M1 MAC MINI REVIEW BLUETOOTH
M1 MAC MINI REVIEW WINDOWS

MacOS 11.2 largely fixed the problems, but I do still occasionally experience odd keyboard drop-outs and I still have to connect my Logitech MX Master 3 mouse via its USB-A dongle.Īpple is clearly dealing with a pretty significant issue here because, for as much as my Bluetooth woes seem to be nearing their end, I can’t ignore the number of comments I receive from people who are still battling with it. To cut a long story short, it meant I simply couldn’t rely on the Bluetooth connection for any of my peripherals, leaving me no choice but to connect them via USB cables. My initial enjoyment of the M1 Mac mini was dampened somewhat by some pretty hideous Bluetooth issues. Mine has replaced a computer three times its price, and that says all you need to know about its performance at this stage. The M1 Mac mini encapsulates everything that’s incredible about the M1, and it should be celebrated not for its benchmark performance, or for the way it outshines much of the competition, but for the way it simply breezes through the day without breaking a sweat.

M1 MAC MINI REVIEW WINDOWS

In that sense, neither Windows nor the land of Intel Macs needs saving they both still have huge audiences who have every right to stand by their chosen platforms. Intel-based PCs and, indeed, Intel Macs, can be incredibly performant. Windows users aren’t going to abandon their machines because of these new Macs. However, I’ve never been interested in – or understood – the platform wars. That’d require some form of collaboration with another chip manufacturer – and while that’s probably on the cards, they’re still ten years behind Apple on this. Microsoft? Perhaps they could dive in and save the day for Windows? Not really. It’ll require years of development they’re yet to expend. I was recently listening to MacBreak Weekly, on which people who are far smarter than I am with this stuff were discussing just how far behind Intel is.Īs Alex Lindsay pointed out, it’s hard to conceive how on Earth the world’s most recognised chip manufacturer could develop something as capable as the M1 and push it out to the mass market.

People dug deeply into the numbers and compared them against the Intel equivalents.īut that’s the issue – there is no equivalent chip at the moment. I don’t have any interest in benchmarks, personally – but that’s not the reason for the heading above.Īs soon as Apple launched its M1 chip, it was, unsurprisingly, thrown into a world of benchmarking. The performance doesn’t need benchmarking

M1 mac mini review