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Apple s M1 processor promised much and delivers on those promises. The MacBook Air with the new processor takes everything that was great about the previous generations of MacBook Air and brings it to a whole new level of performance and power efficiency.
MacBook Air (M1)
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Apple s M1 processor promised much and delivers on those promises. The MacBook Air with the new processor takes everything that was great about the previous generations of MacBook Air and brings it to a whole new level of performance and power efficiency.
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The time Steve Jobs pulled the first MacBook Air out of a manilla envelope has gone down in history as one of those defining Apple moments. The original MacBook Air was a mere 19.3mm (0.76-inches) at its thickest point. It was something previously unheard of for any laptop, let alone an Apple laptop. Here we are 12 or so years later, and the latest MacBook Air is turning heads once again. However, thi
Apple raised a lot of eyebrows this summer when it announced that it would stop using Intel processors. Its Mac computers would instead migrate to its own processors based on the Arm Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Intel and AMD have been dominant in the PC laptop and desktop market for decades. For more than 15 years, Intel has been the sole supplier of processors for Apple’s Mac range. However, Apple has a long history with Arm.
Arm specialized in building energy-efficient processors that only used a few watts of power. This meant they were perfect for smartphones and tablets. From the very first iPhone right up until today, Apple has used Arm-based processors in its mobile devices. With that wealth of experience and expertise, the Cupertino company concluded that it could build processors that were energy-efficient, but also offered competitive performance. It, therefore, decided to expand the reach of its smartphone and tablet processors and move into the PC market.