Nov 23, 2020. Apple has, yet again, made a major change in computer hardware. The trillion-dollar tech company has moved on from Intel and switched over to its own Apple Silicon, built on ARM architecture. The new chip is found in the Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air, which are already shipping. We got our hands on a 13" MacBook Pro with
The downside is that the M1 chip will be available with only 8GB and 16GB of RAM, at least for the time being. Sticking to 8GB or 16GB of RAM on the MacBook Air or Mac Mini shouldn’t be a problem for most users, but many MacBook Pro enthusiasts won’t be thrilled by the prospect of buying a 16GB machine that cannot be upgraded.
Apple sells two configurable versions of the new MacBook Air, both powered by the new M1 chip. For $999, you can buy the base model with an M1 SoC, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Look at the fine
Macbook Air M1 (Image credit: Daniel Bader / Android Central) Neither thing happened. Using the MacBook Air for the past six days has been remarkably normal, an effusive compliment given that I brought over my workload from a fully-decked 2018 MacBook Pro, which has a quad-core Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM, and a beefy fan.
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