Announcement Of iPad Air With An M1 Chip During Apple's Livestream Event Causes Mixed Reactions And Memes On Twitter

Earlier today, Apple held a livestream event to show off its new and upcoming technology, as they do around this time every year. The newest big tech innovation of last year from the company was the M1 chipset, which was going to be used in the exuberantly priced Macbook Pros, with all other models of devices getting weaker internals. That all changed with the announcement of the iPad Air today, which is supposed to be similar to a normal iPad, but smaller, lighter and somehow still more powerful since they will feature the M1 super-chip that Apple is staking its empire on.

Immediately after the announcement, people took to Twitter, as they always do following Apple's showcases, and began posting memes and other positive things to say about the M1 chip and upcoming iPad Air.

M1 Chip on iPad Air#AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/AKsN4tIamB

— Basic Apple Guy (@BasicAppleGuy) March 8, 2022

M1 in iPad Air

Gonna be able to open twitter SO FAST bro 💨 #AppleEvent

— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) March 8, 2022

the intel engineers after hearing about apple’s new chip #AppleEvent

pic.twitter.com/fIELdF1fMg

— ▪️ (@naturemargot) March 8, 2022

The iPad Air now has the M1 Chip! On the other hand…#AppleEvent #iPadAir5 pic.twitter.com/IDW3COsNr8

— Fossbytes (@fossbytes14) March 8, 2022

Not everyone was thrilled, however, as the issue about price came up (as well as how other Apple products seemed to be doomed to obsolescence) and a sense that just waiting for the next year's models is almost always the better move with Apple tech.

Me spending $2000 for an iPad Pro M1 while this iPad Air is going to be $500 #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/0Cg4PpbNv8

— M1 Pro Hombre (@THombte) March 8, 2022

Me after selling my kidneys to buy the new ipad air #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/eaH6vOgCog

— Mickey Mouse (@JamesKenobi25) March 8, 2022

Apple when MacBook Pro users ask for an upgrade

vs

When MacBook Air users ask for one#AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/86CjCwmDh9

— Ngolo Kante Stan account (@tchallaburner) March 8, 2022

At the same time, reports of Spotify being down, as well as various other websites and services, helped with a push towards Apple Music, which is also reportedly seeing some future updates happening. Also, fans of the game Genshin Impact couldn't help but laugh at the elemental neutrality shown in the character chosen to fight the boss during the gameplay demo that was done on the stream.

Everybody switching from Spotify to Apple Music #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/73vnAnL04z

— Antisocial ➐ (@IbFiner) March 8, 2022

losing it over the new iPad Air demo where they tried to fight an electro boss with an electro character in Genshin pic.twitter.com/4924Jqn8vT

— Growler (@GrowlerRelgrey) March 8, 2022