Disclaimer: I haven’t been paid by Apple or anyone else to write this. A laptop chip just posted a Geekbench 6 single-core score of 3,461 while drawing about 6.6 watts. For context, the LED bulb in your bathroom probably draws more power than that. The chip is Apple’s A18 Pro – the same one from the iPhone 16 Pro – and it just beat every M1 MacBook Air ever made for single core tasks. In a $599 laptop. 🤯 $599.
Preface: I’m not really a Mac guy. But I have deep respect for what Apple has done with their silicon, and I’ve been following their CPU journey since the Motorola 68k days through PowerPC, the Intel transition, and now their in-house Apple Silicon. What they’ve accomplished in the last five years is genuinely remarkable. Apple is one of the few original tech companies that has survived and thrived over the decades while still staying in the consumer tech space. As
Topaz Video AI v5.3.6 System Information OS: Mac v15.01 CPU: Apple M4 32 GB GPU: Apple M4 21.333 GB Processing Settings device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1 Input Resolution: 1920×1080 Benchmark Results Artemis 1X: 07.97 fps 2X: 04.57 fps 4X: 01.57 fps Iris 1X: 13.16 fps 2X: 02.89 fps 4X: 00.92 fps Proteus 1X: 08.80 fps 2X: 05.25 fps 4X: 01.54 fps Gaia 1X: 02.36 fps 2X: 01.70 fps 4X: 01.19 fps Nyx 1X: 01.49 fps 2X: 01.28 fps Nyx
If you’re new to a Mac Mini M4 or recently switched from a Windows PC, you might find the default scroll wheel direction on macOS a bit counterintuitive. Apple’s “Natural” scrolling mimics the motion of a touch screen, which may feel odd for traditional mouse users. Fortunately, reversing the scroll direction is quick and straightforward. Here’s how to do it: Step 1: Open System Settings Step 2: Navigate to Mouse or Trackpad Settings The next step depends on whether you’re