News & Reviews:   Apple M1

With WWDC 2023 around the corner, many wonder what Apple could show at the event. Previously, it was rumoured that we'll see the company's long-awaited AR/VR headset. It's also suggested that we could see a new MacBook and Mac Studio.

Microsoft recently announced that Windows 11 is authorized to run on M1 and M2 chipset powered Mac laptops. This is done through the Parallels Desktop version 18 however, they made no guarantees for games that rely on DirectX 12 or OpenGL 3.3 or greater. 

Google has announced its in-house processor Tensor alongside the Pixel 6 series earlier. Recently, there's also a report claiming that both products will launch on 13 September, one day before the Apple iPhone 13 series. After the event, the company might move on to make new processors for future tablets and Chromebooks rather than just for smartphones.

Reports have claimed that Apple is going to transform more of its Macs by equipping them with the powerful in-house processor M1 (or a new one). After the late 2020 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, the company could now be focusing on bringing the changes to their desktop PC offerings iMac and iMac Pro. Besides a new processor, the latest source is claiming that the upcoming iMac will come with the biggest screen that Apple has ever used on its all-in-ones.

About two weeks ago, sources found references to an Apple iMac that would feature an ARM-based chip. Like us, most people are guessing that this model would come with the Apple M1 silicon. In fact, sources claim that there would be two models available.

The postponement of Apple's March event means that the iPad Pro won't be launched till April 2021. But there has been a lot of rumours about this device in recent months, so we know quite a bit about it. Now, we also know the exact chipset it would have.

A new report is claiming that Apple was the largest buyer of semiconductor chips in 2020. According to Gartner, the tech giant had spent 53.6 billion USD (~RM216 billion) and took 11.9% of the global market share, representing 24% growth year-on-year. Let's read on to find out why Apple had to spend so much on semiconductors.

The new Apple M1-based Macs are still quite new, so any new Apple computer will likely feature it too. An update to a Bluetooth SIG listing by Apple seems to support this assumption, as sources claim.

The Apple M1-powered Macs launched about a month ago have proven to be better than their Intel counterparts. This shows that Apple's transition to the ARM architecture was the correct one and we can expect more powerful chipsets in the future. In fact, there's already news about next year's chipset.

Do you like having multiple monitors surround you? Great news because you can do that with the new Macs powered by Apple's M1 chip. As you know, some YouTubers have the greatest ideas, and one of them decided he wanted to hook up six monitors to a Mac.