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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5188901, member: 1414"] The first Apple Silicon was the M1. It was introduced in November 2020. Yes, it was considered very good. The old A17, A18 etc. Apple Bionic chips powering iPads and iPhones were made by Taiwan Semiconductor, not Intel. The Macs did use Intel for a time, until the M1 came out. But had a range of chip makers like Power PC and Motorola before that. Main thing the M chips have going for them vs Intel (a) much better battery life and (b) reduced need for RAM/DIMMs. Snapdragon is also really good on battery life and those are going into Windows PCs now, but app compatibility is an issue with the departure from X86 architecture. [/QUOTE]