Creative pros! Best Buy slashes MacBook Pro (M3 Max) by $1000 for Labor Day

MacBook Pro (M3 Max)
Was: $3,999
Now: $2,999 at Best Buy
Save: $1,000 (with one-off subscription to Best Buy Plus)

Overview: The full $1,000 saving depends on you subscribing to Best Buy Plus for a year ($49.99), at which point you can cancel. If you do that, you’ll get $500 on top of the existing $500 on this, the most powerful MacBook to date. It’s a beast, and when I got my hands on it, it melted through any video editing and photo editing work that I threw at it. This is definitely a laptop for pros, and if you don’t do high end 3D work, I’d consider getting something more suited to your needs (and your bank balance!)

Key features: Display: 16-inch (3456 x 2234) 120Hz | Processor: Apple M3 Max (16-core CPU / 40-core GPU) / 16-core Neural engine | RAM: 48GB | SSD: 1TB | Ports: 3 x Thunderbolt 4, 1 x HDMI, 4, 3.5mm headphone jack, SDXC card slot.

Release date: 7 November 2023.

Price history: The last best price I saw on the M3 Max was $500. With the Best Buy Plus subscription for $49.99, this becomes the best deal so far on the M3 Max.

Price check: Apple: $3,999 | Amazon: $3,499

Review consensus: When our resident 3D animator expert reviewed the 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max, he found that it offered outstanding performance and surprisingly good battery life. Any video editor or professional 3D modeller or animator would enjoy the sheer power of the M3 Max.

TechRadar: ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ | Tom’s Guide: ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ |