By Roman Loyola
Senior Editor, Macworld DEC 23, 2021 3:30 AM PST
The M1 processors in Apple’s Macs provide a significant performance boost and energy efficiency over the Intel chips they replace. But the M1 also has features that aren’t found on Intel Macs, such as a Neural Engine and ProRes acceleration, which allows Apple to create macOS features that you won’t find on Intel Macs.
macOS Monterey starts to take advantage of Apple silicon and has several features that you’ll find on M1 Macs and not on Intel Macs. Here’s a list of the Monterey features that require an M1.