IMAGE: APPLE DECEMBER 2021 MACWORLD 7T
he other shoe has finally
dropped.
A year after the release of
the first M1 Macs ushered in the
Apple silicon era for the Mac, Apple has
addressed how it plans to serve the
needs of users for whom iPad-level
performance, impressive though it might
be, just isn’t enough.
With the October announcement of the
M1 Pro and M1 Max, Apple has connectedthe dots and revealed two new chips that
propel the MacBook Pro to new heights
(fave.co/31dXZtf). Two connected dots
make a straight line–and that line points to
the future of the Mac. Here’s a look at what
might be coming next.PUSHING THE PRO
It seems obvious that the M1 Pro and M
Max chips are destined for computers
beyond the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros.How the M1 Pro and M1 Max open
up new possibilities for the Mac
The MacBook Pro is just the beginning. Apple’s powerful chips have more work to do.
BY JASON SNELLMACUSER
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