Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week

A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …

Apple 2020-11-11

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@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
Apple versus Intel. https://www.anandtech.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@benbajarin Ben Bajarin on x
“The fact that the A14 currently competes with the very best top-performance designs that the x86 vendors have on the market today is just an astonishing feat.” Solid article from AnandTech on M1 possibilities. Whose founder works at Apple :) https://www.anandtech.com/...
@frankreiff Frank Reiff on x
For those who hoped that Apple was going to use the Apple Silicon transition to course correct on issues such as ports, Touch Bar and perhaps introduce a new design language or new iOS features such as FaceID, tonight was a bitter disappointment.
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
Surprise: Apple is still selling Intel versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini. That doesn't show the ultimate confidence in the new chips and software compatibility — but I am sure there are other reasons to keep them around. No more Intel MacBook Air however.
@reneritchie Rene Ritchie on x
For anyone who wanted to see numbers from the M1 event today, AnandTech has some independent A14 (same IP generation) estimates for you to stew on :) https://www.anandtech.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jonmasters @jonmasters on x
Looks like I'm buying 3 new computers today
@jwangark James Wang on x
Apple's M1 chip is textbook bottom-up disruption. M1 should be ~30% faster than A14. https://www.anandtech.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@artirkel @artirkel on x
Intel's Moore's law vs Apple's Moore's Law https://www.anandtech.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@adamnash Adam Nash on x
“Whilst in the past 5 years Intel has managed to increase their best single-thread performance by about 28%, Apple has managed to improve their designs by 198%” 🎉🔥🚀 https://www.anandtech.com/...
@iancutress @iancutress on x
#AppleEvent MacBook Air ➡ 400 nits brightness ➡ 49.9 Wh Battery ➡ 30W Type-C charger MacBook Pro ➡ 500 nits brightness ➡ 58.2 Wh Battery ➡ 61W Type-C charger Both ➡ 2560x1600 ➡ 720p webcam ➡ Thunderbolt 3 ➡ Only one external display: up to 6K60
@marcoarment Marco Arment on x
Intel 13" MBP still for sale, LOL
@ow @ow on x
apple leads the world in charts with no y-axis or numbers https://twitter.com/...
@geoffreyfowler Geoffrey A. Fowler on x
Love charts without X and Y axis numbers Cc: @ShiraOvide https://twitter.com/...
@snazzyq Quinn Nelson on x
anyone who is disappointed by the apple event today needs to lay off the crack pipe YOU GUYS, WE ARE GETTING ANYWHERE FROM A 3.5-5X INCREASE IN PERFORMANCE FROM THE PRIOR GENERATION. USUALLY WE ARE LUCKY TO GET 0.3X.
@om @om on x
The best part of Apple keynotes (at least for me) is the nerdy chip stuff. I really am excited about the long term changes M1 brings. For now, here are some notes I made about the “M1 launch” event today. https://om.co/... https://twitter.com/...
@fpiednoel @fpiednoel on x
Apple is spanking Intel really bad, and intel top management is not equipped intellectually to compete with that. Apple is extremely aggressive on pricing, the PC is going to be losing market share to the Mac, the question is how many? 10% 20% 50%? I would not be surprised by 50 …
@locuza_ Locuza on x
Saw the article from Anandtech and their annotation now: https://www.anandtech.com/... This makes more sense, at first I also looked around the 4MB Cache, since that would fit but the irregular structures and colorization of the structures made me think it could be for something …
@beirutspring Mustapha Hamoui on x
Disappointed that Apple didn't visually differentiate silicon macs from their intel predecessors... It could have been a small thing like some colors on the logo for example... https://twitter.com/...
@maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x
While looking at the M1 SoC, there are a lot of disappointing things to me. They basically took an A14, amped it up and threw it into a laptop. I'm waiting for the *actual* SoCs designed specifically for Mac Products. SoCs with 8+ cores and dedicated Apple GPUs and more RAM.
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
So differences now between the MacBook Air and Pro: Pro has 2 hours better battery life, Touch Bar, 100 nits brighter screen, speakers have HDR, and better mics. Air is obviously lighter/thinner. Feels like one of these will have to go — unless Apple creates speed differences.
@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
Apple is burying Intel right now. Yes, for the world outside tech ‘Macs are now much faster and more power-efficient’ doesn't actually matter much, but it's still kind of a big deal https://twitter.com/...
@stshank Stephen Shankland on x
I can't help but note that Apple's A series processors for iPhones and now M series for Macs have a lot of transistors devoted to the neural engine (aka AI workloads), which can be very useful for processing video and photos. https://twitter.com/...
@id_aa_carmack John Carmack on x
I can't read anything on AnandTech (like https://www.anandtech.com/...) without seeing this video add that always makes me rage a bit about the illegibility of floating text in games. https://twitter.com/...
@stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x
The cost benefit to the customer of Apple having incredibly powerful chips like the M1 in even the cheapest Macs can not be emphasized enough
@marcoarment Marco Arment on x
Intel: “Shit.”
@backlon Dieter Bohn on x
I wish Apple hadn't used Bezos numbers on its charts today. Show more numbers, identify more things. https://twitter.com/...
@jwangark James Wang on x
1/ Apple's upcoming ARM MacBooks isn't just going to save them some money and run a bit faster. It marks the beginning of the end of the x86 era and Intel's four decade empire. Thread⬇️
@stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x
The M1 has CPU perf that could easily be competitive in the higher-end MBPs or iMacs, but Apple's gonna need a much bigger boost in GPU to match the AMD graphics in their existing lineup. It's a shame that wasn't ready for today — they could have transitioned their entire range
@chockenberry Craig Hockenberry on x
You have to wonder if PC manufacturers will follow Apple's lead and not make single mention of clock cycle speed for their products. If so, good luck.
@dcurtis Dustin Curtis on x
The M1 chip really is just an architecture change. Fundamentally, M1 Macs are the same computer designs from a decade or more ago, at the same price, with expected performance and battery life gains. I was hoping for a Mac designed with the iPhone 12/iPad Pro design language.
@nicnguyen Nicole Nguyen on x
New M1 Macs: -MacBook Air starts at $999 -Pro starts at $1,299 -Mini starts at $699 Available next week. Sorry to everyone who bought a Mac during the pandemic 🥴
@rogerwcheng Roger Cheng on x
There doesn't seem to be a speed difference between the Mac Mini, Air or Pro. I'm confused. #AppleEvent https://twitter.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
New Mac mini, MacBook Pro 13, and MacBook Air — as expected, same designs, similar chips to the iPad Air and iPhone 12. No AirTags. 16-inch MacBook Pro coming later.
@mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x
We're obviously just going off of what Apple is touting, but if this all holds up, with performance and battery of just the MacBook Air, there's no way any Windows laptop can compete with this. Microsoft will need to start making their own chips for Surface? #AppleEvent
@ow @ow on x
Apple switching to ARM is gonna be a big deal - the first gen features an ‘M1’ chip. But they're hedging hard with lots of “first step” and “multi-year” transition so far... https://twitter.com/...
@iansherr Ian Sherr on x
Now the key to my first theory — iPhone and iPad apps run on Macs. Apple talking about how developers who used its dev kits, and talking about how easy it was to port their apps and how much quicker Apple silicon was
@quinnypig HydroxyCoreyQuinn on x
“It's so easy to port apps!” —@cabel “We'll have Photoshop ready at some point next year.” —@adobe
@ow @ow on x
subtle flex that macOS is getting Among Us now that iOS apps will work there too https://twitter.com/...
@patrickmoorhead Patrick Moorhead on x
“M1” graphics: -8 cores -"2X PPW" (zero substantiation) -"fastest integrated graphics" (zero substantiation) -"best in-class security" (zero substantiation"
@iancutress @iancutress on x
#AppleEvent Note that the total 11 TOPs is like Qualcomm saying 7 TOPS for the S855. Not all of that is used at the same time - it's a theoretical peak at the worst perf/watt point.
@sharatibken Shara Tibken on x
.@Apple, as expected, is touting how the tight integration of its software and hardware gives it an advantage and sets it apart from its rivals. Others have tried to replicate that strategy, but few have succeeded #AppleEvent
@libertyrpf Liberty on x
The unified memory inside the SoC package is also neat. Shared memory with GPU, less need to copy stuff over from RAM, should save on power and improve performance.
@charlesarthur Charles Arthur on x
This Apple event is quite different from 2005, when the switch was needed just to keep up with the industry. This M1 class of chips looks like it's going to run laps around Intel.
@mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x
All the details on M1 Now just waiting for details on the first Mac https://twitter.com/...
@devindra Devindra Hardawar on x
M1 is an 8-core chip, 4 high performance cores (they're calling it the “world's fastest CPU") and 4 high efficiency cores. Apple claims it delivers far better performance per watt, so a 10W MacBook Air is 2x as fast compared to the Intel chip
@asymco Horace Dediu on x
11 trillion ops per sec. is for the Neural Engine.
@yoda Drew Olanoff on x
sure whatever https://twitter.com/...
@iansherr Ian Sherr on x
Now Craig Federighi, Apple's head of software engineering is talking about Big Sur. He's noting how the Mac “instantly” wakes from sleep — and Apple's laptops are pretty quick anyway.
@johnpaczkowski John Paczkowski on x
craig federighi always looks like he's congratulating you on a new baby
@panzer Matthew Panzarino on x
Apple calls out the ISP on the M1 — so where are the cameras that can use it??
@mehedih_ Mehedi on x
what the fuck https://twitter.com/...
@macrumorslive @macrumorslive on x
M1 has an integrated 8-core GPU that Apple says is the most advanced graphics processor it has created. 2x more graphics performance than a PC chip. World's fastest integrated graphics. https://twitter.com/...
@davemark Dark Mode Dave on x
All the elements that make up the Apple M1 chip... https://twitter.com/...
@kylebrussell Kyle Russell on x
Apple marketing genius: “You know what? I say we embrace the fact that nerds are horny for one of our software executives” https://twitter.com/...
@stevestreza @stevestreza on x
may I please see some numbers https://twitter.com/...
@stephennellis Stephen Nellis on x
The new Apple M1 Mac chip will have 8 CPU cores, 8 GPU cores, and Apple's silicon chief Johny Srouji claims it will have twice the performance of an unspecified laptop chip (cough, Intel) while using a quarter of the power. Story will have updates: https://www.reuters.com/...
@asymco Horace Dediu on x
1.5 times faster running javascript 2x “more responsive”
@mcwm Mike Murphy on x
we must find the Joker https://twitter.com/...
@asymco Horace Dediu on x
Quiet performance and better battery life. No surprises here. ARM gets you all this.
@ow @ow on x
these new macs are gonna be all about battery, all the time, and tbh i'm here for it https://twitter.com/...
@patrickmoorhead Patrick Moorhead on x
“M1” for “low power systems or small size and power efficiency” -UMA and memory sharing -5nm -16B transistors (Apple won't answer how these are counted) -"world's fastest CPU core" (no substantiation) -4 cores -2X PPW (no substantiation) #AppleEvent https://twitter.com/...
@asymco Horace Dediu on x
At 10W M1 is 2x CPU performance
@benbajarin Ben Bajarin on x
“Whilst in the past 5 years Intel has managed to increase their best single-thread performance by about 28%, Apple has managed to improve their designs by 198%, or 2.98x (let's call it 3x) the performance of the Apple A9 of late 2015.” https://www.anandtech.com/... https://twitte…
@snazzyq Quinn Nelson on x
Anandtech's analysis of the M1 and full-review of the A14 is insightful to just how powerful Apple Silicon Macs will be. https://www.anandtech.com/... And that's with a 5W iPad chip. The M1 has 35% more density and runs at a projected 18W. https://twitter.com/...
@never_released Longhorn on x
AMD carrying the x86 mantle alone currently: https://www.anandtech.com/... The next-gen Mac chips will be very interesting. (and maybe the M1 too? depends on clocks)
@chrismessina Chris motherfucking Messina on x
Let's call this chart “Moore's Flaw” https://twitter.com/...
@reneritchie Rene Ritchie on x
A14 is clocked lower and has a much smaller thermal envelop than M1, so it should be really interesting. Like A7 motivated the mobile silicon industry, I'm guessing A14 (along with AMD) will motivate PC silicon for a few generations to come. https://twitter.com/...
@stevesi Steven Sinofsky on x
Guess they weren't ready for touch?
@sdw Sebastiaan de With on x
Cool performance bump for the MacBook Pro, but today's PC laptops have fantastic screens with tiny bezels. Face unlock. Touchscreens and pencils. 4G modems. Tons of awesome features. This looks like a faster MacBook Pro from 2015 with a tiny touchbar nobody wants.
@gruber John Gruber on x
No touchscreens, thank jeebus.
@tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x
Ignoring everything else, Apple still makes you choose between a machine with meh cooling and one with the damned Touch Bar.
@zollotech Aaron Zollo on x
Can't wait to try editing 4K footage on the new MacBook Pro.
@marcoarment Marco Arment on x
Damn it, Touch Bar is still here.
@iancutress @iancutress on x
#AppleEvent So, clarity on ‘5x GPU performance’ number. It's not FPS for gaming. >MBP13+M1 vs MBP13+i7+Iris645, both 16GB/2TB >Final Cut Pro 10.5, 10sec project with Apple ProRes 422 video at 4K30 So, a 10 second project. Very representative of the content creator use case. /s
@ericajoy Erica Joy on x
disappointed by the apple announcements today. a 13" computer with 16GB of RAM max should not be allowed to be called a macbook pro. that's a regular ass macbook apple, y'all aren't fooling anyone.
@quinnypig HydroxyCoreyQuinn on x
The old Mac Minis cap out at 64GB of RAM. The new Mac Minis are limited to 16GB.
@ow @ow on x
i'm sorry the pro macbook tops out at 16gb of memory? lmao c'mon https://twitter.com/...
@iansherr Ian Sherr on x
13inch MBP will cost $1299 to start (same as before) and $1199 for education https://twitter.com/...
@mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x
17 HOUR BATTERY LIFE. That's one way to sell it! 🤯🔋 #AppleEvent
@siegel Rich Siegel on x
After the whole “iOS 14 is shipping *tomorrow*” thing, macOS developers get a whole extra day! #AppleEvent
@rosemaryorchard Rosemary Orchard on x
macOS Big Sur will be available this Thursday. Apple: Hey developers, twice as much notice as with iOS, that cool?
@arepty Alexander Repty on x
Everyone: „One day notice for the iOS 14 release isn't enough!" Apple: „Ok, have two days for the Big Sur release!"
@kvlly @kvlly on x
MacOS Big Sur: A bold new design* *an increased border radius
@jonmasters @jonmasters on x
@FPiednoel The whole industry needed turning on its head. Everyone ought to have 18 hours of battery and no fan by now. These are obvious innovations. This is the iPhone moment for a long stagnant industry that will wonder how they got taken by surprise
@reneritchie Rene Ritchie on x
The new M1 MacBook Air has 7 and 8 GPU versions, but fanless. So same single core perf, lower multi/sustained. Pick your priority! Here are my live reactions and thoughts from the #AppleEvent https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@waltmossberg Walt Mossberg on x
@JoannaStern The longest MacBook Air battery life I ever got in my tests was 12 hours, in 2013 when Intel intro'd the Haswell chip and Apple was very quick to use it. Apple claimed 10 hours, but I got 12. Battery was at 10 or less in succeeding years. https://allthingsd.com/...
@ow @ow on x
apple: we made the webcam in the next-gen macbook better also apple: WEBCAM IS STILL 720P!!!!?!? https://twitter.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
The MacBook Air camera continues to be a paltry 720P sensor — during the keynote, Apple said it is better due to the M1 chip, but danced around discussing any actual hardware improvements to the camera itself. Now we know why. https://twitter.com/...
@tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x
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@siracusa John Siracusa on x
I can't wait to see benchmarks of this new Air against the best 16-inch MacBook Pro you can buy today.
@tekstrategist Jim McGregor on x
The new MacBook Air is not only a win for @Apple. It is also a win for Arm, as more mobile computing platforms leverage the Arm architecture and instruction set. https://twitter.com/...
@redletterdave Dave Smith on x
The first MacBook Air running M1 has: - No fan - 6 more hours of battery life vs. the last MacBook Air - 15 hours of battery life on the web - 18 hours of battery life on video - Touch ID It costs $999. Apple's going to sell a lot of these. #AppleEvent
@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
Apple claiming massive performance jumps and 1.5-2x better battery life in a Macbook Air with its own chips. And no fan. Yes, the stage is mobile, but Apple takes a big bite out of the top half of the PC market https://twitter.com/...
@mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x
Is this a real setup? Are there real people actually use a Mac mini with a Pro Display XDR? https://twitter.com/...
@crlvideo Chris Lavigne on x
kept waiting to hear “and now, with custom LED lights on the base” #AppleEvent https://9to5mac.com/...
@matthewhughes Matthew Hughes on x
The previous-generation Mac Mini supported up to 64GB RAM. The new one maxes out at 16GB. So, forget about running virtual machines. Or Slack and Chrome at the same time.
@stephennellis Stephen Nellis on x
Confirmed: The new Mac Mini w/ M1 chip *will not* have user upgradable RAM, unlike the previous Intel-based Mac Mini. Like iPhones and iPads, the RAM in the M1 is integrated w/ the processor on the SoC. CC @kwiens
@stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x
A viable Mac mini w/ an M1 inside, bumped RAM and 1TB SSD is now €1,465, which is about half of what I needed before to price up a competitive model to replace my iMac. 16GB of RAM is a bummer, but with the increased I/O I'm not as worried. Apple should have perf per $ charts 😂
@tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x
Mac Mini is $1099 for the mostly usable model, with 16/512.
@mcwm Mike Murphy on x
i wanna know who's buying a $6,000 monitor for their $600 comptuer https://twitter.com/...
@tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x
Oh man they neutered the Mini. 16GB of RAM, no 10GbE, only 2 T ports. I'm sure its fine as a test machine, but ugh.
@neilcybart Neil Cybart on x
It's easy to forget that the Mac mini, not the MacBook Air, is the entry level Mac. Now $699.
@inafried Ina Fried on x
Mac mini! while not widely rumored, Apple had used a modified Mac mini to give developers a preview of how their apps would run on Apple silicon.
@dcseifert Dan Seifert on x
as a 2018 Mac mini owner, dropping from four Thunderbolt ports to two succcckkkssss https://twitter.com/...
@wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x
#AppleEvent summary on the new Mac mini with M1 Chip https://twitter.com/...
@heatherkelly Heather Kelly on x
Seeing all the ports on the Mac Mini just renews my outrage at the lack of ports on MacBooks.
@joannastern Joanna Stern on x
One more thing: 1080p MacBook webcams.
@joannastern Joanna Stern on x
Reminder of how bad MacBook webcams are https://www.youtube.com/...
@waltmossberg Walt Mossberg on x
I love that @Apple brought back John Hodgman as “PC Guy” from the old Mac vs PC TV ads to complain about Apple's new much faster, much quieter, much more power efficient new homemade processor in several new Macs. He appeared at the very end. https://www.youtube.com/... via @YouT…
@andrewchen Andrew Chen on x
Apple missed out a chance to put insane HD webcams into their new laptops! I assume the specs were already decided pre-COVID, but still
@callmebaemien @callmebaemien on x
Apple dropping Pc guy at the end of their #AppleEvent is a touch of pure class, plus the chime is back! That new M1 chip looks phenomenal, be interesting to see the benchmarks later in the year and to see if Intel based MB can cope with Big Sur. Roll on Thursday! https://twitter.…
@redletterdave Dave Smith on x
This is by far the most frustrating aspect of today's #AppleEvent. Very happy for the engineering team on the M1 chip but they couldn't have beefed up the cameras for these computers — at all? Once again feels like Apple trying to save money instead of making the best product. ht…
@llsethj Seth Weintraub on x
Re: Macbook Webcam, the bottleneck has mostly been the thin-ness of the lid. Also I've seen 480 and 720P webcams that do much better than Apple's current offering. That said, for marketing purposes, 1080P is the MINIMUM https://twitter.com/...
@quinnypig HydroxyCoreyQuinn on x
The new Macbook Pros cap out at 16GB of RAM. The old Intel Macbook Pros cap out at 32GB of RAM. Uh... what?

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