Apple M1 survey results: the revolution is underway

The world of personal computers has been turned upside down recently with the release of the new M1 Macs. These in fact integrate a new chip designed by Apple, as part of the Apple Silicon project. In the long term, the latter wants to see all Macs run on Apple architecture, and no longer on Intel architecture.

This transition announced during WWDC in June 2020 was eagerly awaited, because on mobile, Apple already offers some of the best processors on the market. The question was whether the Californian firm is capable of doing as well on a computer. And according to the first tests, it seems that this is the case. The M1 chip provides impressive performance, especially as it also supports better battery life on portable Macs. On the other hand, everything is not rosy and some disadvantages tarnish the picture, including application compatibility which is not yet complete.

Regardless, the move to Mx chips on Macs is a turning point, at least at Apple, if not more widely. On this subject, we asked your opinion several days ago, in order to have an overview of the way in which the general public perceives this new feature.

The title of the survey was: “Apple's new M1 chip, for you, it is”. There were 4 possible answers:

• Promising, I'm waiting for the sequel
• A revolution, I buy now
• Worrying, too many disadvantages
• Catastrophic, Apple is going straight into the wall

There were just under 500 participants. Without further ado, here is the distribution of votes:

For a large majority of you, i.e. 97%, the new M1 chip ispromising. Among these conquerors, 6 out of 10 readers still prefer to wait for the sequel at this stage, when 4 out of 10 readers say they are ready to buy an M1 Mac right now, considering the Apple Silicon transition as a real revolution.

Less than 4% of voters judged the M1 chip negatively. For them, the Silicon project is a bad idea from Apple.

The year 2021, the expected confirmation

In the comments, many of you also consider the M1 chip as a real revolution, without necessarily wanting to buy one of the new machines integrating the Apple processor straight away. And I believe that this is what many of those who follow the matter closely will do: pass on this first generation of Apple Silicon products and wait to see what the Californian firm will offer in 2021.

In this regard, according to the latest rumors,an M2 chip would already be in the boxesto equip the next Mac Pro and iMac. These machines could appear at the end of next year andoffer up to 20 hearts! In the meantime,an M1x processor could see the light of day, a sort of M1 chip boosted with amphetamines. This SoC would equip the new generation 16″ MacBook Pro from the first quarter of 2021.

So, who among you will buy an Apple Silicon Mac in 2021?

In any case, thank you everyone for responding to this survey. While waiting for the launch of our next survey,feel free to take a look at our previous surveys and their results here.

Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.