Given what appears to be a reduced performance focus for the M3 Pro chip, and the M3 Max has taken off to the stratosphere in both performance and unfortunately

Given what appears to be a reduced performance focus for the M3 Pro chip, and the M3 Max has taken off to the stratosphere in both performance and unfortunately price, I’m wondering if for a lot of professional users if getting a refurbished M2 Max machine is actually the best price to performance move right now. Really looking forward to some detailed M3 Pro analysis.