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March & April 2024

What are all the differences between the 13" and 15" Apple Silicon MacBook Air "M3" and the 14" MacBook Pro "M3"? Which is best for my needs?

What are all the differences between the "2024 M3" Apple Silicon MacBook Air models? What are all the differences between these models and the earlier "2022/2023 M2" MacBook Air?

What are all the differences between the 13" and 15" Apple Silicon MacBook Air "M2" models?

What are all the differences between the "M2" 13" MacBook Pro and "M2" 13" MacBook Air? Which is best for my needs?

What are all the differences between the "2022 M2" Apple Silicon MacBook Air models? What are the differences between these models and the earlier "2020 M1" MacBook Air?

What are all the differences between the "2020 M1" Apple Silicon MacBook Air and the also "2020" MacBook Air it replaced?

What are all the differences between the "2020 M1" Apple Silicon MacBook Air models? Which is best?

What are the "pros and cons" of the Apple Silicon MacBook Air? Is it for me?

How many external displays does each Apple Silicon MacBook Air support? Are there any adapters or 'hacks' to use more displays than are offically supported?

Is it possible to replace the battery in the Apple Silicon MacBook Air? How?

What are the custom configuration options for the Apple Silicon MacBook Air?

What custom processor options are available for the Apple Silicon MacBook Air?

What type of RAM does the Apple Silicon MacBook Air use? Can it be upgraded?

What type of internal storage does the Apple Silicon MacBook Air use? Is it possible to upgrade it?

How do you connect external storage to the Apple Silicon MacBook Air? Which is the best option?

What version of the macOS is pre-installed on the Apple Silicon MacBook Air?

November & December 2023

What are all the differences between the "2023 M3" iMac models and the "2021 M1" iMac models replaced?

What are all the differences between the "2023 M3" iMac models? Which is best for me?

What are the "pros and cons" of the Apple Silicon iMac? Is it for me?

What is the best USB-C hub for the Apple Silicon iMac models?

What external storage options are available for the Apple Silicon iMac? Should I buy USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 external storage?

What are all the differences between the original Apple Silicon iMac and the iMac it replaced? Is there any reason to still consider an Intel iMac?

How can you "force" or "hack" the Apple Silicon iMac to run at native resolution or otherwise fit more content on screen than by default?

What type of RAM does the Apple Silicon iMac use? Can it be upgraded?

What type of internal storage does the Apple Silicon iMac use? Is it possible to upgrade it?

What are the custom configuration options for the Apple Silicon iMac models?

What version of macOS is pre-installed on the Apple Silicon iMac?

What are all the differences between the "Early 2023 M2 Pro/M2 Max" and "Late 2023 M3/M3 Pro/M3 Max" 14" and 16" Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models?

What are all the differences between the "Late 2023" 14" and 16" Apple Silicon MacBook Pro "M3/M3 Pro/M3 Max" models? Which is best for me?

What are the "pros and cons" of the 14" and 16" Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models? Is one for me?

What external storage options are available for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro? Which is the best?

What is the best "dock" to add more ports to the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro?

Which SD card storage solution is best for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro? Is this type of storage safe?

How do you connect the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro to a wired Ethernet network? Is it possible?

What is the maximum supported resolution for an external display on the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro? Are adapters required?

What type of video processor is provided by the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro? Does it have "integrated" or "dedicated" video memory? Is it upgradable?

What custom processor options are available for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro?

What type of RAM does the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro use? Can it be upgraded?

What type of internal storage does the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro use? Is it possible to upgrade it?

What are the custom configuration options for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro?

What version of the macOS is pre-installed on the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro?

July & August 2023

What are the main differences between the Mac Pro and Mac Studio? Which makes the most sense for my needs?

What are all the differences between the Mac Pro "M2 Ultra" (2023) models and the Mac Pro (2019) models replaced?

What are all the differences between the Mac Pro "M2 Ultra" (2023) models? Which is best for me?

How fast are the Mac Pro "M2 Ultra" (2023) models compared to the Mac Studio and the previous Mac Pro models?

What are the "pros and cons" of the Apple Silicon Mac Pro? Is it for me?

Does the Apple Silicon Mac Pro provide PCIe slots? What type of upgrades are supported?

What type of internal storage does the Apple Silicon Mac Pro use? Is it possible to upgrade it? Is it possible to add more internal storage?

What custom processor options are available for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro? Is it possible to upgrade the processor after purchase?

What type of RAM does the Apple Silicon Mac Pro use? Can it be upgraded?

Does the Apple Silicon Mac Pro support third-party video cards? Does it support eGPUs?

What are the custom configuration options for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro models?

What version of macOS is pre-installed on the Apple Silicon Mac Pro?

Will Intel-based Macs be supported in the future? For how long?

Will ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs support dedicated graphics processors? eGPUs?

Will ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs support PCIe slots? Storage bays?

Will ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs be able to boot Windows? Run Windows under virtualization or emulation?

Should I buy an Intel-based Mac now or wait for an ARM-based Apple Silicon Mac?

When will the switch from Intel to Apple Silicon processors occur?

Will ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs cost less than Intel-based Macs?

Which iPad models support iPadOS 17? Do some models "partially" support iPadOS 17? Which ones?

Which iPhone models support iOS 17? Do some models "partially" support iOS 17? Which ones?

Which Macs are compatible with macOS Sonoma (macOS 14)? What are the system requirements? What are the major new features? Do all features work with all supported Macs?

How fast are the Mac Studio "M2" (2023) models compared to one another? How fast are they compared to their predecessors? How fast are they compared to the Mac mini and Mac Pro?

What are all the differences between the Mac Studio "M2" (2023) and their predecessors, the Mac Studio "M1" (2022)?

What are all the differences between the Mac Studio "M2" (2023) models? Which one is right for me?

What type of internal storage does the Mac Studio use? Is it possible to upgrade it?

What external storage options are available for the Mac Studio? Which is best?

What are the default graphics options for the Mac Studio? Are graphics upgrades available?





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