News & Reviews:   Apple M1 chip

Apple launched a Self Service Repair programme back in April that covers a majority of its iPhone lineup. Now, the tech giant has announced an expansion to the programme to include its laptop lineup, namely the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.

Apple recently released a few products during its ‘peek performance’ event earlier this month. These include the Mac Studio, Studio Display and a refresh of the iPad Air lineup.

Speaking of the latter, it seems that users who have already gotten the iPad Air are noticing build quality issues with the device. While it received a significant spec bump by getting the M1 SoC, it seems that the build quality has been downgraded by Apple when compared to its predecessor.

News has reported that Qualcomm is preparing for an ARM-based Snapdragon 8cx chip for Windows 10 to compete against Apple's M1 chip. Sadly, this new benchmark leak of the upcoming chip might be here to tell you not to put too much hope on it.

If you thought that performance was the main reason for Apple's transition to ARM-based M1 chips, you'd be wrong. Besides providing better performance and battery efficiency, there's another key benefit that Apple would gain from the transition - major cost savings.