In November of 2020, Apple® launched the M1 chip. It had been 14 years since the transition to Intel silicon, and the change was heralded as a renaissance for Apple. Based on the popular ARM chipset found in iPad® and iPhone®—specifically the Apple A14 Bionic chip—M1 wasn’t just a step forward for our favorite devices, it was a momentous leap ahead into the future of computing. As the one-year anniversary draws nearer, let’s take a quick look at all we’ve learned since the release of M1.
“The M1 MacBook Pro is the new laptop gold standard.”*
Brooke Crothers
Contributor, Forbes
The Power of M1
Designed as a System on a Chip (SoC), M1 offers something a standard notebook, tablet, or desktop cannot: centralization. Everything on your system board (CPU, GPU, security, etc) no longer lives “across town” from one another. Now, under a single roof, these disparate components can communicate much quicker. This adds processing power, battery life, and increased performance to the user experience. How much? Quite a lot. As a result of the SoC architecture in MacBook Air®, M1 is faster than the chips in 98% of PC laptops sold in the past year.1 Yes, you did read that correctly. In benchmark tests, M1 reigns supreme over comparable offerings from Intel* and notebooks such as the Dell XPS†. Meanwhile, MacBook Pro®, featuring macOS® Big Sur, now offers up to 17 hours of wireless Web browsing and up to 20 hours of video playback.2 That’s up to twice the battery life of the previous generation—and the longest battery life ever on a Mac®.2
“The new Arm-based system has exceeded almost every expectation.”†
Dieter Bohn
Executive Editor, The Verge
Pick and Choose
M1 is available for iMac®, iPad Pro®, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini®. That’s nearly the entire current Apple ecosystem. What’s more, if you’re not quite ready to transition to M1, you don’t need to in certain circumstances. Apple is still producing some Intel-powered devices. After all, moving to a new processor type is a big step forward. Just keep in mind that M1 is just as big of a step forward for computing power.
“If Apple wanted to launch something revolutionary, it certainly managed that.”**
Matt Hanson
Senior Computing Editor, TechRadar
Partner with an M1 Specialist
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1. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 chip and 16GB of RAM. Performance measured using select industry-standard benchmarks. PC configurations from publicly available sales data over the last 12 months. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
2. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and other factors. Actual results may vary.
*PassMark Software, 2021, M1 Benchmark Results
†Forbes, 2021, 13-Inch MacBook Pro (M1) Vs Dell XPS 13 9310: Intel Takes A Hit
‡The Verge, 2020, Apple Macbook Air With M1 Review: New Chip, No Problem
**Tech Radar, 2020, Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) Review
