Why YOU Should Buy the M3 MacBook Pro NOW - Here's Why!

Okay, so today I want to talk about my

brand new M3 MacBook Pro base model that I

bought on Christmas Day. So I've been

using it for a few days now, and it's

probably been the best MacBook that I have

ever owned. And yes, if you were

wondering, I am actually making this video

on my MacBook and editing on the MacBook

whilst actually filming this video as I do

it in real time. So I'm using my iPhone 12

mini as kind of like the webcam, which I

use an app called Elgato Camera Hub to

link the iPhone to the MacBook, and then

I'm using OBS to link the footage to my

MacBook, and then using the mic which is

plugged into the MacBook, and I can make

this entire video on the MacBook and edit

it and do all my other stuff, and it's

completely okay. So I decided to get the

cheapest MacBook Pro because I'm not super

rich, and I didn't really feel like I

needed a much more expensive MacBook Pro.

So I got the MacBook Pro M3 base model.

So that's basically 8GB of RAM,

512GB of storage,

M3 chip— not the M3 Pro or Max, just the

base model M3 chip. And I've got the

14-inch silver MacBook Pro. People kept

saying, oh, 8GB of RAM is not enough, you

need 16GB minimum. You do not need 16GB.

I've been making this video, editing it,

chatting on Discord, opening tabs. I've

got like 5 Safari tabs open right now,

and I'm currently using 6.77 gigabytes

of my RAM, and I'm also using— well,

I'm using nearly 4 gigabytes of swap.

Now, I don't know if that's a good thing.

I've heard it's not a good thing. So it

feels completely smooth. I've only got 8

gigabytes of RAM and doing all this stuff

like video editing and filming a video

right now on the MacBook, and it's only

using about 7 gigabytes of RAM. I don't

feel like this slowdown that I'm just

flipping between Safari and Discord,

refreshing tabs, opening this, going back

to my OBS to film the video, and

everything feels smooth. I don't feel

anything slowing down or lagging. Now,

yes, admittedly, I'm now using 4GB of

swap, and apparently it's not good for

your SSD if you're having to use swap

memory. But does it really matter? I mean,

Apple wouldn't sell a product that's kind

of gimped from the beginning if it's going

to be like self-destructive the more you

use it. That would be stupid. So the

entire cost for this system for the M3

base model was $1,700. Now you might think

that's expensive, but that is the minimum

price entry point for the M3 chip. Now if

you don't care about M3, then you can just

get M2 and that'll be a lot cheaper. But I

really wanted M3 because I don't want to

buy a new laptop and have last year's M2

chip because that'd be boring. And the

main reason why I bought this and the

reason why I think you should buy one as

well, because I really do recommend this

laptop, is really nice premium-looking

laptop. Look at this thing, it's just so

built so well. I love the keyboard. So the

keyboard is one of my favorite things on

this. Before, I was using this external

keyboard on my ROG Ally,

and I didn't really like it. It's very

heavy as a keyboard as well, it's like 600

grams. And then I also had this compact

keyboard here, which was absolutely

horrible to type on. So coming from those

2 keyboards, coming to this MacBook

keyboard has just great. I mean,

look at this. I can open my notes and then

I can just— look, I'm typing here and now

I'm typing really fast and not making

a single mistake. Look how quickly I can

type. I only made one mistake because I

didn't put space in between I'm and

typing. I didn't make a single mistake,

and that's the fastest I've ever typed.

I've never typed so fast without such

little mistakes in my whole life. The

keyboard feels great. I love how when you

press it, it doesn't click,

but there is like a subtle soft clicking

feeling to it, knowing— letting you know

that you've pressed it. And the keys are

very flat, so you can quickly move your

fingers across it without them getting

stuck on tall keys. Yeah, the keyboard is

a great experience. It's really inspired

and motivated me to want to type more

using it, and I really enjoy using the

notes just to like write down video ideas

and write down some plans because it just

feels like a joy to type on it. So this

thing is basically just a productivity

powerhouse. If you want to be productive

and focus on important things in life and

not get distracted by gaming, then this is

great. The only drawback of this is if

you're into gaming and yeah, okay, a lot

of games are not on this, but I went onto

Steam and I filtered my game library by

macOS, and surprisingly, about 30% of my

games library were available on Mac. So if

I go onto Steam now— so I'm looking at my

Steam page now, and I've got loads of

games available to play that I have in my

collection. I've got Alien: Isolation,

This War of Mine, American Truck

Simulator, Counter-Strike 2, Cult of the

Lamb, Darkest Dungeon, Euro Truck

Simulator. All of the Total War games are

on Mac as well, so you've got Total War:

Rome, Britannia, Warhammer, Warhammer 2,

Hollow Knight, Frostpunk, and then there's

some big AAA games coming to it as well

like Death Stranding. As you may know,

Resident Evil 4 and 7 is on Mac as well,

and you can get GTA San Andreas. So it's

not really fair to say that you can't game

on Mac. The M3 processor is extremely

capable for gaming. It's just there's not

a huge selection of games. There's more

games coming to it as Apple tries to

promote the MacBook as a gaming platform

and more people buy MacBooks for gaming.

I would think more and more developers

would start to try and put their games—

port their games over to Mac. I actually

don't really care too much about gaming.

I don't game a huge amount. I only game

when I'm bored. And I was thinking instead

of being bored, I should do something else

like typing stuff and being productive,

which is why I got the MacBook. Also, I

wanted something lightweight. The Windows

equivalent computers and laptops, they're

really thick and heavy. Like, a $2,000

Windows laptop with really good specs

would come in at a weight of at least 4

kg, 4 to 5 kg, because For some reason,

Windows laptops, they always have that big

chunky power brick which weighs like a kg

on its own. But with the MacBook, it's

only 1.6 kg for the Pro model, and the

16-inch Pro model is like 2 kg, and the

Air model is like 1 kg. So if you want a

lightweight portable computer, which is

obviously why you get a laptop in the

first place, then the MacBook is just a

better choice than any Windows laptop.

Okay, next let's talk about the battery

life. This is probably the best battery

life I've ever had in any of my MacBooks—

well, any laptop full stop just doesn't

have the battery life that this battery

has. So I did 2 tests. I did one test

unplugging the battery cable and then

using on full power mode, and I was able

to get about 5 or 6 hours on full power

mode just doing my usual stuff like

chatting on Discord, watching YouTube,

checking the internet, and doing simple

things. I got about 6 hours on full power

mode. Can you believe that? If I did this

on my Razer Blade 17-inch Windows laptop,

I'd probably only get about 1 hour battery

life on full power mode. That thing would

not last more than 2 hours, but I got 6

hours of full use on full power mode on

this MacBook M3 Pro— I mean, M3 MacBook

Pro. And on battery efficiency, what's it

called, when I was using the battery

efficiency eco mode, I managed to get

about 11 hours on it, and I still had 20%

battery left because I had to go to bed.

I started my testing at mid- day, and

around 11 PM or nearly midnight, I still

had about 20% battery left. So I could

probably have still gone for a couple more

hours, maybe 13 hours, just doing Safari

browsing, YouTube watching, chatting on

Discord. No gaming really. I haven't

really done the gaming test yet, do that

later. But it is quite amazing. I went

from 100% battery down to 20% battery

after over 10 hours of using it,

just doing, uh, basic tasks, which is

longer than my phone. I think my phone

doesn't even last that long, and there's

no way a Windows laptop would be able to

ever last that long. Apple has done

something really magical and special with

the processing and the efficiency to be

able to crank out so much battery life.

So yeah, if you want a really powerful

laptop that can have up to 10 to 12 hours

battery life, because you want a laptop to

be portable, not plugged in all the time—

that's the whole point of getting a

laptop— you really do have more freedom

with just picking this up and moving it

around and sitting on the bed or sitting

on the sofa instead of your desk all the

time. You have that flexibility there that

you don't really have with a Windows

device because those things eat up so much

battery, and the power performance for

this 8GB model has been really impressive.

Everything's great about it. The screen's

great, the speakers are great, uh, the

keyboard's great, the portability, the

lightness, and the slimness of it is

great. It can do everything I throw at it

without sweating much. It has a fan in it,

but I haven't even heard the fan whir up

once, even though I'm doing quite

intensive tasks right now, like editing

and filming this video. It's getting a bit

warm to the touch. I can feel it's getting

pretty warm, but I don't hear— I'm

pretty sure I don't hear any fans