
NOTE: Here’s an article that discusses M1 systems in more detail.

All these copies mean that we need lots of RAM simply to work with our data. With Intel systems, whenever data is loaded into RAM, it needs to be optimized for the CPU, then again for the GPU, then again for whatever other process needs to work with it.


In terms of sheer performance, the M1 blows the doors off just about everything else in the Mac ecosystem. Delivered in seven colors and sporting the new M1 system-on-a-chip, it generated a lot of email from editors asking my thoughts.įirst, and this is most important, as Ars Technica reported: “Apple sees the M1 as an entry-level chip.” This statement is key to understanding where the M1 iMac fits. One of the exciting announcements from Apple on Tuesday was news of the soon-to-be-released 24″ iMac.
