MARCH 2021 PCWorld 11- Doom Eternal
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
- Apex Legends
- Rainbow Six Siege
Our take: OK, we get it. Macs suck for
gaming. All we can is say no rational person
would disagree. For gaming, the M1 Mac is
actually about 10 feet below inferior as a
gaming platform compared to the PC—unless
maybe you count running GeForce Now
cloud gaming on it?
CLAIM: MACBOOK
WOULDN’T WIN EVO
CERTIFICATION
You know that fancy Intel Evo program that
tries to improve laptop performance in key
areas that annoy consumers? Well, Intel pretty
much says that if Apple submitted the M 1
MacBook to the same program that Asus,
Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and others go
through, it would be rejected.
The reason? Intel says the M1 MacBook
is too slow in doing things that anger
consumers, such as “switch to Calendar” in
Outlook, “start videoconference” in Zoom,
and “select picture menu” in PowerPoint.
Our take: We know of no AMD-based
laptops with Evo certification either. So while
Intel might think it’s an insult to Apple to deny
Evo certification, we suspect Apple won’t
care about one less badge on its laptops.GREAT BATTERY LIFE?
Perhaps the most shocking claim Intel
showed deals with battery life. While