Apple Tried to Destroy This Mac… But I Found One!
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The M1 Mac mini changed everything—but it wasn't the first Apple Silicon Mac... [US] From September 14 to October 7, visit the links below for the Narwal Freo Z Ultra early-bird special. Pay just $49 to get $400 off your later purchase and enjoy a 3-year free warranty. Final price: only $1,099.99. Act now to enjoy these exclusive benefits! https://bit.ly/3XIqMRx [CA] Pay $69, get $500 off & a 3-year warranty. Final price: $1,499.99. https://bit.ly/4d8UILb Check out Collin's stuff: @dosdude1 Follow Snazzy Labs on Twitter - http://twitter.com/snazzyq Follow me on Instagram - http://instagram.com/snazzyq This video takes an exclusive look at Apple’s rare Developer Transition Kit (DTK), a Mac mini prototype with the A12Z chip, originally designed to help developers transition from Intel to Apple Silicon. Intended for destruction, this DTK survived and offers a unique glimpse into Apple’s early macOS Big Sur and M1 transition strategy. We tear down the DTK, benchmark its performance, and test its gaming capabilities. Learn how this pre-release Apple Silicon Mac mini compares to the final M1 Mac, showcasing hardware like Rosetta 2, ARM architecture, and more. 0:00 I got my hands on a DTK! 0:23 2020 was wild and Big Sur was... BIG! 1:22 Apple Silicon's transition "bridges" 3:11 Weird DTK oddities! 6:15 Tearing down Apple's DTK 9:30 Looking at the SoC and other components 10:35 Apple's FAILED attempt at DESTRUCTION! 12:22 No Thunderbolt! 12:53 The CMOS batteries are WILD 14:11 More SMC shenanigans and boot sequence 15:57 A12Z was architecturally flawed for macOS 16:57 Synthetic benchmarking vs M1/M3 19:46 How does it handle video editing? 21:39 Can it game?! 24:13 This thing sucked and Apple flubbed it 25:15 The DTK died so M1 could live! #apple #prototype #mac
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