My upgrading path to Apple Silicon — Part 3

Purchasing a new computer comes in several phases: planning, configuring, ordering, fetching, and configuring. If one is upgrading their main working machine, then it is even more important to get through most steps in the smoothest way possible.

My upgrading path to Apple Silicon – Part 2

As we saw in the [last article], the new machine needs to perform at least double as the outgoing machine, and its internals also need to be double. Finally, it has to be another lasting machine, as I do not plan to replace it again for the next 6+ years. Let’s configure this machine together, and I will also try to motivate my choices.

My upgrading path to Apple Silicon – Part 1

I have been a Mac user since 2009 when, tired of buying a new Windows laptop every year due to mysterious hardware and software failures, I ordered my first Mac. It was also my first experience with buying a computer from the Apple Store and with their phone support. Fourteen years later, I can tell you that it was like nothing I had ever experienced before and, after all the legalised frauds I had gone through, it contributed considerably to my choice.