content: I'm not an Apple fanboy, i don't own any Apple product (although sometimes i do use them for work when i have to develop iOS apps) and i despise them for many reasons, first and foremost their stupid anti-repair policy and their anti-consumer practices. I didn't like Steve Jobs which i think was a huge asshole (although i did like his famous Stanford's speech back in 2005, you can find it on youtube) but i do like and have full respect for Wozniak, his accomplishments and his passion for technology.  But i'm not ideologically brainwashed and i can recognize a good thing when i see one, no matter who made it... a thing that sometimes causes me problems because, in some people's mind, if they think that someone or something is bad, then everything they say or do is bad as well... nonsense of course.  This is why i like the drawings of Hitler and i have no problems telling you that IMO he was a good artist (perhaps not the best, but still far better than some junk you see today that is pushed as "real art" by mainstream media and "experts", whatever that means) even though i don't like him politically or personally, and this is also why i can tell you that the M1 processor seems to be a huge step forward in a field that in the past 40 years has been dominated by the x86/x64 architecture which suffers from legacy choices that made sense 30/40 years ago but have no reason to exist today but still clutter the architecture for assumed "backward compatibility" which in most cases is just a silly attempt to justify lack of innovation and change.  It was time for a change, and i'm glad it is happening and i don't mind if Apple is the first one who makes it happen. Besides, ARM, the architecture behind M1, is not an Apple product but an UK invention and it is almost as old as the x86 architecture.  I hope the M1 processor is a wake up call for competition, perhaps Intel, AMD, and many others will see the benefits of moving from x86 to different and better architectures for today's world needs. It makes no sense to keep making chips that consume 120 watts of power and are slower than chips that consume 5 watts of power.  Think at the benefits... faster processors that do not require fans, a thing that x86 lost with their 486DX2 processor back in the 90ties... 30 years ago and cheaper too. Here you can see a video comparing two very similar machines, a new M1 Macbook Air vs a new Intel Macbook Air. They both come from Apple, they both have the same price and they both are sold today. The M1 model is so superior that the other mac looks far older, like a couple of generations older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSI45eeAts