Compared to the Intel x86-powered MacBooks, the M1-powered Macs did not support Boot Camp for Windows. The Apple Silicon is significantly powerful compared to the x86-powered MacBook models. There's arguments for both and it's personal choice depending on what type of user you are, but really you can buy some really smashing Windows hardware also - forget the surface.Apple launched the MacBook Air and the Pro with its custom Apple M1 chip. This is a GOOD thing for non-technical people as there's less chance of them getting themselves into trouble on a Mac, but I need the fine grain control a bit more to make the machine do exactly as I want in my line of work.

I've watched people switch and really it is not if you're used to doing things Windows way.Īs a technician I prefer Windows because 9 out of 10 of my customers are on Windows so far easier for me to support, and FOR ME it's easier and less frustrating because of the pretty intense MacOS safety features to get done what I want. Don't get me wrong I know my way around both, but saying it's easy is simply not true. Why always compare to surface only? There are some damn sexy Windows notebooks that'll do the Pepsi challenge with the MB.Īnd being a Windows person and technician for 23 years, if you are used to Windows the jump to Mac IS NOT easy at all. Microsoft doesn't care about user experience in the same way that Apple does. Now that was annoying, in Mac for decades you could do that but they only just recently added it to Windows. Windows is slowly catching up, I noticed last year Windows finally lets you scroll through windows even if you haven't clicked on them. Whenever I use Windows I still find myself trying to use MacOS shortcuts that just aren't there. I actually far prefer doing all that within MacOS. You can already do office work on MacOS, and streaming videos, and watch movies. Why do you want Windows though, for gaming? Microsoft have released native M1 versions of their Office apps already. And people behave the way they think they are supposed to behave, everything thinks they are supposed to get Windows running on the new Macs.

Don't count on it, but it should happen because it's what everyone expects to happen. No one has said it will happen, but Parallels are obviously hard at work on it, the M1 is obviously capable of emulating x84 Windows 10. Not yet, but it'll happen sometime next year.

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