These days most of my time working is spent on older Macintosh computers. For web browsing, email, video chatting and Citrix even my Macbook Pro from 2012 is more than fast enough. The same goes for the 2014 Mac Mini, which I also use for simple photo editing using the Photos application.
Of course our brand new M1-powered Macbook Pro is faster than the oldies. But even compared to newer computers the impression of speed was quite impressive. Ars Technica explains why:
What makes the Apple M1 feel so fast isn’t the fact that four of its cores are slower than the others—it’s the operating system’s willingness to sacrifice maximum throughput in favor of lower task latency.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/apples-m1-is-a-fast-cpu-but-m1-macs-feel-even-faster-due-to-qos/
We’re happy to have one of those speedsters at home. I also wonder what the future will bring, since this is just the first generation of ARM-powered Macs. Apple will surely try to do even better soon!
On the other hand, my experience proves that even after almost 10 years a Mac can still be a productive machine. Too bad I can’t get the latest Mac OS installed on it…
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