Apple has made it clear: its future is far from Intel. The first Macs with an Apple Silicon processor, christened M1 in its first generation, they are here. This is all you need to know.
M1 processor, the first Apple Silicon
After years manufacturing its own processors for its iPhone and iPad, and after many rumors about the possibility of making the leap also in Macs, Apple has already presented the first generation of its Apple Silicon processors: M1. A processor with ARM architecture, the same as the iPhone and iPad, designed specifically for Macs and with many advantages over conventional Intel processors: more performance, less power consumption and less heat generation.
A 5 nanometer processor with 8 CPU cores that offer you twice the power with a quarter of the consumption, and an 8-core GPU that offers you twice the power with a third of the consumption. These are absolutely fantastic figures that will have to be proven in real life performance tests, but they are certainly going to make things very difficult for Intel and the rest of the laptop manufacturers.
MacBook Air
The first laptop that Apple has presented with this new processor has been the MacBook Air. Thanks to the M1 processor, the new laptop will be absolutely silent by dispensing with the fans, and if we compare it with the previous generation of the Air, at the CPU level it is 3.5 times faster, and at the graphics level up to 5 times faster. And if we talk about battery, we get up to 18 hours of battery in normal use, without words. There are no design changes, and the price is slightly reduced, starting at € 1129 for the entry model with 256GB of SSD storage. Expansion options are up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD.
Mac Mini
The next to appear on the stage has been the Mac Mini, Apple's small desktop computer, right now its most affordable computer. The benefits that the M1 processor bring you include triple the speed at the CPU level, and up to 6 times more at the graphics level. Its price starts at € 799 With 256GB SSD and 8G of RAM, with the possibility of expanding the RAM up to 16GB and storage up to 2TB SSD.
MacBook Pro
Apple has not wanted to stay only with its "basic" range and has updated the MacBook Pro with this new processor, although only the 13-inch model. Its CPU is 2.8 times faster than the previous generation, and the graphics multiply its speed by 5. Apple boasts up to 20 hours of autonomy, absolutely incredible. Its price starts at € 1449 with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, with expansion up to 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD.