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Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pros and M3 chips at an event it called Scary Fast. Well, that must make the model it sent us for this review the scary fastest: an M3 Max specced to the point that would send the average bank account flying into the red at astonishing speed.
It slots in at the top of a range that includes the M3-powered MacBook Pro (ideal for students and people who'd mostly be fine with a MacBook Air but need a cooling system that allows for sustained power); and the one with the M3 Pro (for creatives craving extra clout). That leaves the M3 Max catering for the most extreme workflows, in a largely familiar form factor - one you can set to work pretty much anywhere, whether or not there's ap a plug socket available.
But does it genuinely have the performance muscle to frighten other laptops? And is that new Space Black finish a case of "Ooh, ahh!" or "Oh, ARGH!"?
Black arts
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