Redesigned Mac mini with M1 Pro & M1 Max set for spring Apple event
Apple's first special event of 2022 is rumored to have an upgraded Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max chip options, a leaker claims.
Apple is anticipated to launch a number of new products at a spring Apple event, with strong candidates including an iPhone SE refresh with 5G and an iPad Air upgrade. Among the list of new arrivals could be the long-rumored redesigned Mac mini.
According to reliable leaker @Dylandkt on Twitter, Apple's spring event will feature "the Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max." If true, this will offer consumers a pair of faster processor options, up from the M1 included in the initial release.
In a further clarification, Dylan confirms a "new design is coming" for the Mac mini. Previous leaks and rumors say the Mac mini will be redesigned to be thinner, have a polycarbonate top, an increase in ports at the back, and a magnetic power connection.
The leaker's tweet also said that the Mac mini isn't necessarily going to be the only Mac on display. That the iMac Pro revival is rumored to be "still on track" for a release in the spring, increasing the chance of it being included in the event.
However, some doubt is also cast by Dylan, offering that they have heard "concerns with regards to production."
On Sunday, Dylan tweeted that there would be a new M1 chip on the way, that would go beyond the M1 Pro and M1 Max in terms of performance, using a 12-core CPU. With a reference to the iMac in code relating to it, the chip is expected to be presented in an iMac Pro update.
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Apple is anticipated to launch a number of new products at a spring Apple event, with strong candidates including an iPhone SE refresh with 5G and an iPad Air upgrade. Among the list of new arrivals could be the long-rumored redesigned Mac mini.
According to reliable leaker @Dylandkt on Twitter, Apple's spring event will feature "the Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max." If true, this will offer consumers a pair of faster processor options, up from the M1 included in the initial release.
For the Apple Spring event, We will be receiving the Mac Mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max, a new 5G iPhone SE, and a new iPad Air. iMac Pro is still on track currently for a release in the spring. Yet, I have heard there are still concerns with regards to production.
-- Dylan (@dylandkt)
In a further clarification, Dylan confirms a "new design is coming" for the Mac mini. Previous leaks and rumors say the Mac mini will be redesigned to be thinner, have a polycarbonate top, an increase in ports at the back, and a magnetic power connection.
The leaker's tweet also said that the Mac mini isn't necessarily going to be the only Mac on display. That the iMac Pro revival is rumored to be "still on track" for a release in the spring, increasing the chance of it being included in the event.
However, some doubt is also cast by Dylan, offering that they have heard "concerns with regards to production."
On Sunday, Dylan tweeted that there would be a new M1 chip on the way, that would go beyond the M1 Pro and M1 Max in terms of performance, using a 12-core CPU. With a reference to the iMac in code relating to it, the chip is expected to be presented in an iMac Pro update.
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...a few months before the M2 Pro/Max is released.
Good to hear that they are looking to use the M1 Max. That's current gen console performance. It's going to cost $2000, but it will have competent GPU performance unlike the Intel models.
Imagine a Mini a bit taller that had four M2 slots. Instant RAID with high read/write and reliability. Would make an excellent editing system that was also portable.
And you do realize this all requires PCIe lanes - Gen 4 x 4 lanes, for 6GB/s performance, right? Are those going to magically appear (M1 is PCIe lane poor - not starved, but poor)?
Not ready to spend Mac Pro kind of money.
Not willing to deal with a 27" Display when I know I need more.
A mini with faster CPU/GPU and 10Gbe and faster Thunderbolt is right up my alley.
In the same line of thinking, while we all visualize iMac Pro as possibly being a "bigger iPad on a stick", imagine a WEDGE shape iMac Pro so that the base could have the depth for speakers and computing guts, the chin could actually be retired and have room for 4+ M2s under that case? I know there is practically no chance of being able to add/upgrade our own storage inside, but I'd much rather have the option than have an "all in one" that really begs for this other stuff attached to it. And kill/thin the chin and there's room for a 30" screen with thinned bezels in the traditional 27" form factor. Make the case just a bit wider and that would deliver on the earlier (probably not happening) rumor of iMac 32-inch screen (while the rumor mill has almost assured us of a 27", I'm still thinking that if 21" went 24" why can"t 27" go 30"+ as unlikely as that now seems).
And while we're imagining our own wants, imagine iMac Pro UW with an ultra wide, Apple-made monitor. Since that seems far beyond longest, long shot, I'll likely soon move from (long term) iMac user to Mac Mini MAX with a Dell 5K2K UW monitor. I'm just about certain that the value proposition at purchase vs. the new iMac "bigger" will not seem to make sense... but in a couple of years when we're slinging around how M1 MAX is "long in tooth," my next monitor will still be usable instead of needing to be retired because the 2022 guts can't be upgraded to macOS 1X (15? 16?).
Supply chain issues ARE production issues.
The reality is these are nuanced terms that spark specific ideas in people who know the difference