Author: Noel S. / Mac Nerd
Preview of Anker’s Thunderbolt 5 Dock from Alex Ziskind
Are you drowning in a sea of cables, dongles, and power bricks all connected to your Mac? The quest for a single, powerful dock to...
What’s cooking in Cupertino? WWDC 2025 Rumors about new Apple Products
This year is going by in a blur and believe it or not it’s almost time for Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) in Cupertino, CA....
Apple M3 versus M4 Battle – Worth the upgrade?
If you have an M3, is it worth upgrading to the new M4? Everyone’s raving about it so let’s take a look if you need...
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...