Scary fast gaming is what I want from Apple’s M3 Macs

Apple's "Scary Fast" event takes place on Monday to bring us a brand new M-series System-on-Chip (SoC) generation that will power next-gen Mac hardware. Word on the street is that we're getting an M3 iMac as well as new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro versions running on the M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. That makes the M3 SoC release very unusual, as the M3 MacBook Airs and the M3 13-inch MacBook Pro might not launch until next year.

As exciting as the hardware upgrades might be, what I'm really looking for during the M3 Mac-centric event is a strong commitment to gaming from Apple. Since Apple unveiled the A17 Pro SoC powering the iPhone 15 Pros, I said the M3 MacBook Air might be an amazing gaming device. The base M3 chip can likely outperform the A17 Pro, considering Apple isn't constrained by device size.

But the hardware isn't enough. Apple has to make its entire ecosystem more gaming-friendly. That includes the iPhone, iPad, and the Mac. Luckily, scary fast gaming might be on the way for the Mac.

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