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M1 MacBook Air review: nearly as transformative as the original
You said you tested both the seven- and eight-core gpu models, but there is just one M1 score here and it is unclear to me to which model it refers:
"Looking at graphics, using the Compute benchmark running Metal, the M1 scored a 20284, which is about 350 percent improved over the 2019 model's 5853 score. That 2019 model relied on Intel Iris Plus graphics versus the eight-core M1 GPU. The eight-core GPU on the next-up model is even more capable than the entry seven-core GPU, but both still blow away the old scores."
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M1 Macs deliver Apple's first support for USB4
Ok, the teardowns have been done! And, apparently, the Thunderbolt controller *is* part of the SoC, so my suspicion was wrong. Sorry. The part they found on the motherboard is an "Intel JHL8040R Thunderbolt 4 Retimer". That is a dumb extender, not a controller. Intel calls it Thunderbolt 4 but the part was already available in Q3'19 at which point Thunderbolt 4 hadn't even been mentioned. TB3/4 are simply compatible enough electrically for the extender to be the same.
Why Apple hasn't integrated a TB4 controller, or why they can't call it that, is probably because of the development time of the new chip. Full TB4 specs weren't available until the summer.
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M1 Macs deliver Apple's first support for USB4
This article is another disaster. USB 4 does not necessarily mean 40 Gbps. That is the max speed but it does not have to be supported for devices to be compliant. This also means that the new name does NOTHING to take away confusion.
It says so right there on the spec sheets: "USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)" on all three of https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/ and https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs/ and https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-13/specs/ -
ProtonMail CEO says Apple strong-armed adoption of in-app purchases
Yeah yeah. How about you stop auto-playing, auto-moving-into-focus videos on your website, Appleinsider?
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Apple releases macOS Supplemental Update with iCloud, Wi-Fi fixes
I don't have a paid developer account (but I do have a free login) and that link leads me to a page which lists the new build number but it's only a further link to https://developer.apple.com/download/ where the update isn't listed.Mike Wuerthele said:
