One of the less publicized features of the M1 is really fast RAM swapping (and 60 GB/sec on SOC communication, if you can believe it) so for most every day tasks 8 GB with Mac OS is a lot better than 8 GB in a Windows computer. I ordered the 16 GB version for my wife and have a tentative shipping date a month from now. IIRC they said so and second, so far as I know that is the only model available today. Shipping can't come soon enough lol.I'm pretty sure the base model M1 was tested. And the MacBook Pro with the M11 chip will go on sale the same day, starting at $1,299 its also ready to pre-order right now.įaslane said:Which version of the Air was used? the base model with 8 core and 7 core GPU or the slightly more version with the extra GPU core 8 Core CPU and 8core GPU? Probably won't make a difference with one more GPU core but curious is all. The new MacBook Air will start at $999 and go on sale November 17, with pre-orders live right now. The Pro has the same M1 chip but comes with a more powerful 8-core GPU and an active cooling system for better sustained performance. And that bodes well for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro.

Again, we'll need to see this for ourselves before we pass judgment on what Cupertino’s engineers have cooked up.īut these early Geekbench 5 results promise impressive performance from the Apple Silicon MacBook Air.

As such, software originally configured to run on x86 architecture needs to be made compatible with RISC.Īpple claims it’s software tools, like Rosetta 2, will allow x86-based apps to run on the new M1 with ease. Moving to use its own ARM-based chips means a shift from x86 architecture to the RISC architecture that supports nearly all the chips found in smartphones. And while Apple is making some bold claims about the performance of the M1, we need to test it ourselves across a wide range of tasks. However, synthetic benchmarks are one thing real-world performance is another.

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