Dear M1 Macs reviewers… (#M1chip #applesilicon #mac #review).

Here is what I’m hoping to see from reviewers of the M1-based Macs today. How fast is the machine booting? Is wake from sleep that much better? When you start a non-optimized app, how does Rosetta 2 kicks in? How long does it take? What happens when you start the same app a second time after a while? Was Rosetta kick out and has to relaunch? How is window resizing doing, we know that was never really fast on Intel-based machines. How is scrolling speed in Photos? Can you really feel the difference on an optimized app compared to their Intel counterpart? Does installing 11.0.1 update was faster than on previous macOS release on Intel? Is the Mac mini the fastest among the three? Does GPU intensive tasks are really that much faster? What about SSD speed for reads and writes compared to an Intel Mac? is it much improved? Is macOS Big Sur buggier than on Intel? Is 8 GB of RAM enough or 16 GB is really a must? Have you tried Pixelmator Pro, how fast is it now?

Hoping for a few answers today.

My Growing List of Universal Apps (#m1chip #apple #macos #macosbigsur #macmini)

Here is the list of apps that I use and that are ready for my upcoming M1-based Mac mini. The list is growing almost on a daily basis. I didn’t expect it would go that fast. The prospect of much faster Macs could trigger an even faster adoption by developers. Apple’s bet is paying off.

U = Universal. U-C = Universal, Catalyst-based port from iPadOS. U-S = Universal SwiftUI based app, C = Non universal but compatible.

My wish is to install Universal apps only as I don’t want to trigger Rosetta 2.

  • [U] Omnigraffle
  • [U] Pixelmator Pro
  • [U] Affinity Photo
  • [U-C] Universe
  • [U] Transmit
  • [U] Little Snitch
  • [U-S] Aviary
  • [U] Darkroom
  • [U] Apple’s iWork
  • [U] Apple’s iMovie
  • [U] NewsExplorer
  • [U-C] Twitter
  • [U] Screens
  • [U] Ulysses
  • [U] Things
  • [U] Fantastical
  • [U] AirBuddy
  • [U] CleanShot
  • [U] Reeder 5
  • [C] iStats Menu
  • [C] DayOne
  • [C] Carbon Copy Cloner
  • [C] Timing

Here is why Microsoft should start to worry (#microsoft #surfacego #macbookair #apple #m1chip)

In light of Apple’s recent products introduction, consider the recently introduced Microsoft Surface Go. A Windows laptop that starts with 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB SSD, 12.4” touch screen using the Intel Core i5 which will get you 13 hours on battery for 550$. If you want a 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB SSD, the price goes up to 899$, but you keep the same lame CPU.

Now, compare this to the new MacBook Air (a much more powerful laptop) for 899$ (education pricing), same amount of RAM and SSD, 5 hours more of battery life, a much better non-touch display.

How is Microsoft supposed to compete against Apple in this market now?

They simply can’t, and they should start to worry.

What's wrong with Medium's stats…? (@medium #writing #bloggerlife) 🤔

What’s wrong with Medium’s “reading time" stat? Here, this story “Thoughts on ‘One More Thing’ - The Ultimate Mac Transition”, got 34 views so far, 12 reads, 2 two responses, 4 fans, 53 claps but the total reading time is 50 seconds? What’s wrong with that? 12 reads x 11 min estimated reading time = 132 minutes. Someone wrote: “very informative talk”! Did this guy really read my story or he is trying to get some attention? 🤨