More generally, despite the Rosetta 2 translation environment, it’s possible that Apple anticipates some compatibility issues in the first year or so. Another likely reason is that some tasks, like running Windows in a virtual machine, may not be possible for some time. macOS compatibility undoubtedly plays a role-these new Macs require macOS 11 Big Sur and cannot run 10.15 Catalina.
Memory limitations may be related-the M1 Macs are all restricted to no more than 16 GB of RAM.
That’s an interesting fact in and of itself since it shows that Apple wants to give customers a choice for some time yet.
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It’s also worth noting that although the Intel-based MacBook Air has disappeared from the product lineup, the Intel-chip versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac mini remain available for sale in different configurations and at higher price points. If you’re interested in Apple’s story about it, check out the M1 page for all the details about its industry-leading performance per watt and other benefits. What users care about is how it works in Macs, not that it’s the first personal computer system-on-a-chip (SoC) built using the 5-nanometer process or that it has 16 billion transistors. Although the company could have used the transition to Apple silicon to unveil new industrial designs or other hardware changes, Apple seems to have settled on a simple message about the M1 chip: “It’s just better.” By keeping the same cases for these three Macs, nothing distracts from that message.įor the most part, I’m not going to get into chip-level details about the M1. Notably, the M1 and its significant performance and power usage benefits are the only changes in these Macs. (You’re excused if you thought Apple had already used that letter, because it did, for the M-series motion coprocessors.) Without missing a beat in the tight 45-minute presentation, Tim Cook and company then unveiled the first three models in the Mac lineup to take advantage of that chip: the MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and the Mac mini. At its live-streamed “ One More Thing” event, Apple introduced M1, the first Apple silicon chip to power a production Mac. Beats Fit Pro, ransomware protection, more OCR tools for text in imagesĪpple M1 Chip Powers New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini #1588: Monterey memory leak, third-generation AirPods vs.#1589: New FaceTime features, iOS 15's Weather notifications, Apple's Self Service Repair, iOS 15.1.1 and watchOS 8.1.1, Thanksgiving hiatus.
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