From A12Z to A18 Pro: How Apple Silicon Macs have gone back to the basics

With the MacBook Neo, Apple’s A-series chips came back to the Mac, completing a lengthy journey from experiment to fully finished product.

Mac desktop monitor with macOS Big Sur, a gray Mac mini below, and a yellow laptop showing abstract green and blue shapes, all on a pink-to-green gradient background

The MacBook Neo traces its roots to the 2020 Developer Transition Kit.

Apple Silicon on the Mac began with an iPad chip, and now the MacBook Neo has taken things to the next level with a chip originally designed for an iPhone.

Since 2020, every Mac, from the entry-level Mac mini to the powerful Mac Studio, has been powered by an M-series chip. The M1 was the first Apple-designed ARM chip made with the Mac in mind. It spearheaded the company’s move from Intel, but it didn’t start the transition to Apple Silicon.

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