I have a Macbook Pro late 2011 and am purchasing a new Macbook Pro or Air. I have lots of documents, apps etc. I want to transfer to the new Mac, especially Word/Office documents. Will the M1 be too much of a leap - will it cause annoyances, or should I get an i5?
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The M1 will be able to handle any documents you have without skipping a beat. Apps work the same except for some specific niche cases. If you list the apps that you need on a daily basis we can tell you whether or not they will 100% work.
Any app that isn't built specifically for M1 Macs can normally still be run on them via Rosetta 2 which just translates the app.
Any app that isn't built specifically for M1 Macs can normally still be run on them via Rosetta 2 which just translates the app.
The only hitch I can see: are you running a pre-Catalina OS on that 2011 MacBook Pro? It seems likely on a machine that old.
Any apps you want to carry forward to your new MacBook will need to be 64-bit or you'll lose the ability to run them on Big Sur. That will apply to either an Intel Mac or an M1 Mac.