and dont care about heat or fan noise
This is one of the big selling points for many people. I used to have an Alienware that was plenty powerful but made a ton of noise and pumped heat onto my legs like standing in front of a bonfire, that's just not fun to use as a mobile product imo.
Excited to watch this, was considering this along with a refurb 14" or even 16" but wouldn't mind the battery life if this is capable without getting too hot. The 1 fan and size still worries me, especially if I started adding things like streaming or what not. (tho streaming is still a pain on Apple anyways)
Edit: Oh wow, ok after watching the M3 not so great to play games on outside of maybe LoL/Wow and still on lower settings. May have to refurb an M1 Pro after all.
Well, I do have to buy AirPods and possibly a Magic Keyboard, so at least that'll make the MBP purchase soon after that a little cheaper.
Seeing these M3 deals and it makes me wanna upgrade, but then I remember "oh wait, the M1 Pro is still an upgrade, I've never needed more than my M1 MBA, I just need the bigger nicer screen and M1 Pros are cheaper than ever." They really just are good enough for almost anyone...if they drop OLED screens I can see upgrading again for that, but in terms of power M1 still feels like enough. I play WoW/LoL, I don't build classical symphonies in Logic, I don't edit Transformers 8 in FCPX...M1 still a beefy machine for the rest of us.