When Apple first presented new Macs based on its own system-on-a-chip, it became clear that these same MacBooks were of little interest: except for the M1 and the changes caused by it, these computers are no different from previous models. Let’s take two MacBook Airs as an example: 2022 and M1. Here are the main external differences:
MacBook Air 2018 with butterfly keyboard and the new MacBook Air on Apple M1. Photo: Ilya Kichaev / Wylsacom Media
Right away at the presentation they said that the main innovation was precisely this system-on-a-chip. Actually, the new poppies are just mules capable of demonstrating how the M1 works.
Until now I have had very strong doubts about M1 computers. I described these doubts in the text that was written the day after the presentation:
Looking for differences between ARM versions of MacBook Pro 13 and MacBook Air
Ilya Kichaev
11 November 2020
In that text I asked questions: how will the new MacBooks work at launch? Still, the last change of architectures, when Apple switched from PowerPC to x86, was quite painful. And the letters from developers that I have been receiving for the last few years have greatly embarrassed me: “Don’t update to the new macOS,” they say in these letters, “we don’t have anything ready yet!”
Let’s leave aside the fact that every year the release of new “Makos” becomes something extremely unexpected. This can only be compared with our utility workers, who, it seems, every year see snow for the first time in their lives and do not know what to do with it. Although I admit: the fact of unprepared software also confused me very much.
Let's add to this that Microsoft is also trying to get into computers with ARM. But it doesn't work yet:
Microsoft Surface Pro X Review: Limiting Your Freedoms
Ilya Kichaev
11 December 2019
Overall, I was afraid that I would lose a great workstation by upgrading to the M1. There were no questions at all about the power. They were for software.
With this concern, I picked up the MacBook Air and spent two days with it. I also write this text on it.
My background: I have a MacBook Air 2022, which I use on business trips, trips to my small homeland, and also just as a travel computer for meetings and short trips when I understand that I will need to work.
Extensive experience in using the lightweight MacBook Air
Ilya Kichaev
16 January 2020
At home I have a fifteen-inch MacBook Pro 2015 with MagSafe. It contains the top-end hardware of those years, but it’s just a little outdated. And periodically the computer starts to take off from the coolers on the simplest tasks.
Here's a disclaimer: we're late. Computers have been on sale in the US for three weeks, and have been freely available for two weeks. So I decided to abandon the tests: why do work that someone else has already done? If you need benchmark numbers, it’s better to look for them in another text or some video. Or watch a very good video from our colleagues from Rozetked:
There is also a problem with these numbers: I don’t know how to apply them in real life. What will the performance of one or more cores give me in numbers? I, like most users, do not know how to extrapolate this data into real life. Well... One number is greater than the other. OK.
Therefore, now I am writing the most subjective text possible. In it, I first of all try to answer the question for myself: is it now possible to safely switch from Intel to M1? How much will it hurt?
I'm wondering a few things: How does the new Air handle my daily tasks? But the answer to this question may also be of interest to you, since if not every person, then many of us do some things.
Therefore, in this text you will learn how Rosetta 2 works, how Logic Pro and third-party music plugins VST and VSTi work, how full-fledged games work (even if I have a specific taste for them) on the new Air, and also how Photoshop works through Rosetta 2 . Well, because this is the software that I use all the time.
MacBook Air 2022 Specifications
I suggest refreshing your memory of the “specs” of the new product - I noted positive changes in green and negative changes relative to the 2018 model in red:
- 13.3-inch IPS display, resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels, 227 ppi, aspect ratio 16:10, brightness 400 cd/m², DCI-P3 color space support, True Tone
- Apple M1 processor: 4 powerful cores (12 MB L2 cache) with a frequency of up to 3.2 GHz, 4 regular cores (4 MB L2 cache) 2.1 GHz, 5 nm process technology
- graphics accelerator with 8 cores (in the younger 256 GB version one core is blocked)
- 16-core NPU - responsible for machine learning and neural computing
- high-speed RAM 8 or 16 GB LPDDR4X 4266 MHz
- faster SSD 256 or 512 GB (optional 1 or 2 TB)
- OS from factory: macOS Big Sur
- battery 49.9 Wh (fast charging from 30 W adapter included)
- Connectors: 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports (USB-C), 3.5 mm audio output
- trackpad input with Force Touch support, Touch ID fingerprint scanner
- networks: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0
- sound: three microphones, two speakers
- FaceTime 720p camera
- Dimensions: 30.41 x 21.24 x 1.61 cm
- weight 1.29 kg
- colors: golden, space gray, silver
The most interesting thing is that the new product has gained a little weight. MacBook Air 2018 boasted slightly smaller weight and size characteristics: 1.56 cm in thickness and 1.25 kg. I'm sure it's not scary.
What's wrong with Air 2018?
The two-year-old “air” does not suit me primarily in terms of performance. Most of the time there are no issues with the laptop. However, as soon as you launch Photoshop with a dozen or two images, a couple of browsers and Spotify or Music in the background, the system immediately starts to slip. A rainbow lollipop instead of a cursor every 30 seconds is such a sight, especially when the deadline was yesterday.
And then the MacBook Air comes out with its own M1 processor. And right off the bat, a newcomer weighing less than one and a half kilograms allows himself to snap at the monstrous MacBook Pro 16 with the evil Intel Core i9 inside. At least, this was reported by tests on the Internet and reported by Apple itself.
What's really wrong with performance?
Full tests, benchmark results and detailed personal feelings in a separate review at the link. Now briefly about the main thing.
There is no fundamental difference in the system. The two-year-old Air feels good on the latest macOS Big Sur. Nothing slows down, doesn’t lag, applications launch quickly, and it’s comfortable to work with.
The full power of the new platform is revealed in benchmarks, games, and when working with heavy tasks like video encoding, processing tons of complex images, and so on.
In short, the MacBook Air on M1 is more powerful than its predecessor, not just by some percentage, not by several times, but by an order of magnitude!
The M1 processor made it possible to perform serious, adult tasks on a compact, lightweight and relatively affordable computer that only heavy desktop systems or fully charged laptops costing several hundred thousand rubles could do. And this despite the fact that there is now no fan under the hood. There is no noise, and what is especially surprising is that it does not get hot. At all. Never!
Cooling system
The new MacBook Air has completely removed active cooling. There is no cooler inside, there is no noise at all during operation.
True, in the previous generation of MacBook Air the cooling was so-so: the fan was not connected by a copper tube to the processor, and when loaded it made a lot of noise, and was of little use. And here is an absolutely silent ultrabook.
The screen is the same (almost)
Adaptive color temperature technology (True Tone) was introduced back in 2022, so this is not news. With this exception, the display of the MacBook Air 2022 is no different from its predecessor. I’d rather tell you what nuances I encountered during the two-year operation of the previous generation.
2020
Firstly, the coating on the display glass is very delicate and requires careful care and handling. He touched the surface with his finger and left a greasy imprint on it. If you peel an orange next to a computer, it’s a total loss. So, you have to wipe the screen regularly and it is better to do this with a special cloth for displays and glasses (you can buy it at an optician).
Another nuance. After some time, traces from the keyboard began to be imprinted on the surface of the screen of the Air 2018, or rather, the remains of grease on the keys from the fingers. This is still a new thing, but we'll see.
Air 2018
And lastly, a little off topic. The screen brightness of the Air 2020 is 400 cd/m² - everything is the same as before. However, the MacBook Pro on the same M1 has a slightly brighter panel - 500 cd/m².
Performance
The camera began to shoot better due to improved artificial intelligence algorithms, but the sensor remained the same - the same 720p, which is not very good by 2022 standards.
The laptop has an 8-core M1 processor. Of these, 4 cores are high-performance for heavy tasks and 4 cores are energy efficient so that the laptop runs out of battery to a minimum, or performs simple tasks.
The ultrabook can be purchased in configurations with SSDs of 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB. Apple claims that read/write speeds have increased by 2 times. See test results below.
Now the RAM is inside the processor, previously it was soldered on the motherboard. You can buy 8 GB or 16 GB modifications.
Now let's move on to the performance test . We will compare the MacBook Air 2022 with the MacBook Pro 2018 (with an intel i9 processor, 32 GB of RAM and a 4 GB Radeon Pro 560X discrete graphics card).
During Unreal Engine , the MacBook Air showed a stable framerate with minimal drops, and an average frame rate of 111 FPS. The top-end MacBook Pro 2022 produces an average of 82 FPS.
Surprisingly, the MacBook Air's integrated graphics are significantly more powerful than AMD's discrete graphics card.
When choosing a laptop, always consider the amount of RAM . In loaded tasks, when there is not enough RAM, the processor will access the swap file on the SSD disk (swop). And this is where problems can arise.
Small, fragmented files on an SSD simply “destroy” the drive that is integrated into your computer. And you cannot replace the SSD if it breaks. Conclusion: the more RAM, the better.
Old-new keyboard
The experiment with the butterfly key mechanism can be considered a failure. Computers with such a keyboard were released from 2016 to 2019. Last year they decided to abandon the design in favor of the good old “scissors”.
I experienced problems with butterfly keys sticking in myself. Fortunately, they were not fatal. The “1”, “C” and left arrow keys would occasionally stick. After some time, the buttons returned to normal on their own, which is strange. I didn’t contact the service, I didn’t do anything unusual.
Frankly speaking, I liked the “butterfly” better. The key travel is a little shorter, the presses are a little more pleasant, and the clicking sound is more noble. “Scissors” have a duller sound. However, I didn’t have to get used to the old-new type of keyboard, much less suffer.
Some keys are missing, others have changed
The physical buttons for adjusting the keyboard backlight have disappeared. Now the brightness is adjusted in the curtain, in the upper right corner, like in iOS. In my opinion, the decision is controversial.
The left and right arrow buttons have changed. They have become narrower and too, for my taste, in vain.
Switching languages was added to the fn button. Suddenly you are used to changing the language, like on iOS or Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, and not with the usual “hotkey” Cmd + spacebar.
And lastly, the Touch ID fingerprint scanner has become matte. Change, well!
Full Screen - the choice between bad and terrible
Despite the fact that I actively use tablet mode, all this is not thanks to, but in spite of. Before I met the MacBook, I thought that only Apple really thought about user-friendly interfaces. Now I remember how flawlessly control works in Windows:
- Do you want to open the application? Carelessly wave the mouse all the way into the corner, click - and you have a choice of applications sorted to suit your taste.
- Do you want to roll up the window? Roll up the window.
- Do you want to hide all windows? Without looking, use the mouse in the corner of the screen and click. Win+D to boot.
- Do you want to display a window on the screen? Click on the icon on the Taskbar. You already see in advance that there are several windows. Therefore, I’m ready to click again, selecting the one I need. You won't miss anything! Otherwise? Please - Alt+Tab.
- Do you want to expand the window completely? Just do it!
- Do you want to close the window? Click on the cross. Do you want to close the application? Click on the cross.
Yoly-paly! Why are these seemingly basic commands implemented with such a wild creak in MacOS??? I counted as many as 8 ways to switch between windows alone. Eight, Karl! What's the point?:
- The pop-up curtain in the Menu Bar is slow and not obvious.
- The context menu in the Doc Bar is slow and not intuitive.
- Minimized windows in the Doc Bar conflict with the methods below.
- Cmd+Tab - switches only applications, but not the windows in them.
- Cmd+' (Next window) - does not work in full screen mode.
- Ctrl+↓ (Application Windows) - does not work in full screen mode.
- Trackpad gesture (App Expose) - does not work in full screen mode.
- Mission Control - not relevant in case of hidden or minimized windows.
None of them will give you a convenient and guaranteed result!
But let's move on. With its green button, Apple seems to force us to use tablet scripts. I gave up. But look what they offer! I'm deploying several applications to tablet mode. Let's say this (in order):
Chrome - OneNote - Playground - Xcode - Books - Spotify
I’m starting to glamorously switch between windows by swiping. I have a picture in my head of how many swipes are needed to get to the desired Space. And suddenly something goes wrong - I opened the wrong application. Hmm. I must have messed something up. We continue to work - again we came up with the wrong thing... And what do you think this is? And Apple carefully mixes windows according to the frequency of their use!
What were they thinking when they set this option by default? And how should I, a novice user, know that this can be reconfigured? It's good that it's possible. But for six months I rushed between two modes - tablet and regular, choosing the least crazy one. What kind of user friendliness can we actually talk about here? Why this hodgepodge of mutually exclusive interfaces? Damn, steal from Microsoft! They know how.
Applications for Intel on ARM processor
In theory, moving from x86 architecture to ARM should have caused a lot of suffering and pain. Most of the programs had to fall off on approach, the developers had to hastily rewrite their software, all this had to work crookedly for at least a couple of years - in short, a complete end to lunch. Fortunately, it didn't happen.
The stock applications are already optimized for the new processor from Apple itself. Third-party utilities, even if originally written for Intel, work through the Rosetta 2 emulator. By the way, it is built into the macOS Big Sur system; nothing needs to be installed separately. They say that running applications through Rosetta 2 reduces their performance by 10-15%. However, you won't notice it. The M1's safety margin is so large that the loss of power is not noticeable at all.
Working on a new Mac
We've been using the MacBook M1 for a few weeks now and we can already conclude that this computer is the future of the Mac. It's incredibly fast in everyday use. Apple engineers optimized this computer for average work requirements, which has a positive impact on overall work processes. The average launch time of any application takes up to 14 seconds - from double clicking the mouse until the application is completely ready for work. During our tests, the computer opened applications faster than we could click the next icon.
Compared to the MacBook Air, our Mac Pro was slower. Launching applications, rebooting the system, and saving files on the MacBook Air is much faster.
We are delighted that this model does not have a cooling system. The new Mac Book Air is only slightly slower than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, which has a cooling system. We believe that for the vast majority of users, except for those who belong to the category of professionals and really need a faster computer, the presence of a cooling system is not important. The computer operates absolutely silently, and once you get used to it, any little noise made by another computer will seem like thunder to you.
The camera still has 720p resolution
This year, Apple developers finally paid attention to the camera, although the resolution was stuck at 720p. The M1 features all-new image signal processing technology that makes adjusting exposure, noise reduction and color balance much easier. All this can be seen in our pictures taken in normal and low-light conditions. The image quality has, of course, improved, but their resolution is still only 720p.
M1 can only support one display - up to 6K
Considering that we now live in an era of remote work and meetings on conference platforms, developers could do with their efforts. 1080p images look better in Zoom, even if you don't have the fastest internet.
The only circumstance that upset us a little is the lack of the ability to connect two external displays. The M1 can only support one display - up to 6K. Once again, we note that for the average user this will not be a problem at all, but it may frustrate more demanding users who would like to be able to connect an entire system of monitors.
You probably noticed that the developers left the appearance of the computer unchanged. User opinions regarding the design changes of the new MacBook Air vary greatly, not to mention the MacBook Pro and iMac. But this has already happened - developers “borrowed” PowerPC versions of the case for their first Mac computers with Intel processors, and the transition to a new design occurred only a year or two later.
Some defend the MacBook Air, admiring its appearance, which after all these years still looks modern, but there is another category of users who, on the contrary, complain about the conservatism of developers who do not want to make changes to the design of the device.
We're confident that Apple will undoubtedly debut a redesigned MacBook Air sooner rather than later. We think that the design of the computer looks quite decent for its age, but some nuances still need to be worked out better - for example, the edges framing the display could be made even smaller.
MacBook Air M1
Many thought that Apple would use the presentation of its own processor to simultaneously introduce a new design. This did not happen, as Apple appears to be pursuing a different strategy.
Given that the new MacBook Air is one of the first Macs to run on an Apple Silicon processor, a redesign would likely increase demand for the new model, which would ensure an influx of new users. The new processor is great, but it clearly lacks native support for programs released by major developers.
Of course, this won't always be the case. And now the developers have managed to avoid possible dissatisfaction from users who might not like such shortcomings. Apple has decided to gradually transition users to a completely new Mac - with a completely updated macOS Big Sur system and many new features.
Following Big Sur, we received a new Apple platform and the M1 processor. The final piece in the puzzle is new hardware compatible with the new processor and software. Engineers are working on the most revolutionary Mac line, but in order not to immediately stun the public with its technical characteristics and capabilities, they are presenting it gradually - “in parts.”
The new MacBook Air is a fantastic computer, with a powerful M1 processor and impressive battery life. Obviously, the transition to Apple Silicon will begin with this model, but the uniqueness of the situation lies in the fact that all of our software already supports this technology.
All Apple software, including Final Cut Pro, Affinity Suite, Pixelmator Pro and many other utilities, has been updated to work on the new system. Other, unupdated programs work fine using Rosetta 2. But we know that there are exceptions, and that M1 is not yet universal enough to perform absolutely any task.
MacBook Air M1
Apart from the process of updating software to run on a new system, the MacBook Air M1 is a powerful computer that will be a great purchase for almost anyone.
pros
- M1 has incredibly high performance
- The computer runs absolutely silently
- Long period of computer operation in offline mode
- Wi-Fi 6 support
- iOS apps have been updated to work on the new system
- SSD speeds have increased significantly
How to check application compatibility?
Considering the above, almost everything will start. However, to put your mind at ease, compatibility can be checked in a couple of ways.
First of all, install the utility you need. Then click on the apple in the upper left corner, select “About this Mac” and get into the “System Report”.
In the left column, click on the “Programs” subsection, and in the right side we look for the type of utility:
- “Universal” - compatible with any processor
- "Intel" - works through Rosetta 2
- “Apple processor” - version specially optimized for M1
I only had problems with Photoshop, namely with the 2017 release. In some places the editor interface looked like this.
Photoshop Error
The current version 22.1.1 works perfectly, even if it is still written for Intel systems. Although the Creative Cloud utility has already been optimized for M1.
Launching iPhone and iPad apps
From the fly in the ointment of the new architecture, let's return to more pleasant functionality, which, however, also has a number of limitations. One of the key innovations for Mac on M1 is support for apps built for iOS and macOS.
In an ideal situation, you simply go to the App Store, enter the name of the program, go to the “Applications for iPhone and iPad” tab and install it.
However, Apple allowed developers to limit the use of iOS/iPadOS applications on Mac, which led to the absence of many popular programs in the “computer” App Store.
For example, I would like to install Instagram or Yandex.Music on Mac, which still do not have desktop clients, which I personally don’t like at all. But you won't find them in the App Store on Mac.
Why? Because Yandex and Facebook decided so. It's funny that Yandex.Browser or Yandex.Mail, for example, are easily displayed in searches and installed without problems, although why do I need them as a mobile application on my computer? The logic of the developers in this regard, of course, still suffers.
At least three ways have already been found to launch applications not available in the App Store on a Mac with M1. Two of them involve the use of third-party programs - iMazing and the already mentioned iMobie M1 App Checker. But I would not recommend using them, since you will have to enter your Apple ID during the process. No matter how authoritative their developers are, I have no desire to tell them my login and password.
The third method seemed to me to be the safest way - using the free Apple Configurator 2 utility, which, in fact, is developed by Apple itself. But this solution, frankly speaking, is more like a “crutch”, because you have to additionally use the “Terminal”. Detailed instructions are available at this link.
Using Apple Configurator 2, I installed Instagram and Yandex.Music on the test MacBook Air, but immediately ran into other problems. In the case of Instagram, the application window that opens is microscopic, there is no way to enlarge it, and there is no sound in “Stories” until you find some video in the feed and click on it.
Yandex.Music has an iPad version, which means the program opens in a larger window, which can also be adjusted in some way - you can change the orientation to portrait and back. But at the same time, the physical keys for switching tracks and play/pause on the keyboard do not work, which is a pity.
As for mobile games, you will have to choose only those that support a gamepad and, in fact, buy the gamepad itself if you don’t have one, otherwise the case will turn out to be unplayable.
My impressions of the support for iOS/iPadOS programs were mixed. On the one hand, such an opportunity will not hurt anyone and will definitely be useful to someone. On the other hand, taking into account the above nuances, I will not use this for now, but I will carefully watch how everything develops. Conventionally, if the developers and Apple itself improve the aspects of window scaling and achieve more stable operation of applications, then it will be great. But for now, in my opinion, this is a feature for the sake of a feature.
More nuances
Big Sur is the first major update in many years. The version numbers speak for themselves. Previously it was 10.15 (macOS Catalina), and now it is 11.0 (macOS Big Sur).
During tests, a major update 11.1 arrived on Air and some problems immediately sank into oblivion. So, if there are any software bugs left, they will almost certainly be fixed in the future.
However, this is what I was “lucky” to encounter.
One day the menu with application icons or the Dock disappeared. Cured by rebooting. There were minor problems with Telegram and Steam's access to the disk for writing files.
Apparently, some applications have not yet learned to request permission to the necessary computer nodes through the standard tools of the new system.
I cured the problem by allowing access to the disk (Settings - Security and Privacy - Privacy - Disk Access - click on the plus sign and select Steam or another application).
Also, Steam littered Launchpad with icons of installed and subsequently deleted games. Therefore, here are instructions on how to remove unnecessary application icons from Launchpad:
- open Launchpad
- drag the extra icon to the Dock
- In the Dock, open the context menu for the icon, select “Show in Finder”
- then drag the icon to the trash from the window that opens
- and then select “Remove from Dock” from the Dock context menu
That's all. I didn't notice anything truly critical.
Clueless Dock Bar
Probably the most recognizable element of MacOS turned out to be stupid in its original essence.
Apple is positioning it as a location for the most frequently used applications. But with this approach, the Dock Bar looks more like a Christmas tree garland. It looks festive, but in the process of work it begins to dazzle the eyes. So my first frustration arose from the fact that through the Dock Bar I could not quickly switch between the applications I was currently working with. I constantly had to look around to find the right icon.
We managed to partially fence off the Dock Bar, cutting out everything that was not running at the moment. It has become more convenient, but you won’t get the same visual and quick control over open windows as in Windows. The panel is extremely reluctant to share information. And when you need to manage two or more windows of a separate application, this will become a problem. The context menu may offer you a list like this to choose from:
In this case, the application has two windows open. The active one is marked with a tick, the second one - go find it.
But nothing. After all, Mac has much more convenient tools for managing your work environment! We will certainly touch on them too.
What about autonomy?
The predecessor boasted a 50.3-watt battery, while the new product has a 49.9 Wh battery. The difference in numbers is insignificant, but in reality it’s simply huge, and in favor of the new product.
In theory, Apple claims 13 hours of iTunes video playback on the old “air”. The new product boasts 18 hours.
I decided to test YouTube video playback through Safari. I set the brightness of the screens to the middle, the sound to 1/4 and this is what came out of it:
- The 2022 Air lasted 12 hours and 50 minutes.
- Air 2022 - 18 hours 25 minutes
In working mode (Safari browser, instant messengers, a little Photoshop, texts in Pages, etc.), the old man worked for no more than 5-6 hours. The new product raises the bar of autonomy to 8-9 hours. You can safely leave home with only one laptop - there will be enough charge.
Using the included 30-watt adapter, the laptop charges 26% in the first half hour.
The charging roadmap then looks like this:
- 1 hour - 52%
- 2 hours - 91%
- 2 hours 30 minutes - 100%
Yes, there is no fast charging. However, given the survivability of the laptop, this is not a problem.
New M1 processor
In our review of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we took a deep dive into the M1 processor, Apple's first Mac processor that delivers incredible speed boosts, and that's just the first thing you'll notice.
This processor handles basic tasks, but they are by no means limited to launching applications and editing photos - the M1 makes tangible changes in memory usage, SSD and even camera performance.
The presence of the M1 chip does not allow us to compare the new model with the previous generation MacBook Air, since these are two fundamentally different devices. Let's take memory, for example. The previous model had up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM, but the new MacBook Air has up to 16GB of what Apple calls unified memory. The memory is built into the M1 chip itself, rather than distributed across separate slots. This allows all key components, from the processor to the Neural Engine, to access shared memory.
Because these components share memory, it allows them to work together more efficiently, ultimately resulting in improved performance.
The M1 also features an updated SSD controller, which, as you'll see in our benchmarks, shows an improvement of over 100 percent.
Geekbench test results
In Geekbench 5.3.1, the MacBook Air M1 scored 1693 and 7195 in single and multi-core tests. The base model of the latest generation computer achieved a score of 1074 and 2412 points, meaning the M1 is almost 60% faster in single-core tasks and almost 200% faster in multi-core tasks. However, we must not forget that the MacBook Air, released at the beginning of 2020, ran on only four cores.
As for graphics performance, the M1 processor scored 20,284 points in the Metal Compute test - this is about 250% higher than the result of the 2019 model, which scored 5,853 points. The 2019 model runs on Intel Iris Plus graphics, while the M1 has an eight-core GPU. The new model's eight-core GPU has even more potential than the base model's seven-core GPU, but most importantly, both processors' performance figures break all previous records.
If you look at the drive's speed ratings, the M1 with a storage controller based on the T2 security chip can achieve write speeds of about 2689 MB/s and read speeds of about 2484 MB/s. Saving, copying and other manipulations with files on this computer are very fast.
This is not just an increase in speed, which we have previously seen in other models - this is an incredible leap in performance that is really felt at work.
