Well all I’m going to say about my new Apple Silicon (M1) Mac is that it’s even more impressive than going from spinning disks to SSD… And this is just navigating around and using business apps. I’m not even talking about Xcode, Final Cut Pro X and Adobe. I still cannot believe it. Everything is extremely fast. Even Safari feels snappier. For real.
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Performance of the M1 MacBook Air. 8GB of ram is insanely slow, even for basic web browsing with only a few background apps like 1Password and Dropbox running. Adobe is actively working to build apps that run natively on Apple computers using the Apple silicon M1 chip. Many of our existing apps can run on M1 devices using Apple's Rosetta 2 technology. Store all your work—like traditional files, cloud content, Dropbox Paper, and web shortcuts—right on your desktop. Easily find what you need using features like Starred files and folders, intelligently‐suggested folders, and image search. With the M1 Air I can barely feel the metal get warm. It chugs along happily, never breaks a sweat, and it feels cool to the touch even after several hours. So, to answer your question: Yes, I find the M1 Air's passive cooling system to be more than sufficient for my particular needs and my particular workload.