Overview
- Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak celebrated the anniversary, praising gains in performance, battery life, new designs, and features unlocked by Apple silicon.
- The first M1-based Macs were announced on November 10, 2020 and launched on November 17, 2020.
- Apple outlined the plan to move the entire Mac lineup from Intel to in-house chips at WWDC in June 2020.
- The initial Apple silicon models were the 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini released later in 2020.
- Efficiency improvements enabled design changes such as a fanless MacBook Air, reflecting Apple’s performance-per-watt focus.