This article is from WeChat official account: Poor (ID: chaping321) , Author: Tony, the original title: “Apple’s core Mac to get started After that, the computer in my hand suddenly disappeared. . . “, the title picture comes from: Visual China
The Mac equipped with Apple’s self-developed chip is finally here. I believe that my friends have been screened by various news about the abnormal performance of the M1 processor in the past few days on Weibo, Station B, and Zhihu. .
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the situation. Tony will briefly explain to you how strong the Apple M1 chip is.
From the performance of Geekbench 5 released in the previous two days, the MacBook Pro equipped with the M1 chip is already higher than the top MacBook Pro equipped with the i9 processor, whether it is single-core or multi-core.
The single-core Mac mini equipped with the M1 chip even surpasses all Intel Macs, and its multi-core performance is also very good.
Be aware that this is just an entry-level Apple computer starting at 5,299 yuan, but now it can compete with the 47,999 yuan Mac Pro in terms of performance, you say netizensCan we not get excited?
But then again, M1 is still an ARM-based chip after all. Even Apple said that the Mac is expected to take two years to complete the transition from the original Intel x86-based chip to the Apple core.
If many of the software we usually use are not available on this platform, then it doesn’t make sense to let its performance be great.
It just so happened that Tony got the latest MacBook Pro. Next, I’ll take a good look at the Mac equipped with Apple’s core, whether it might become our next computer.
First of all, there is nothing to say about the new macOS Big Sur system.
Tony has introduced this system before. Both new and old Macs can be upgraded. Interested friends can directly read here: “ to upgrade your Mac to the latest system, I actually use an iPad taste . . . “.
Let’s go straight to the topic and go to the app store to see how it differs from a Mac equipped with an Intel processor when downloading software.
As a result, as soon as Tony clicked on the App Store, an explanation popped up on the screen. The general idea is to remind us that iPhone and iPad apps can now be downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Hey, as expected, since the M1 chip based on the ARM architecture is the same as the Apple A series chip, theoretically the software that the iPhone and iPad can run is naturally compatible with this Mac.
So friends can see that in addition to “Mac App” in the App Store search results, there is now an additional software filter item “iPhone and iPad App” next to it.
In contrast, Tony’s previous Intel Core Mac didn’t.
Don’t talk nonsense, let’s download an App to try.
Although NetEase Cloud was successfully installed on this Mac by Tony, but when I wanted to open it next, the computer prompts that the software is based on the Intel platform and needs to be installed Rosetta to run.
Rosetta is considered to be a temporary solution given by Apple. It can use translation to enable x86 software that is not yet compatible with ARM chips to run seamlessly on Macs equipped with Apple chips.
Hey, I didn’t expect some problems when running the first software on a new Mac. No way, then install it.
Originally, Tony thought that after Rosetta was installed, I still needed to manually throw those software that did not fit the new Mac into Rosetta one by one, just like Microsoft’s ARM notebook.
I never thought it would run by default.
The software that is not adapted is a bit slow when it is opened for the first time (maybe because it is translating), the rest Time has no sense, Tony can’t even find Rosetta in the computer!
This approach is indeed in line with Guoguo’s consistent style of focusing on user experience.
Of course, friends here need to pay attention to: Not all x86 software can be successfully translated by Rosetta. Apple’s developer documentation says that it cannot translate newer instruction sets and processor functions.
But from the actual situation that Tony has used these days, commonly used software such as QQ, WeChat, WPS, Thunder, Dingding, Baidu Netdisk, etc., can run normally on this new Mac.
Moreover, these apps do not have to be downloaded from the Mac App Store. The software can still be installed using the dmg installation package from the Internet.
The Microsoft Family Barrel related to productivity, Adobe Family Barrel, after translation, will run on this new Mac just like a Mac equipped with an Intel processor, and all functions can be used normally.
And thanks to the strong performance of the M1 chip, even if the translated software has a certain performance loss when running, they can still perform at a good level on the new Mac.
For this, Tony specially found a 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an Intel i5 processor, and then let the two computers use Lr to output 293 raw format photos as jpg.
As a result, the Mac equipped with the M1 chip took 5 minutes and 50 seconds, while the other Mac took 9 minutes and 24 seconds. This is the result obtained when Lr is not adapted. If it is adapted, it will obviously be more fast.
In addition, Tony noticed that there are many tests on videos, games, and compiled code on the Internet. All conclusions point to the fact that the Apple M1 chip is indeed very strong.
So much so that many netizens who had previously spent high prices on Macs collapsed.
As for Apple’s own apps, such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Pages, Keynote, Numbers and other software, not to mention, it has long been adapted to the new Mac.
Seeing the friends here, do you think the new Mac is particularly worth buying?
If you really think so, then Tony will pour a basin of cold water on you to calm down.
Although since the launch of the new Mac, a lot of software has been launched or will soon be released to adapt to the Apple chip version.
But friends should also understand that the software that has not been used on the Mac equipped with the Tel processor before, and the Mac equipped with the Apple chip, don’t expect the manufacturer to develop one for it.
In the past, we could also pass the MacThe solution of installing dual systems or virtual machines may not work on a new Mac now.
But I can’t say it dead. Maybe Microsoft will open the ARM version of Windows to Mac in the future, maybe Parallels Desktop will find a way to make the new Mac support the installation of Windows virtual machines?
At least this is the case for now, and no one knows what will happen in the future.
OK, the compatibility of the desktop software has already been said. Tony wants to say that running iPhone and iPad applications on the new Mac is the biggest benefit this M1 chip brings to us.
You think, there are countless various applications in the mobile App Store. The addition of these software will definitely make the use of Mac several steps to help us achieve various operations.
For example, using a Mac to browse Moments, order food, vibrato, play mobile games, etc., such a large screen is not afraid to even open a few apps~
However, I don’t know if the app manufacturer has deliberately blocked some apps. Tony found that not all iPhone and iPad apps can be searched in the Mac App Store.
For example iOS version or iPadOS version of WeChat, no.
The iOS version or iPadOS version of Douyin, no.
Alipay for iOS or iPadOS, and neither.
Among them, the software that can be downloaded to the Mac is mostly video, community forum, and photo editing apps.