I was fortunate enough to receive my built-to-order M1 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 8-core GPU) last Tuesday, and I’ve had a week to truly experience it. We’ve all read the early reviews (Snell, Gruber, and Bohn are the highlights), and they’ve focused on the specs and the highlights, so I won’t rehash (much of) that here. What I want to focus on are the little things.
MacBook Air
Big Sur, the M1 MacBook Air, and Quick Tips — Mac Geek Gab 845
Dave’s had his M1 MacBook Air for a week, and John has some questions for him! Lots more about Big Sur including your questions answered *and* some Quick Tips. Of course, MGG wouldn’t be complete without more in-depth tips, too, and y’all have been keeping the queue full in that department! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things.
M1 Reviews, Dave's New Air – TMO Daily Observations 2020-11-19
Charlotte Henry and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the reviews of the new M1 Macs, including Dave’s new M1 MacBook Air.
MacBook Pro and Air Reviews Show M1 Hype Might Just be Real
Initial reviews indicate the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with the M1 chip are a major leap forward for laptops.
Podcasts
M1 MacBook Air, Pro and Mac Mini Now Available
The recently announced MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini containing the new M1 chip are now available to buy.
Apple's New Macs, the M1 Processor, and macOS Big Sur, with Jeff Gamet - ACM 537
Bryan Chaffin is joined by Jeff Gamet to dive deep into Apple’s new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, with special attention on the Apple M1 processor that powers them. They also talk about macOS Big Sur.
The First Benchmark Scores for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro With M1 Chip. And They're Impressive.
The first benchmark scores for Macs containing the M1 chips are emerging and they show the newcomers outperforming Intel-based devices.
It's 99.99% Not Playing The Harp – TMO Daily Observations 2020-11-12
Today Kelly is joined by OmniGroup CEO/Founder Ken Case to talk about the prep work needed for new hardware and impending software from Apple.
M1 Knowns and Unknowns – TMO Daily Observations 2020-11-11
John Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss what we know about Apple Silicon, aka M1. And also what we don’t know!