So you’re a pro user of Apple Mac computers? And now you’re a bit hesitant regarding the freshly available M1-powered ARM Macs because they just might refuse talking to any of your pro gear attached to them due to the completely new architecture? Well, fear not, OWC has you covered. Other World Computing (OWC) is a US-based manufacturer of enthusiast/pro-grade accessories, mainly storage solutions, docks and memory upgrade kits. Now they announced that each and every of their latest Thunderbolt drives and Thunderbolt docks are fully compatible with the latest M1-powered Macs. This might be a no-brainer, since it’s just plain ol’ Thunderbolt, right? But things are different here. A massive array of OWC Thunderbay units (with non-M1 Macs). Image credit: OWC PowerPC, Intel & Apple Slicon Apple is in the process of its second major transition of underlying architecture: The first one went down from 2005 until 2009. They then waved goodbye to the trusty PowerPC platform and said hello to Intel processors. Switching from one processor architecture to another is much more than just swapping silicon. Everything needs to adapt to the new language the processor is fluid in. A process full of pitfalls as you can imagine. Fast forward another 11 years, Apple has announced the switch to ARM-based processors, this time developed in-house under the name Apple silicon. Intels x86 architecture is very different to the ARM architechture, so everything needs to adapt once more. OWC Thunderbolt Drives and Docks That’s why it’s not necessarily set...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 19 November, 2020