by Marilyn | Dec 4, 2020 | Article, buying, Explainer, M1, Mac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
In November, Apple unveiled its new M1 chip and three new Macs that use it: the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The M1-based MacBook Air replaces the previous Intel-based MacBook Air, but with the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac mini, Apple continues... 
by Marilyn | Nov 3, 2018 | Apple Pencil, Apple Pros, iPad, iPad Pro, Mac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, Smart Keyboard
At a special event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apple threw back the curtains on significant updates to the long-ignored MacBook Air and even longer-ignored Mac mini. Then Tim Cook and company followed up with revamped 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros, complete... 
by Marilyn | Nov 14, 2017 | APFS, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Explainer, Fusion Drive, iMac, Mac, Mac mini, performance, Restricted Content, storage
There are two basic types of storage devices available today: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. For the lowest cost per gigabyte, you can’t go wrong with a hard drive, and they come in truly massive sizes—up to a whopping 8 terabytes. However, they’re...