Laptops that are difficult to upgrade are more common in the last few years, so the official stance that the random access memory (RAM) on an M1 MacBook Air or MacBook Pro can’t be increased after purchase is not terribly shocking. Related: How RISC Makes Apple Silicon M1 Mac Faster Than Intel The new M1 Mac was up to the task, outperforming the previous generations' Intel processors and eliminating most of the doubt that Apple chips could be competitive in this new venture. Apple has been making its own chips for the iPhone and iPad as well as other devices for many years, but these new computer systems were the first to rely on an Apple processor. This is significant because a laptop or entry-level desktop is expected to perform intensive tasks much faster than a mobile device. This is the term Apple used when the company announced its plan for future Mac computers to come powered by its own system-on-a-chip. The newest MacBook laptops and Mac mini desktop are powered by Apple Silicon. Whether this a hard line, a technical impossibility, or simply a very difficult and unsupported process was not known until recently. However, once the choice is made, the official statement is that there is no possibility of an upgrade. When purchasing an M1 Mac from Apple or from another retailer, there are options to choose more or less memory and greater or smaller storage capacities.
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