The second half of 2024 is shaping as much as be a giant product season for Apple. Together with the discharge of the iPhone 16 and its much-touted Apple Intelligence, Apple seems to be to be adding the new M4 chips to all its new computer systems. If that is the case, it will be the primary time Apple imbues its whole lineup of computer systems with the identical processor concurrently.
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However extra adjustments may very well be coming past the addition of recent processors. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that “at the least one Mac mannequin… will get extra dramatic adjustments.” Though this might seek advice from a design shift of the MacBook Professional, it additionally probably refers back to the Mac Mini.
Sure, Apple’s smallest pc is getting even smaller. Absolutely a revamp is overdue, contemplating that the Mini hasn’t seen a redesign since 2010. Nonetheless, this anticipated redesign may scale back the already-diminutive pc to the scale of an Apple TV (lower than 4 inches throughout) and arm it with the M4 Apple Silicon chip.
Such a small however mighty new Mac Mini would make an attention-grabbing addition to the market. The brand new Mac Mini is claimed to be designed upward, measuring barely taller than the present model, however with an total smaller footprint.
The brand new model would additionally skip over the M3 chip completely in favor of Apple’s latest processor. Gurman reviews that builders engaged on the brand new Mac Mini referred to as the machine “an iPad Professional in a small field,” connecting the dots between the 2 gadgets utilizing the M4 chip presently within the new tablets.
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The shortage of a show retains the worth low — the present Mini model with the M2 chip begins at $599 — however it’s unclear what the worth level could be for the M4-powered Minis. With a redesign and vital energy improve, the worth will probably be bumped increased however stay a lot decrease than a brand new MacBook.
There’ll reportedly even be two new variations of the Mac Mini, one with a extra fundamental configuration, and a higher-end, doubtlessly “Professional” mannequin with extra reminiscence.
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The brand new Mac Minis will probably be launched on the finish of 2024 alongside different gadgets with the M4 chip. However we’ll have to attend and see what Apple broadcasts at its upcoming occasion in September (doubtlessly the tenth or the seventeenth). Apart from information of the revamped line of computer systems, the corporate is anticipated to launch particulars on the brand new iPhone 16, its new lineup of Apple Watches, and, in fact, developments on its AI platform, Apple Intelligence.
