M3 MacBook Pro Review - Space Black 

performance was better than i expected on the M3 Max M3 Pro details to come

Dave pioneered the nose test as a new benchmark for all laptops. Incredible

I'm glad Apple nailed the fingerprint tests, the fingerprints you get on Razer's laptops are so annoying

Tim Cook should present all future laptops to be nose tested and call it the Dave's Nose Test. The DNT.

Nose rub test should be a standard way of testing resistance. Dave is always ahead of the curve.

its not only fingerprint resistant, its also nose-print resistant. Love your videos.

Thanks for keeping this short and to the point rather than the obligatory 10+ minutes.

Apple's pricing model for RAM upgrades was completely expected but it's still disappointing.

THANK YOU for including comparisons for Logic Pro, I feel like most reviewers focus on video editing since that's their forte but it's a major factor for a lot of ppl looking to upgrade. The laptop seems very appealing for folks still running an intel macbook like myself

I'm glad you did the nose test. I do it myself. It is, by far, the most reliable and technical way to test it. Worth a sub, guys!

The minimalist intro with a brief beep is the BEST in the whole youtube by far .

Dave is so great at reviewing stuff which really are "immersive" 01:08

Seriously: I love when people get way to deep into details like the microscope view of the Color because it just elevates the amount of thought went into a device like this and how perfectly they are or can be sometimes

Ah, the nose smudge test lol. A new test for all RU-vidrs now...

Your smudge resistance test is golden.

Just wanted to say that your tests are pretty sweet. Like, I didn't expect a Logic Pro tracks with Serum and Omnisphere but that's 100% relevant. I like the Xcode WebKit test too. Thanks for making these kinds of benchmarks. They're way more "real life" than some of the synthetic ones I see from other reviewers.

I definitely care about the color, and thanks for covering it, I was waiting for reviews to come out just for this !

I like this color a lot. The midnight blue had a cool undertone which IMO did not work well with the black keys (blue + black = meh). But this time we have a soft anodized black thats neutral in temperature which is super nice.

Perfect video! to the point and mentioned everything I needed to know! Thanks David 🔥🔥

Super hyped for this model.

The only tech youtuber that will rub their nose on a laptop to test its smudge resistance. Dave is truly innovative.

The difference between the baseline M1 vs M3 is small, so small I’m considering getting an M1 MacBook Air after having used MacBook Pro’s all these years. There’s some pretty sweet deals out there now.

Wow, such dark and colorful graphs. Amazing! Thank you!

I appreciate your straight-to-the-point approach .

Now we dub that test - the D2D's Nose Test

conclusion: dave has oily skin

The deep "hmm" sound in the intro before the beep so satisfying!

you knw.. sometimes its really touching seeing us growing old together. thank you for all the effort.

Looking forward to comparision between M1 Pro and M3 Pro. I'm deciding if it's worth the upgrade.

More rendering benchmarks please

Excellent review Dave, very technical as usual. Thank you.

that was really nice job, you talked about all the necessary workflows actual users want to hear, fingerprint test, programming test, coding/programming test, video editing and graphics test, very well done tests

*PETITION TO MAKE THE NOSE TEST OFFICIAL FOR EVERY TECH REVIEWER*

What i love about these newer macs coming out is that the price of the older m1 and m2 will go down. I really want to snag an m2 air to go along with my wifes m1 macbook pro

Love how you focused on the fingerprint resistant coating. Everything else can be read from website.

impressively concise as always!

Dave, please include the M1 versions in your performance comparison charts for the future tests. Many people are wondering if it's worth the upgrade from M1 to M3. Thanks!

Marques is running late on his video on this. 😂

the nose fingerprint test was a very advanced way of testing and I think you're onto something there

Thanks for the straightforward benchmark

The most interesting one to cover is the entry level M3 Pro (11 core), due to being first "reasonable" buy in the lineup, e.g. entry level 14" M2 Pro equivalent, rather than the full decked 12 core model. At least from a consumer (not youtuber) perspective, where you want some of that graphics performance for occasional game, better cooling, faster memory, two screen support. In EU that upgrade to 12 core is $270, on top of already painful $2700 for 11 core version so it's hard to justify.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Dave cut straight to the heart about why there may be some last hold-outs to pulling the trigger on a $5k Space Black M3 Max. It was really the only potential annoyance left unanswered. Apple Silicon’s relatively decent track record mitigates most of the other runner-up concerns (throttling, etc) 👍

Man shout out to this guy! He gave us the best smudge test everrrrrr

Thank you for clearing that dust spec at 0:40 from the Top Dave, it really bothered me for 4 seconds it was there.

@dave2d you need to test AI on these as well. It's a huge market now and the real reason most professionals are looking at each platform and weighing pros and cons. It should be straightforward to do stable diffusion benchmarks and get iterations/sec, but I wonder if there's some broader AI workloads.

Across the world, people are now rubbing their noses on their machines.

No waste of time talks, just straight to the points. The Dave2D style, I love it.

Typical Dave2D style review, straight to the point, doesn’t waste viewer time.

The 40 core GPU looks very promising, in fact as per your demonstration it reaches 4080 laptop level performance in some benchmarks. All that is left to do for Apple is to get developers together and actually optimize their games for the imac and MacBooks like what they did with the A17 pro. That would be phenomenal..

If only these did not start with 8GB of ram standard ...

i love watching your amazing explanations

Dope to hear the coating is actually less finger printy

Theoretical GPU performance in the M3 Max blew mind, I mean, it was compared to one of the best dedicated GPUs ever, and is just slightly behind. That blew my mind, integrated graphics almost head to head with RTX 4080 performance, that I've never heard of until today, not to mention, Mac is well optimized to use that power so I can confidently say that it might fair better than the RTX 4080 in real world tasks

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Got to appreciate the dedication to the craft with a nose test

I just upgraded to the baseline M3 Max from the 2019 16 inch MBP. I freaking love this machine!

Dave rocking the new look

Dave, you just invented the nose/smudge test! Nicely done!

2:26 That backtrack to "unless its white and teal" made me laugh so hard 😂😂

Thanks for the fingerprint part which is very important and none talked about it 👍

Thank you DAVE!

No dorky music and bio tests his hardware. Subscribed!

Nice, short and to the point - usual Dave2D quality. The nose test should be the standard.

one of the best and funniest tech creators out there. cheers Dave from a fellow Canadian.

Forget the bend test, it’s all about the nose smudge resistance.

Hey Dave, love your content! Would you do a Black Friday or Buyers Guide video? With all sales coming up, a guide to find the best deals would be nice for people on a budget.

Petition to check every finish with ‘dave’s oily nose’ test. Hats off to the Dedication, my guy😂❤💯

I recently bought an Asus Zenbook Duo which is a dual screen laptop. I had no idea how much I'd use the second screen but I use it nearly each time I'm on the computer. So many cool features. Very fast and does everything I need. I just which Apple would come out with something - anything that is super creative and innovative and makes us go "wow"!

love your videos bro

Would love to see those graphs stay on screen longer

loving the hair Dave

Waiting for that future video!

The video felt like it ended before it started. On a side note, I find it so real and true when you say about picking laptops based on colour 😂

Dave pioneering the Nose Rub Test 😂

I'm just so enamored by Dave's hair that I forgot to look at the laptop

I love this new nose test! I want it to be incorporated into every review, please! 😂

Cinebench 2024.1 GPU test already supports RT cores. Maxon announced it shortly after the M3 Max release.

My man’s letting that propecia go wild!

Overall i think the conversation this yr for m3 chips is that m3 pro chip is similar to the sentiments of the entire m2 gen. A stop gap generation that ideally wouldnt be pushed out, but for time, development and cost sake had to exist. If the 3nm yields were better or the process just more refined and tuned, we likely wouldve gotten the usual 8-4 config of performance and efficiency cores or maybe even a 10-4 config.

Great animations, keep it up!

That nose smudge test is a new benchmark. Officially.

Love the hair style man! 😮

Dave, Nose rubbing testing procedure must be patented! 😂😂😂

I’m here for that thumbnail!

The fingerprint test I was waiting for 😂❤

Great video. Thanks. It would actually be awesome to see a comparison between Macbook Pro M3 and Macbook Air M2.

Dave, the only guy I trust for a true analysis about a product 👍👍❤️👃🤩

the nose test should be the gold standard for smudge tests

Dave has the nose test Floss has the headshake test. Revolutionary minds in our times.

Nice Hair Dave, Great Review as Always!

We need the nose rub test to be standardized fingerprint resistance test

I’m heading to the shops tomorrow to do nose tests on everything. Everything.

I'd love a comparison of the binned M3 Max 14 core vs the higher end M3 Max 16 core. Does the 300 GB/s bandwidth of the 14 core Max actually create a bottleneck compared to the full 400 GB/s bandwidth of the 16 core Max with respect to tasks that are intensive on the CPU, memory, and/or GPU? Or does the lower CPU and GPU core count mean the SOC can never fully take advantage of more than 300 GB/s of bandwidth anyway? A lot of LLM hobbyists are avoiding the lower binned chip because that is apparently a strictly bandwidth constrained task.

New hair style rocks🔥

Props to you for testing omnisphere and serum

I kinda agree with Dave's colour theory about smudges, i have asus tuf f15 with a matte gray aluminium top and it's good at not showing smudges.

This channel continues getting better, nose test should be the norm!

Eagerly waiting for the M3 Ultra.

Apple wasn't prepared for the D2D nose test

First time I've ever seen a reviewer rub his nose on a laptop as a test