![]() The Apple Apps are all native, as you would expect. Luckily, for the most part, everything that I wanted to install and that I’ll use is already native or has a public beta that is native. When I set up the new MacBook Air, I only installed native apps unless I had no choice. I have to say that I expected it to be night and day better than the nine-year-old MacBook Air that it replaces, but I didn’t expect it to rival my work 2019 16″ MacBook Pro. All my other computers are some shade of gray, and since this is my personal computer, it can be “gold.” Now my computer matches my Apple Watch and iPhone 12 Pro Max. Yes, I got AppleCare too (I always do on computers). I ordered an 8 Core M1 8 Core GPU, Gold (more like rose gold) MacBook Air, with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. ![]() I had zero fear in upgrading to this new M1-powered Mac because this is not the first time Apple has demonstrated that they can make these kinds of shifts successfully. Applications that have been updated will run natively (and quite fast) on the new M1 processor. If you buy an M1-based Mac today, your older applications will install and run under Rosetta. The M1 is just the first version of this chip, and I expect Apple to announce an upgraded version this year. We’re here again! All new Macs from this point on will be developed to run on Apple Silicon. All new applications and upgrades would run on the Intel chips, and life went on. While the application probably didn’t run as fast as it did on the native PowerPC chip, it gave users and developers an easy transition. There was a transition period where if you bought a new Intel-based Mac, and you had Mac applications that hadn’t been re-coded for Intel chips, the application ran in a compatibility mode called Rosetta. It was a pretty shocking announcement back then, but now we don’t think twice about it. After years of touting how great the Motorola PowerPC chip was compared to rival Intel, Steve Jobs made a surprise announcement that Apple was switching the Mac to run on Intel instead of PowerPC. Wait! Haven’t we been down this road before? For those of you that are old enough to remember, this is not the first time Apple decided on a completely different chip strategy. This is not the first time Apple has switched Mac processor suppliers. The M1 chip is Apple’s first microprocessor to power a Mac. I knew it was time to upgrade, and luckily Apple had just introduced Macs with Apple’s new chips. While this system still works nine years later, it’s starting to show its age when you put the latest operating system on it and the latest applications. My last MacBook Air was the 2012 Core i7 model with 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. When I do personal travel, I want to take a computer that weighs next to nothing but still gets the job done. ![]() I’ve always liked the MacBook Air for my personal needs, mainly because of its size and weight (or lack thereof). That’s all fine and good for my work systems, but what about my “personal computer?” My personal computer choice is a MacBook Air Also, companies like HP will often even send me a new laptop to show off the latest capabilities with our latest apps at work. Usually, the longest I have to wait for a work upgrade is three years unless there is a compelling case to upgrade sooner. I’m fortunate that I get to use great Macs and PCs for work. ![]()
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