This means every single app needs to be re-coded to run natively on - and therefore maximise the power of - M1 chips. Sounds like a no brainer?įor creative users of their uber popular MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac and Mac Pro computers, switching chips isn’t just a hot swap that goes unnoticed - apps and drivers are coded and developed to run on specific processors. Not only that, but the prices actually remained flat, and in some cases decreased based on their now-slower Intel equivalent. Apple promise it delivers the world’s fastest CPU core, the fastest integrated graphics on the market, and a hugely increased battery life. Last year, Apple announced they were phasing out Intel chips in their computers, in favour of their own M1 processing chips, which the tech giant are manufacturing themselves.