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Podcast: Apple's new M1 chip, Macs and our iPhone reviews
Join our hosts as we look at Apple's Mac announcements, our iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max reviews and share our final thoughts on the PlayStation 5.
Apple's new M1 Macs won't work with external GPUs
The spec pages for Apple's new Macs with M1 CPUs reveals something is missing -- support for eGPUs favored by some gamers and creative professionals.
The MacBook Pro vs. the competition: Breaking away from Intel
The MacBook Pro gets an upgrade to Apple's new custom silicon, but how does that fare against the Intel machines on the market?
Here's everything Apple announced at its M1 Mac event
The M1 chip powers the new MacBook Air, Pro and Mac mini.
The MacBook Air vs. the competition: The M1 hits the ground running
Take a look at the new MacBook Air's specs against some of its closest competitors.
Apple's M1 chip is coming to the 13-inch MacBook Pro
Just four months after Apple announced that it would transition the Mac to run on its own custom chips, the company is unveiling its first computers with Apple Silicon. To the surprise of few, Apple is starting with laptops — the company is showing off updated versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro running on the new M1 processor. Apple says it’ll have 2.8X faster performance compared to the existing model, and the M1’s eight-core GPU is 5X faster.
Apple's M1-optimized macOS Big Sur arrives November 12th
“For the first time ever, we’ve been able to design macOS for our own silicon,” Apple’s software engineering lead Craig Federighi said during today’s presentation. Today, Apple said the software is also tuned to work well on the company’s new M1 chip.
Apple's new MacBook Air has an M1 chip and no fans
Apple made the MacBook Air a far better notebook earlier this year, thanks to its revamped keyboard, improved specs and lower starting price. Apple’s next revision will swap the MacBook Air’s Intel CPU for its own M1 chip, the company announced today. You also won’t have to pay more for the new hardware, as the MacBook Air will still start at $999 (or $899 for education buyers).
Rosetta 2 will keep old Intel apps running on Apple's new silicon
“Rosetta is a translation process that allows users to run apps that contain x86-64 instructions on Apple silicon,” its developer page reads.
M1 is the first Apple Silicon chip for the Mac
Apple's Johny Srouji detailed the M1 system-on-a-chip that will power the company's new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers.
Follow our live coverage of Apple's 'One More Thing' event!
Apple might be out of new iPhones to announce, but its last launch "event" of the year just might be the most important. Today, the company is widely expected to reveal the first wave of Mac computers powered by Apple Silicon in a streamed presentation beginning at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern, and we'll be liveblogging the whole thing.
Watch Apple's 'One More Thing' event here at 1PM ET
Apple is livestreaming its 'One More Thing' event at 1PM, and you can watch it here. Expect plenty of news about Apple Silicon Macs and macOS Big Sur.
