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Jason England

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M3 Pro, 2023) review: Awkward middle child?

MacBook Pro M3 Pro on a desk.

When it comes to the new generation of MacBook Pros, you’d be forgiven for forgetting this option. Apple has gone hard on telling us all about the new 14-inch Pro with the entry-level M3, and the M3 Max 16-inch monster that makes no compromise to its face-melting performance.

Let’s take a closer look at the middle child — the M3 Pro MacBook Pro. In the past, this family tree wasn’t so awkward. You either got the barebones 13-inch Pro with its TouchBar and lack of ports, or you paid the extra few hundred bucks and got an actual prosumer machine. Now that the smaller Pro has been discontinued, choosing the best MacBook for you just got a whole lot more complicated.

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