#466 - Apple’s M1 chip… it’s a MONSTER
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🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week: early benchmarks are in for Apple’s new M1 silicon, and they show the new chip makes the new MacBook Air FASTER than the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The M1 performance is HARD TO BELIEVE, and then there's the insane battery life...
Plus, HomePod mini reviews are in, and we go hands-on with Dolby Atmos on Apple TV with original HomePod!
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This week's stories
Performance trajectory shows why jump to Apple Silicon makes perfect sense
- Apple improved its processors’ performance by a massive 3x in the past five years, according to analysis carried out by AnandTech.
Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro
- In comparison to Macs, the single-core M1performance is better than any other available Mac, and the multi-core performance beats out all of the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro models, including the 10th-generation high-end 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 model.
Apple Silicon M1’s biggest surprise? Insane battery life
- Apple Silicon was widely expected to be fast, but perhaps the biggest surprise of the new M1 chip is the insane battery life it enables.
First HomePod mini reviews: Superior audio that’s better late than never
- What HiFi?: “the HomePod Mini outperforms its size and price like no other smart speaker you can buy.”
HomePods + Apple TV + Dolby Atmos - WOW (review, sound test and reactions)
- Apple has brought Dolby Atmos support to HomePods!
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| 0:00.0 | But, stop, hang on, wait, one more thing. |
| 0:04.2 | Hi, I'm a PC. |
| 0:05.9 | Is there time for questions? |
| 0:07.0 | Good, because I have one. |
| 0:08.0 | Why? |
| 0:09.1 | Why make all these advancements? |
| 0:11.2 | What's the point? |
| 0:12.8 | Right? Oh, you're so quiet now. |
| 0:15.0 | Look, I'm a machine, I'm proud of it. |
| 0:17.0 | That's my fan. |
| 0:19.2 | Longer battery life, plug it in. |
| 0:21.4 | Where are you going? |
| 0:21.9 | Just plug it in. Fast, I'm fast. I'm still fast. Check it out. |
| 0:25.4 | I still got it. PC still got it. I've always been there. I always will be. |
| 0:31.6 | Fast. Okay. My battery is drained. I got to go plug in. Good |
| 0:39.3 | luck. |
| 0:41.3 | Woe! Out late! Wha outlet Hello and welcome to the whole cast the best 30 plus minute apple conversation |
| 0:49.8 | you're gonna hear all week long I your host, Airfern the last. |
| 0:53.0 | Join me today in many ways he's just like the new Mac mini. |
| 0:56.7 | Oh, that's right. |
| 0:58.0 | Compact, sleek, but powerful. |
| 1:00.6 | He's the managing owner of Kolta Mac. |
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