

First, let's take a look at what your options are in India if you're shopping for the new M1 MacBook Air. We'll get into all these details in a bit. This also means non-native software not updated to work on M1 will run in an emulated mode.

The M1 SoC is based on the ARM architecture, much like Apple's iPhone SoCs, and boasts of vastly better performance and power efficiency than previous Intel CPUs. The Apple M1 is the first SoC for Macs that has been announced, and it can currently be found in the new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

More importantly, it should also allow Apple to better plan future product roadmaps, now that it knows exactly what kind of chips to expect going ahead. This move was a long time coming, and a necessary one since it allows Apple greater control over the design and performance of its Mac computers. Apple's previous pivotal computing shift came about 15 years ago when it announced its transition from the PowerPC architecture to Intel CPUs, and now it's doing it again. The new Apple MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini with the Apple M1 SoC have kickstarted the company's multi-year transition from Intel CPUs to its own in-house silicon.
