Author: Noel S. / Mac Nerd
Should I upgrade my Mac if I have a….
An across the board answer is… you probably do not need to upgrade, unless your Mac isn’t doing what you need to do anymore. (But...
Mac Origins – The Lisa
The Apple Lisa: A Pioneering Step Toward the Modern Mac Before the Macintosh took the world by storm in 1984, Apple had already laid the...
Mac Internal Storage Upgrade Options
SSD Upgrades for Apple Silicon Macs Can I upgrade the SSD in my Apple Silicon Mac? Apple Silicon Macs does not officially supports internal SSD...
MacBook (2000–2011) History – Part I
đź’» Post-Millennium Apple Laptop Timeline Steve Jobs returned to Cupertino in 1997; became permanent CEO in 2000 Between 2001 and 2003, Apple was determined to...
Why 2003 changed the high end laptop landscape and set up Apple for domination
Introduction In early 2003, Apple released the PowerBook G4 17″, a machine that seemed almost impossibly advanced for its time. At a time when most...
Apple Ecosystem Overview
On this site we mostly focus on Apple’s Macs but some might argue Macs are only a small part of Apple’s overall “Ecosystem.” Apples Eco...
Data Playground – Apple Silicon Performance over Years
We have a lot of data that we’ve compiled and we wanted to play with some of the data so we made some (mostly) useless...
Why the M2 Pro & M2 Max Are Still Excellent Used Macs in 2025
With Apple’s M4 family officially on the scene, prices for older M2 Pro and M2 Max machines have dipped—yet their real-world performance still holds strong....
Intel Macs vs. M1 (2017 vs 2019 vs 2020)
Introduction Apple’s transition from Intel processors to its in-house Apple Silicon marked a seismic shift in computing performance, efficiency, and user experience. This article compares...
Apple M2 Family SoC Overview and Performance Analysis
Apple’s M2 series represents the second generation of Apple Silicon chips, building upon the M1 architecture introduced in 2020. Manufactured using TSMC’s enhanced 5-nanometer process...
The M3 Pro: A Rare Misstep in Apple Silicon’s Performance Arc
TL;DR –The M3 had some solid generational improvements like hardware ray tracing but in terms of multi-core CPU and GPU, the M3 Pro variant’s overall...