He previously wrote for The Daily News in Jacksonville, N.C., and the Sun Transcript in Winthrop, Mass. Maxim Tamarov is a news writer covering mobile and end-user computing. Erensen said he sees interest among PC manufacturers building ultra-portable products. Apple has replaced Intel chips with M1 in all its MacBooks and two of its four iMac desktops.ĪRM devices consume less power and have better battery life than their Intel counterparts. Gartner expects one of six PCs to run ARM-based chips by 2025. Only 0.15% of Windows PCs ran on ARM the rest had Intel x86 chips.
In the third quarter of 2021, about 81% of PCs running macOS had an M1 processor, and 19% had an Intel x86 processor, according to IDC. However, the company doesn't plan to provide the cloud storage app for devices running Windows on ARM "due to relatively low adoption." Google offers the Google Drive app on M1-powered iMacs and MacBooks. They are asking to upload resume in Microsoft Word document. The reason I bought this laptop to apply for jobs in various job portal sites.
Microsoft has added support for OneDrive on Apple PCs running M1 silicon, such as the new MacBook Pro series. MS Office for MacBook Air (M1, 2020) I have recently bought a MacBook Air with M1 Chip on 3. Rival Box already runs its service on Apple's M1 desktops and laptops. Microsoft has been working on supporting Windows apps on ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon processors used in laptops like Microsoft's Surface Pro X and HP's Elite Folio, said Gartner analyst Jon Erensen. But support for file storage apps on Snapdragon and M1 has been lacking.ĭropbox, another file storage provider absent from devices running ARM chips, announced soon after the Microsoft announcement that it would provide support for M1 next year.
"I like the multi-platform approach Microsoft has been taking recently," said one user.Īdded another user: "I'm not the biggest fan of Microsoft, but OneDrive is best in class."
Reddit users praised Microsoft for adapting OneDrive to ARM-based processors and reiterated the importance of the file storage software to their work. "It is important to me because I have moved to a new Apple silicon-based MacBook Pro 14, and is where … the Apple industry is headed." "I have been waiting for this all year on my M1 MacBook," said Robert Doyle, a project manager at IBM. The company plans to make the technology generally available next year.
Teams, the Office most aggressively promoted by Microsoft this year, has yet to appear in a Universal App edition for M1 Macs.Last week, Microsoft announced a OneDrive sync for ARM available in beta for developers. Microsoft is rolling out fresh versions of its Office apps that work natively with Apples M1 chip, the powerhouse of the new Macbook Air, Macbook Pro and Mac Mini.