Chill over there. It's just a deal, I wouldn't take downvotes personally or use the word "hypocrisy". If it doesn't make it to the front page, so what
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03-24-2024 at 03:08 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:08 PM.
Quote from DDPGambit :
No, you're stepping down from M1 Pro chip to base M3 chip

Fine if you are looking for decent single core speed bump. I went to m3 air from m1pro-10c because I wanted the single core speed bump around 30%
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03-24-2024 at 03:14 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:14 PM.
[QUOTE=gojoecho;169938543]
Quote from Caleo :
Going from a base 14" M1 Pro to a 14" M3 might actually be a performance upgrade in some regards, but if you ever intend to use 2 external displays, the base M3 only supports 1.

I thought M3 supports 2 external monitors if lid is closed?

It does. Supports with lid closed
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03-27-2024 at 09:21 AM.
03-27-2024 at 09:21 AM.
Connection [connection.com] has Apple MacBook Pro: 14" (M3, 16GB RAM, Nov 2023) on sale for $1499. Shipping is free.



Specs:
  • Apple M3 8-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • 14" 3024 x 1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
  • 10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • SDXC Slot | FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS
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03-28-2024 at 12:10 AM.
03-28-2024 at 12:10 AM.
Quote from MagentaMice480 :
Connection [connection.com] has Apple MacBook Pro: 14" (M3, 16GB RAM, Nov 2023) on sale for $1499. Shipping is free.



Specs:
  • Apple M3 8-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • 14" 3024 x 1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
  • 10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • SDXC Slot | FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS

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03-30-2024 at 05:36 PM.
03-30-2024 at 05:36 PM.
Quote from DDPGambit :
No, you're stepping down from M1 Pro chip to base M3 chip
The base M1 Pro chip is an 8-core part just like the base M3 chip. Since the efficiency cores of the M3 are so improved it actually beats the base M1 in both single and multicore performance. It does lag a little in GPU performance.
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03-31-2024 at 05:58 PM.
03-31-2024 at 05:58 PM.
Quote from 2Slick2Quit :
There's also people who still swear 8GB ram is plenty in 2024, and "MaCs uSe meMorY mOre effIciEntLy" to justify the madness.
Which, thankfully, some people with some common sense went out and disproved. Which was, kind of a stupid claim to begin with, as it takes a certain amount of memory to store common things on any OS, there's really no way around it, and many of those things are web-based (like 24-bit PNG images)

https://www.tomshardware.com/lapt...6gb-on-pcs

https://www.tomshardware.com/lapt...benchmarks
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04-01-2024 at 01:12 PM.
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Quote from skramac :
I also have the same doubt if this site is legit. If I search by the product code it shows another site connection.com which looks eerily similar. BTW B&H has the same product for $100 more.
you mean you doubt a website thats an authorized apple reseller?
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Damn good deal
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Quote from BlueDesk9616 :
The base M1 Pro chip is an 8-core part just like the base M3 chip. Since the efficiency cores of the M3 are so improved it actually beats the base M1 in both single and multicore performance. It does lag a little in GPU performance.

Single core is much much faster though. And GPU in some app that does ray tracing is much faster too Overall a good deal IMO. I paid 1700 with tax for 15" air with the same cpu mem and ssd
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