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Sep 28, 2026
Marty JenciusHOST
Yeah, we did a show on Old Mac Gang where basically the members of the group said, we want to do a show on should you get a MacBook Neo or should you get a MacBook Air? And we kind of went into that discussion a little bit more.
Marty JenciusHOST
And there was one guy who said, no, if you can get an M1, get an M1.
Marty JenciusHOST
And I thought, no, I don't think I'd invest in an M1 now.
Marty JenciusHOST
I would try to get an M2 or an M3.
Marty JenciusHOST
And the other guy in response to it said he won't buy computers that are two or three generations older than two or three generations, just so it has a little more sustainability for them.
Brett CannonPANELIST
And there's another thing.
Brett CannonPANELIST
There's another part of the picture that's incomplete right now that we have not seen what happens when Apple begins to sunset the M series chips that are in the Macs.
Brett CannonPANELIST
Because right now, back to that very first M1, it's fully supported in the latest operating systems.
Marty JenseniusHOST
And then a review six months later for people who want to know how it sustained itself.
Marty JenseniusHOST
And then looking at the benchmarks with the Neo and how it compares with the M1 MacBook Air.
Marty JenseniusHOST
That article was back from March 5th, 2026.
Marty JenseniusHOST
And so they did do the benchmark then.
Marty JenseniusHOST
A question that came up, is the MacBook Air M1 still worth buying in 2026? So an article that starts you to get into, if you read them, starts you to get in to understand the decision-making process and help you if you're doing and trying to decide on a new laptop.
Marty JenseniusHOST
And then this is MacObserver buying a used M1 MacBook Air in 2026.
Marty JenseniusHOST
Still a steal or a security risk.
Marty JenseniusHOST
Here's older MacBooks are still worth buying in 2026.
Riley HillGUEST
So iPadOS 15, I think is the closest we came.
Riley HillGUEST
Um, I remember that one because that was the one, it came out after the M1 iPad pro where everyone was expecting some massive, like rethink of iPadOS and it wasn't, but it did a few things with that.
Riley HillGUEST
Um, I know, and I think even in 13 too, but when you went to the multitasking view, you could see your different splits.
Riley HillGUEST
They preserved the apps that were paired together.
Riley HillGUEST
If they don't, I'm fine with it being an iPhone-only feature, personally.
Riley HillGUEST
Yeah.
Tim ChatenHOST
So I sold my M1 iPad Pro to help fund...
Tim ChatenHOST
How dare you? How dare
Chance MillerHOST
With the new M6 and M5 Pro Mac Mini updates this week, however, it appears that the storage is once again soldered to the logic board.
Chance MillerHOST
This is similar to the M1 and M2 versions of the Mac Mini, and as explained by the folks at ExpandMacMini.com, this means the SSD module is no longer removable.
Chance MillerHOST
Expand Mac Mini sells storage upgrade modules for the M4 and M4 Pro versions of the machine, and as it stands right now, they say that support for the M6 and M5 Pro versions looks unlikely.
Chance MillerHOST
For comparison's sake, Expand Mac Mini's 1TB SSD expansion module for the M4 Mac Mini costs $300.
Chance MillerHOST
As for the Mac Studio, Apple's repair guide still shows removable SSDs, but we haven't spotted any teardowns yet confirming that information.
Chance MillerHOST
The fact that the storage in the M4 Mac Mini was user-replaceable was both a surprise and a break from Apple's history.
Chance MillerHOST
Again, the M1 and M2 versions of the Mac Mini both had soldered SSD modules.
Chance MillerHOST
There's no reason given by Apple for the change to the M6 and M5 Pro Mac Mini internal design, but one possibility is that the margins that Apple makes on the higher-end storage upgrades are more important than they were in the past, given the higher cost that Apple is paying for all components.
Jerry ZigmontHOST
Yeah.
Jerry ZigmontHOST
i find that the first wave of the macbook airs the m1s that had still the usbc power connector it was two ports two usbc ports so macbook air m1 is a bit of a dog and i'm surprised so many people say oh if you got an m1 it's you're still good they still run well and i'm not saying an m4 or an m5 is going to run 10x faster or something like that.
Jerry ZigmontHOST
But I have found more often than not that when I work on computers that are of the M1 vintage, they're not that much fun to work on.
Jerry ZigmontHOST
Have you experienced that at all?
Joe SaponareHOST
I haven't really had that issue that as far as I can observe it, I find for me again, being remote, I find the biggest factor is somebody's internet connection.
Joe SaponareHOST
So I think that can lead to degraded performance for storage.
Joe SaponareHOST
But other than that, it's just a matter of asking more from the same hardware.
Joe SaponareHOST
So the M1 was a huge leap from Intel.
David MartínezHOST
Pero claro, la IA es gratuita, las de suscripciones más económicas, como la que tengo yo, pues no dan por a mucho.
David MartínezHOST
Y en ese momento pensé, bueno, ¿y si instalara una IA en el Mac, en el MacBook Pro, en el M1? Que sí, que es una primera generación, pero la verdad que la idea sonaba fenómeno.
David MartínezHOST
Así que me dije, pues vamos a probarlo.
David MartínezHOST
Y lo que empezó como una pequeña prueba, pues terminó convirtiéndose en una pequeña aventura tecnológica, que hoy os la voy a contar.
David MartínezHOST
Soy David Martínez, el código fuente de la Isla de los Magníficos y en este repo vamos a contar una pequeña aventura poniendo IA en local en mi MacBook Pro M1.
David MartínezHOST
sin tutoriales, esto no es un tutorial, no me voy a meter en tecnicismo, simplemente voy a contar mi experiencia, lo que quería conseguir, lo que ocurrió por el camino, lo que aprendí y lo que no aprendí.
David MartínezHOST
Bueno, vamos a ello.
David MartínezHOST
Aunque en realidad eran menos porque ellos te van adelantando los créditos.
Luke MianiHOST
It seems like the Apple Silicon team has really done their homework when it comes to the GPU side of stuff.
Luke MianiHOST
Because in the original generations, like you've got the M1 Max, the M1 Max GPU was a little bit of a weak point for that.
Luke MianiHOST
Like compared to...
Luke MianiHOST
Basically, my review of it when it came out was that the CPU was up there with the fastest laptop chips that you could find.
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Luke MianiHOST
I mean, frankly, as I demonstrated, the A20 Pro is already faster than my M4 iPad Pro that's only two years old.
Luke MianiHOST
So when they put an M6 in it, you're going to that.
Luke MianiHOST
I guarantee you, by the way, the M6 chip, the base M6 is going to be faster than your M1 Max MacBook Pro in every single benchmark.
Luke MianiHOST
Mark my words.
Damien SchreursHOST
Which Mac are you using now to run your business?
Gary PageauGUEST
Right now, I'm using a 22 Mac Studio, which I guess would make it an Apple M1 Max with 64 gigabytes.
Gary PageauGUEST
It replaced a 2012-era Mac Mini, which I had going for 10 years or so.
Gary PageauGUEST
And so when I bought the Studio, which was like what I've always wanted, right? A nice desktop that I can highly configurable.
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Damien SchreursHOST
Gemini, there is now a Gemini desktop app and a CharGPT desktop app.
Damien SchreursHOST
Even the CharGPT desktop app, they require Apple Silicon.
Damien SchreursHOST
So you're good to go with your Mac M1, Mac Studio, but people still on Intel.
Damien SchreursHOST
And also it's minimum Mac OS 15 Sequoia.
Ken RayHOST
Even without the AI stuff, Apple isn't reaching as far back for iPad support as it is for iPhone.
Ken RayHOST
Apple's site says iOS 27 is compatible with iPad Pro 4th generation and later with an M1 processor or later.
Ken RayHOST
iPad Air, 4th generation and later, M.2 processor and later, iPad, 9th generation and later, running an A16 processor, and iPad Mini, 6th generation, running an A17 Pro processor.
Ken RayHOST
9to5Mac says that drops five models that can run iPadOS 26.
Ken RayHOST
Now, it's difficult about doing this from write-ups and press releases.
Ken RayHOST
It's tough to know what is AI-dependent and what isn't.
Ken RayHOST
While Apple lists machines compatible with macOS 27 as far back as 2020 Macs powered by M1 Apple Silicon, the company said during WWDC... that its most powerful on-device model and the features it enables, like expressive voices and more advanced dictation, will be coming to Apple's most compatible Mac systems.
Ken RayHOST
So for a lot of it, an M1 or an A18 Pro will do.
speaker_0HOST
Once the update completes, you'll be walked through some quick iOS 27 stuff, and you might be asked to, uh, join the wait list for Siri AI, but I'm gonna come back to that.
speaker_0HOST
Um, also, what devices are compatible with this before we get there? Well, anything from the iPhone 11 and newer will run iOS 27, [lip smacks] and that includes the iPhone SE 2nd Generation and newer Um, the, the iPad lineup, I think, if I'm not mistaken, it's anything with an M1 chip or newer.
speaker_0HOST
But I'm gonna go ahead and ask, and I'm gonna use SIRI, AI.
speaker_0HOST
You'll get your first taste of it right now.
speaker_0HOST
Support has been dropped for devices using the A12 and A12X chips.
speaker_0HOST
Okay.
speaker_0HOST
So actually, you don't need just an M1.
speaker_0HOST
You can go back a little bit further.
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