Apple's M3-powered MacBook Pro and iMac launched in South Africa

[Jan]

M3-powered MacBook Pro and iMac now available in South Africa — prices up to R93,999

The M3-powered MacBook Pro laptops and iMac all-in-one computers are now available in South Africa.

Apple unveiled the new models during its "Scary Fast" event on 30 October 2023.

 

[Hunted]

Liewe koek daai is baie geld.

 

[Rickster]

Core needs to stop doing drugs.

~R28k more than from the US.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Core needs to stop doing drugs.

~R28k more than from the US.

maybe it includes the $19 scren wipe as well,
or do you need to sacrifice a Firstborn?

or cough up a Kidney,

 

[km2]

It looks like some of them arrived in the country, but not sure when things like the 16" M3 Max will trickle in. Seems to be a few weeks according to the iStore website.

 

[Saieden]

R4500 for half a TB of storage. Pass.

 

[bwana]

Core needs to stop doing drugs.

~R28k more than from the US.

Ex vat the local price is R81,738.26 which is R6900 more than the US price.

 

[backstreetboy]

R4500 for half a TB of storage. Pass.

Just use cloud storage like any normal person.

 

[PeterPan420]

1TB SSD; 8GB unified memory

R41,999

 

[RedViking]

M3-powered MacBook Pro and iMac now available in South Africa — prices up to R93,999

The M3-powered MacBook Pro laptops and iMac all-in-one computers are now available in South Africa.

Apple unveiled the new models during its "Scary Fast" event on 30 October 2023.

Pathetic.

 

[RedViking]

1TB SSD; 8GB unified memory

R41,999

Only need 4GB of ram and 64GB of storage on a Mac

 

[Sapphiron]

44k for a computer with 8GB of Ram.

Planned obsolescence right there.

 

[Sapphiron]

If you are buying a M3 pro or M3 max MacBook, you probably need it, but if you are buying at the "entry level" of the MacBook Pro, you really should be looking at a PC or a MacBook Air.

Like this one at nearly half the price.

ASUS | Zenbook 15 OLED Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 | 15.6" FHD | 16GB RAM | 1

Built to complement your busy modern lifestyle, the sophisticated Zenbook 15 OLED offers the ultimate in effortless portability. It’s a mere 14.9 mm slim and is remarkably light at just 1.4 kg, yet it has an expansive 16:9 2.8K OLED2 NanoEdge Pantone® Validated display, with a convenient 180°...

www.computermania.co.za

Excellent OLED screen, apple silicon level Ryzen processor, an OS that can run games (windows or Linux)
Double the RAM, double the storage and 70% of the battery life (not like intel PCs)
Also a much better port selection.

Lots of other options too.

 

[backstreetboy]

44k for a computer with 8GB of Ram.

Planned obsolescence right there.

Not at all.

 

[backstreetboy]

If you are buying a M3 pro or M3 max MacBook, you probably need it, but if you are buying at the "entry level" of the MacBook Pro, you really should be looking at a PC or a MacBook Air.

Like this one at nearly half the price.

ASUS | Zenbook 15 OLED Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 | 15.6" FHD | 16GB RAM | 1

Built to complement your busy modern lifestyle, the sophisticated Zenbook 15 OLED offers the ultimate in effortless portability. It’s a mere 14.9 mm slim and is remarkably light at just 1.4 kg, yet it has an expansive 16:9 2.8K OLED2 NanoEdge Pantone® Validated display, with a convenient 180°...

www.computermania.co.za

Excellent OLED screen, apple silicon level Ryzen processor, an OS that can run games (windows or Linux)
Double the RAM, double the storage and 70% of the battery life (not like intel PCs)
Also a much better port selection.

Lots of other options too.

8h battery life vs 20h. You can't compare the two.

 

[Sapphiron]

8h battery life vs 20h. You can't compare the two.

There are some 14inch models that get 12 to 14 hours.

Also, it's 15k cheaper, so you cant really compare it on that basis.

 

[Sapphiron]

Not at all.

He did not do a multitasking test.

Like what happens, when you have 20 or 40 browser tabs open while a render is running in the background, or simply running a webmeeting, while continuing to work across web apps.

The thing about RAM is everything runs fine, until you run out of it, then performance tanks.

The way web applications consume RAM right now. Macbooks with 8GB of RAM are going to start suffering like Windows PCs with 8 GB is starting to suffer. The reduced MacOS ram overheads compared to windows only means they will suffer a little later.

 

[kolaval]

Actually, 8GB on an M3 MacBook Pro is probably analogous to 16GB on other systems. We just happen to be able to use it much more efficiently.

8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple

Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

www.macrumors.com

 

[koeks525]

It is crazy that an Apple laptop can cost more than some people's cars, hehehe. A whopping R93K for a laptop is insane! That 8GB RAM MacBook Pro is an abomination; cannot believe Apple thought it would be wise to introduce an 8GB RAM model.

Core needs to stop doing drugs.

~R28k more than from the US.

Yip, Core Group really taking chances with SA Apple consumers. I get that they also need to make a profit, but such a large gap is crazy! I got my M2-Max 16-inch MacBook Pro brand new for approx. R23K cheaper while I was in the USA (Newark, NJ).

 

[backstreetboy]

He did not do a multitasking test.

Like what happens, when you have 20 or 40 browser tabs open while a render is running in the background, or simply running a webmeeting, while continuing to work across web apps.

The thing about RAM is everything runs fine, until you run out of it, then performance tanks.

The way web applications consume RAM right now. Macbooks with 8GB of RAM are going to start suffering like Windows PCs with 8 GB is starting to suffer. The reduced MacOS ram overheads compared to windows only means they will suffer a little later.

The 8gb M1 air still flies 3 years later as more and more apps move on over to ARM like Whatsapp etc. Will even gain some more performance once they are able to strip out the Intel / x86 / Rosetta 2 code.