With the introduction of the M3 MacBook Pro last week, much drama has unfolded about the device only starting at 8GB of RAM. With the $300 price increase from the M2 MacBook Pro giving the device a bigger, brighter display and more IO, a RAM increase was not included. While Apple offers RAM upgrades up to 24GB on the M3 MacBook Pro, these cost an extra $200 to $400. On top of that, the way Apple handles RAM on Macs (all components are unified) makes the RAM not user-upgradeable.

Because of this, in a recent interview with Lin YilYi, an ML engineer and content creator, and Bob Brochers, VP of worldwide marketing at Apple, Bob called out this criticism by users. After YilYi called this a "major concern" Bob remarked "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."

Even with the price increase, the M3 MacBook Pro is worth considering for many. The bigger, brighter, and better Liquid Retina XDR display, more IO including MagSafe, HDMI, and an SD card slot, and a better A/V system.