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Should I upgrade my Mac if I have a....
[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Macbook Intel 15"[/caption] An across the board answer is... you probably do not need to upgrade, unless your Mac isn't doing...
Mac Origins - The Lisa
[caption id="attachment_1287" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] Lisa Computer by Apple[/caption] The Apple Lisa: A Pioneering Step Toward the Modern Mac Before the Macintosh took the world by...
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 upgrades....
MacBook (2000–2011) History - Part I
? Post-Millennium Apple Laptop Timeline Steve Jobs returned to Cupertino in 1997; became permanent CEO in 2000 [caption id="attachment_1184" align="alignnone" width="350"] 2001 iBook advertisement[/caption] Between...
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)
[caption id="attachment_1082" align="alignnone" width="280"] Intel Mac Book Pro with Touch Bar - Photo by Andras Vas[/caption] Introduction Apple’s transition from Intel processors to its in-house...
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
[caption id="attachment_1193" align="alignnone" width="980"] Apple's M3 Pro via Apple[/caption] TL;DR -The M3 had some solid generational improvements like hardware ray tracing but in terms of...
Max Tech's monster Mac Studio comparison: M2 Ultra vs. M3 Ultra vs. M4 Max
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_drraHwOvo&t=197s What if you got together some of the most expensive Macs ever released and tested all of then? Check out this video, just dropped...