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Lead Story Wednesday, July 2, 2026

Research · Apple

The Mac Grew Up. Research Software Is Finally Catching Up.

By ReliCheck Editorial · 7 min read

For years, serious analysis meant not-a-Mac. Windows-first stats packages, a server you had to log into, a lovely laptop that only ever got the writing. That reputation was fair once. It is badly out of date now.

Apple Silicon made the Mac a genuinely fast numerical machine. Its privacy architecture is built for exactly the sensitive data our fields hold. What was missing was software that takes the machine, and the researcher, seriously. That software is finally arriving.

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