Lisa Gade reviews both the late 2020 MacBook Air and 13” MacBook Pro with the new M1 Apple Silicon processors. These ARM-based CPUs offer tremendous performance, heat and battery life improvements, even when relying on Apple’s Rosetta 2 Intel emulation mode. Apple’s own programs are ARM-native as is the Big Sur operating system these laptops ship with. A growing list of 3rd party programs are going universal or native with M1 support. The casing and design for both machines is identical to their Intel predecessors. We compare the 2 laptops, look at compatibility issues, and compare them to Windows competitors and more powerful Mac laptops like the 16” MacBook Pro. And yes, they can run iOS and iPad apps, though that list is short and the experience is challenging without a touch screen.
** Get the M1 MacBook Air on Amazon: https://amzn.to/397RdY7
** Get the M1 13” MacBook Pro on Amazon: https://amzn.to/372sPnZ

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