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Deal | Apple MacBook Pro 14 with M3 Pro SoC and 36 GB of RAM scores huge $800 discount for limited time

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 with M3 Pro weighs 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs). (Image source: Andreas Osthoff for Notebookcheck)
The Apple MacBook Pro 14 with M3 Pro weighs 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs). (Image source: Andreas Osthoff for Notebookcheck)
The Apple MacBook Pro 14 equipped with a 12-core M3 Pro, 36 GB of unified memory, and a 1 TB SSD is now on sale at B&H Photo. The offer has brought the MacBook Pro 14 price down to less than $2,000, making it a pretty decent multimedia bargain.

When it comes to powerful multimedia notebooks, the Apple MacBook Pro laptops have set themselves apart from their Windows counterparts by offering excellent performance, superb construction, solid displays, and long battery life. Moreover, Apple’s closed ecosystem, while it does have its downsides, ensures a smooth interplay between different Apple devices. So, the Apple MacBook Pro is a pretty obvious choice for folks who are already entrenched in the Apple ecosystem.

Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro can become prohibitively expensive if decked out with a healthy amount of memory and storage. For instance, the 2024 Apple MacBook Pro 14 with an M4 Pro SoC, 24 GB of memory, and a 512 GB SSD is currently retailing for $2,249 on Amazon. So, it is a good idea for budget-conscious users to be on the hunt for deals that bring the MacBook Pro price down to a comparatively reasonable level.

One such deal has now made the 2023 Apple MacBook Pro 14 powered by the M3 Pro SoC considerably cheaper than the $2,799 list price. The machine in question is available at B&H Photo for only $1,999 and comes with 36 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. However, you’ll have to be fast, as the offer expires on January 17.

Apple MacBook Pro 14 is an outstanding multimedia laptop

In our review of the Apple MacBook Pro 14 with the M3 Pro SoC, we called the notebook “one of the best multimedia laptops” of 2023. The laptop deserves this praise, as it combines an accurate display, fast performance, long endurance, and quiet operation, to name a few.

Talking about the display, the 14-inch Mini-LED panel with a resolution of 3,024 x 1,964, 100% DCI-P3, and a 120 Hz refresh rate is a joy to use for both media watching and content creation. Being Mini-LED, the display outputs perfect blacks and gets up to 600 nits bright in SDR (1,100+ nits in HDR). Apple has also done a good job calibrating the panel as we measured a Delta E < 3.

For performance, the M3 Pro with 12 CPU cores is faster than the Core i9-14900HX in the Cinebench 2024 Single-Core and better than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in the Cinebench 2024 Multi-core test. The 18-core iGPU, while not the most powerful iGPU out there, is a respectable performer that is on par with the RTX 4050 laptop GPU. So, you can also use the MacBook Pro 14 M3 Pro for some limited gaming.

Finally, when it comes to battery life and noise, we measured a Wi-Fi Websurfing runtime of more than 16 hours and little to no fan noise in most scenarios.

Long story short, the Apple MacBook Pro 14 with the M3 Pro SoC is a superb multimedia machine that has now become considerably easier to own thanks to the big $800 discount at B&H Photo.

Disclaimer: Notebookcheck is not responsible for price changes carried out by retailers. The discounted price or deal mentioned in this item was available at the time of writing and may be subject to time restrictions and/or limited unit availability.

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Fawad Murtaza, 2025-01-14 (Update: 2025-05- 5)