Apple Says 'Mac Has Never Been Better' on Fifth Anniversary of M1 Chip Launching

[MacRumors]

Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak today celebrated the fifth anniversary of Apple silicon. The first Macs with Apple's M1 chip were announced on November 10, 2020, and they launched on November 17, 2020, which is five years ago as of today.

"Hard to believe it's been five years since Apple silicon transformed the Mac," said Joswiak, in a social media post. "The performance, battery life, new designs, amazing features, and user creativity it unlocked have been remarkable. The impact has been profound, and the Mac has never been better!"

After years of rumors, Apple unveiled its plan to transition the entire Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own custom-designed chips at WWDC in June 2020. Later that year saw the release of the first three Mac models powered by Apple silicon, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini.

Apple had plenty of experience after a decade of making custom iPhone and iPad chips.

The company promised, and delivered, industry-leading performance per watt for Macs. This feat allowed it to remove the fan inside the MacBook Air, given the improved power efficiency resulted in less heat being generated in the thin laptop.

Apple said macOS Tahoe is the final macOS release that will support Intel-based Macs.

Article Link: Apple Says 'Mac Has Never Been Better' on Fifth Anniversary of M1 Chip Launching

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Still love my MacBook Air M1, ordered as soon as it was possible 5 YO.

The camera stopped working recently, but other than that is my favourite Mac ever (on the verge of edging out the 2010 MacBook Air 11" I had for 9+ years).

 

[lupinglade]

If we don’t count how broken macOS is, then yes.

 

[abatabia]

My M1 air and M1 mini are officially my longest servicing macs and are as sold as the day I got them.

 

[CharlesShaw]

Will be interesting to see whether or not the M series receives longer OS support than its predecessors. That aging army of M1 MacBook Airs could be passed along to friends and family members, possibly being their first Mac.

 

[wonderings]

Will be interesting to see whether or not the M series receives longer OS support than its predecessors. That aging army of M1 MacBook Airs could be passed along to friends and family members, possibly being their first Mac.

Apple is really the only reason they don't support OS's after a certain point. It is not the hardware. It is artificial and made to push more sales. One thing I hate about Apple among all the good stuff they do.

 

[Nozuka]

Still love my MacBook Air M1, ordered as soon as it was possible 5 YO.

Don't buy a first-gen product - they said.

I never regretted it, it still runs great.

And i actually prefer the old design over the new air..

 

[jz0309]

M series chips were an awesome move by Apple!

 

[avro707]

Apple is really the only reason they don't support OS's after a certain point. It is not the hardware. It is artificial and made to push more sales. One thing I hate about Apple among all the good stuff they do.

It should be about time for all those M1 devices to lose OS support. Apple needs to keep you buying the latest devices so it can keep making mega profits. Also realistically to keep MacOS efficient they need to drop support for outdated models. And that means dropping support for the oldest models as their time is up.

The M devotees will fume about this, but it’s only the same thing we heard previously.

 

[jwdsail]

Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak today celebrated the fifth anniversary of Apple silicon. The first Macs with Apple's M1 chip were announced on November 10, 2020, and they launched on November 17, 2020, which is five years ago as of today.

"Hard to believe it's been five years since Apple silicon transformed the Mac," said Joswiak, in a social media post. "The performance, battery life, new designs, amazing features, and user creativity it unlocked have been remarkable. The impact has been profound, and the Mac has never been better!"

After years of rumors, Apple unveiled its plan to transition the entire Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own custom-designed chips at WWDC in June 2020. Later that year saw the release of the first three Mac models powered by Apple silicon, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini.

Apple had plenty of experience after a decade of making custom iPhone and iPad chips.

The company promised, and delivered, industry-leading performance per watt for Macs. This feat allowed it to remove the fan inside the MacBook Air, given the improved power efficiency resulted in less heat being generated in the thin laptop.

Apple said macOS Tahoe is the final macOS release that will support Intel-based Macs.

Article Link: Apple Says 'Mac Has Never Been Better' on Fifth Anniversary of M1 Chip Launching

You know what would have been a great way to celebrate?

Releasing the M5 Pro/Max MBP....

Or a 32" M5 Pro/Max iMac...

Or.. both. Both would have been great..

Just sayin'...

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

In many ways it was a substantial leap in progress, like big battery life gains while keeping good performance, and “instant on” that actually works every time. There are negatives, though, like the total lack of post-purchase upgradeability and the highway-robbery upgrade prices that followed. If Windows 11 wasnt such a mess of bugs, ads, and spyware, I’m not sure where I’d be anyway.

 

[switz]

The OS code gets ever bigger as new "features" are added which gets harder to trouble shoot what is causing the recent issues....... let alone the unresolved issues since day one of "M" series operating systems.

And do not forget the issues carrying over from the Intel versions as well.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

The hardware is generally exceptional. GPU leaves a little to be desired at the highest end but that's neither here nor there.

Shame we can't say the same for the software side.

 

[masterleep]

Hardware-wise, yes. As far as the UI goes, it's been going downhill for a while. I had to use High Sierra to help a relative and it was mind boggling how much better the menus, windows, and toolbars looked.

 

[mtrm]

I love my M4 MacBook Air. Best laptop I have ever owned. But let’s be honest, did anyone really expect them to say otherwise? 🤣

 

[New Mexico Bob]

Kind of a funny tag line. I would hope it is not getting worse specs over time.

 

[TumbleDryer]

Hardware Yes. Software Nooooo!

 

[TumbleDryer]

The OS code gets ever bigger as new "features" are added which gets harder to trouble shoot what is causing the recent issues....... let alone the unresolved issues since day one of "M" series operating systems.

And do not forget the issues carrying over from the Intel versions as well.

This is why we need a new Snow Leopard type release. No new features... AT ALL. Strip out the crappy useless ones and then fix all the bugs!

 

[Ursadorable]

And do not forget the issues carrying over from the Intel versions as well.

Imagine trying to translate buggy code from one architecture to another, and not fixing the bug in the process.

 

[abdullamac77]

Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak today celebrated the fifth anniversary of Apple silicon. The first Macs with Apple's M1 chip were announced on November 10, 2020, and they launched on November 17, 2020, which is five years ago as of today.

"Hard to believe it's been five years since Apple silicon transformed the Mac," said Joswiak, in a social media post. "The performance, battery life, new designs, amazing features, and user creativity it unlocked have been remarkable. The impact has been profound, and the Mac has never been better!"

After years of rumors, Apple unveiled its plan to transition the entire Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own custom-designed chips at WWDC in June 2020. Later that year saw the release of the first three Mac models powered by Apple silicon, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini.

Apple had plenty of experience after a decade of making custom iPhone and iPad chips.

The company promised, and delivered, industry-leading performance per watt for Macs. This feat allowed it to remove the fan inside the MacBook Air, given the improved power efficiency resulted in less heat being generated in the thin laptop.

Apple said macOS Tahoe is the final macOS release that will support Intel-based Macs.

Article Link: Apple Says 'Mac Has Never Been Better' on Fifth Anniversary of M1 Chip Launching

I'm proud to still using my M1 Pro MacBook Pro for work and the iMac M1 for home use. They both perform quite well for my needs and I don't see the reason to upgrade anytime soon.

 

[2638se]

If we don’t count how broken macOS is, then yes.

For real, there are so many unfixed tiny but annoying bugs everywhere in macOS now. They are being HARD carried by their hardware team.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Will be interesting to see whether or not the M series receives longer OS support than its predecessors. That aging army of M1 MacBook Airs could be passed along to friends and family members, possibly being their first Mac.

If it turns out that they receive longer OS support, it will be because Apple didn’t have to go with an underpowered feature stripped solutions for their performant/efficient chips. Intel cuts a LOT of corners on the low end to make the dollar value of their high end chips seem “worth it”. The M1 compares favorably against processors that Intel are releasing as brand new TODAY, not because it’s all THAT amazing, but mainly because Intel HAS to release poorly performing chips every year. It’s in their business model.

 

[ceddy]

I'm at 4 years with my M1 Pro. I've never owned a Mac this long before.

 

[avro707]

I'm proud to still using my M1 Pro MacBook Pro for work and the iMac M1 for home use. They both perform quite well for my needs and I don't see the reason to upgrade anytime soon.

And that’s the problem, Apple needs you to move those on and buy new computers. They will have to start dropping support for them sooner or later.

The Apple influencer crowd will need to be well trained to argue this case for Apple.

Sarcasm aside, I have a M2 MBA for mobile uses and it has also been faultless. For desktop use the one external screen limit is maddening, especially when i normally use two 5K screens with my Mac Pros. Otherwise, can’t complain. I was nearly going to trade it for an M4 Max MacBook Pro but abandoned that for now.

I'm at 4 years with my M1 Pro. I've never owned a Mac this long before.

2010 Mac Pro I got new still works! It has an RX6600XT GPU in it, and dual X5690 CPUs, a lot of RAM and SSDs for storage. But only runs Monterey. But how insane that is, the thing still runs and it isn’t some chugging clunky old thing, still quite quick to boot up and most things run fine on it. But it doesn’t get much use now because I have other machines, so it has been put back in the original box (still have that). Actually still have everything original it came with too. It still looks brand new also.

You don’t expect stuff to go for that long these days.

 

[now i see it]

what do you you expect him to say?