Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale takes place next month, but the early deals have already begun, and it's a good time to pick up a new Apple laptop. Right now, the new MacBook Pro models with M3 or M3 Pro chips are discounted up to $500.
Lifehacker has named M3 MacBook Pro "practically the perfect laptop", and Apple thankfully made an 8GB RAM version with a more affordable starting price than previous generations ($400 lower, to be exact), but the more premium configurations are on sale too.
Here's the full rundown of all the M3/M3 Pro/M3 Max MacBook Pros on sale right now, and which one is the right one for you.
The entry-level M3 MacBook Pro has a 14.2-inch screen. The base model has an M3 chip with an 8‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage, and is currently for $1,299 (down from $1,599). The display is a mini LED with a 3,024 by 1,964 resolution and 120Hz screen refresh, which should help it run most games smoothly—something the M3 MacBook Air and previous MacBook Pros were not as capable at. (Read PCMag's "excellent" review.)
The $400 listing price difference between the M3 Chip and M3 Pro Chip MacBook Pro laptops is deceiving, as despite the similar name, the M3 Pro chip is leaps and bounds better in terms of value, if you're looking for (and can afford) the best performance. This model comes with 18GB of RAM (10GB more than the entry-level M3 MacBook Pro), an 11‑core CPU, and 14‑core GPU M3 Pro chip. You also get about eight hours more battery life than the 14.2-inch M3 MacBook Pro. The M3 Pro is just a more powerful engine, although there are no upgrades in the display—so if the RAM and chip processing power is not what you're after, the standard M3 MacBook Pro is the better choice.
You can find this one for $1,649 (originally $1,999) after a $250 discount. Read more about the M3 Pro 14.2-inch MacBook Pro in PCMag's "outstanding" review.
The M3 Pro 16.2-inch MacBook Pro is similar to the 14.2-inch M3 MacBook Pro. The most visible difference is the bigger screen, but it also has a stronger M3 Pro chip with a 12‑core CPU and 18‑core GPU, about four more hours of battery life, and a mini-LED backlit Liquid Retina XDR display with 3,456 by 2,234 pixels of resolution. Those upgrades result in a significantly higher price, starting at $2,499, but you can currently pick one up for $1,999 after a $500 discount, the best discount it has received since its release. This is a good option if you want more screen real estate and more power than the 14.2-inch model offers but don't want to spend about $3,000 for the M3 Max chip.
Finally, if you want to go all out, the MacBook Pro 16-inch M3 Max chip is the best MacBook Pro Apple offers. To be honest, it's overkill for most people: It has 128GB of RAM, 8TB of memory, a 3,456 by 2,234 resolution, a Mini LED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 40-core GPU Apple M3 Max graphics processor, and about 28 hours of battery life, according to PCMag's review. Hardly anyone needs that much power, but if you do, you can now get the M3 Max Chip MacBook Pro for $2,999 (originally $3,499), the lowest price it has reached since its release.
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