With several updates to the Mac lineup this year, if you’re considering making the jump to Apple Silicon, then this deal from Best Buy might be the best deal on what’s Apple’s most well-rounded MacBook.
The previous-generation base model of the 14-inch MacBook Pro packs in a powerful M2 Pro chip with 16GB of unified memory and 512 of SSD storage in this stunning Space Gray finish. Apple sold this standard configuration for $1,999 (MSRP) before it was replaced with the M3-based models, but now you could snatch this deal for just $1,599, which happens to be the same starting price for the M3 14-inch MacBook Pro. However, that model has 8 GB of unified memory. Additionally, if you go with Best Buy’s deal, you’ll get several advantages that are worth considering over the base M3 MacBook Pro, including:
- Double the unified memory at 16GB (vs 8GB on base M3)
- 3 Thunderbolt / USB-C ports vs (2 on base M3)
- Support for up to two external monitors (vs one on the base M3)
So if you don’t care about the hardware-accelerated ray-tracing features that the base M3 MacBook Pro offers at the same price, then you’d be much better off with Best Buy’s deal on Black Friday as the previous-generation model is still a very capable machine that will be a huge upgrade from you if you’re coming from an Intel-based Mac. Plus, this machine will have several years of software support for years to come.
