Rumored 'Mac Studio' and new Apple display leaked in renders
Renders based on leaked information for the rumored "Mac Studio" have emerged, showing a taller Mac mini-like design and a new Apple display similar to the Pro Display XDR, both of which could be announced during the Tuesday Apple event.
A 'Mac Studio' render from AppleTrack, Luke Miani, and Ian Zelbo
Rumors have rapidly escalated surrounding Apple's potential new pro Mac called the "Mac Studio." After initial rumors began, some say it has been completed and may even be shown during the "Peek Performance" Apple Event.
According to AppleTrack, Luke Miani has details about the "Mac Studio" and worked with render artist Ian Zelbo, who has worked with Jon Prosser in the past. The renders show a monitor that takes inspiration from the 24-inch iMac and Pro Display XDR, and a small Mac mini-like device meant to be the new pro desktop Mac dubbed "Mac Studio."
The sources described the "Mac Studio" as resembling two Mac minis stacked on top of each other with silver sides, a white top, and rounded corners similar to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro. It is about 4 inches tall with a similar footprint to the Mac mini. This is similar to how the new Mac Pro was described in previous leaks.
A new pro Mac with a small desktop footprint. Render by Luke Miani and Ian Zelbo
The rumored display is said to be 27-inches diagonally and has thicker bezels than the Pro Display XDR and no circular hole pattern in the rear casing. The renders show a stand and design similar to Apple's existing 24-inch iMac.
Miani says the products may be announced during the Tuesday event, but Apple has been known to be "historically fluid" with release dates and announcements for new products. His leak accuracy has been middling so far, with a miss on the release window for AirPods 3, but nailing down details of the new MacBook Pro redesigns down to port specs.
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A 'Mac Studio' render from AppleTrack, Luke Miani, and Ian Zelbo
Rumors have rapidly escalated surrounding Apple's potential new pro Mac called the "Mac Studio." After initial rumors began, some say it has been completed and may even be shown during the "Peek Performance" Apple Event.
According to AppleTrack, Luke Miani has details about the "Mac Studio" and worked with render artist Ian Zelbo, who has worked with Jon Prosser in the past. The renders show a monitor that takes inspiration from the 24-inch iMac and Pro Display XDR, and a small Mac mini-like device meant to be the new pro desktop Mac dubbed "Mac Studio."
The sources described the "Mac Studio" as resembling two Mac minis stacked on top of each other with silver sides, a white top, and rounded corners similar to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro. It is about 4 inches tall with a similar footprint to the Mac mini. This is similar to how the new Mac Pro was described in previous leaks.
A new pro Mac with a small desktop footprint. Render by Luke Miani and Ian Zelbo
The rumored display is said to be 27-inches diagonally and has thicker bezels than the Pro Display XDR and no circular hole pattern in the rear casing. The renders show a stand and design similar to Apple's existing 24-inch iMac.
Miani says the products may be announced during the Tuesday event, but Apple has been known to be "historically fluid" with release dates and announcements for new products. His leak accuracy has been middling so far, with a miss on the release window for AirPods 3, but nailing down details of the new MacBook Pro redesigns down to port specs.
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The Mac Studio name was leaked before he leaked this, the rest as a taller Mac Mini could be a good guess, but I haven't seen Luke prove to have good insider sources
And as for the market, I've been around here long enough to know that the Apple Nerds™ are always clamoring for a headless iMac. The thing is, they seem to be the only ones. Anyone disagree? Maybe I'm missing it.
I'm still holding out...
A smaller Mac Pro ("Mac Studio"?), on the other hand, implies upgradability by consumers. Or does it? We have yet to see whether Apple will include upgradability of memory, storage, graphics, or other features on any Apple Silicon-based Mac. To date, no M1-based Macintosh has been upgradable internally, and they don't even support external GPUs. (Or am I forgetting something?)
I do see the value in having a traditional small-case, non-upgradable Mac mini with M1 Pro, M1 Max, and/or future M2 processors, given the well-established performance specs of Apple Silicon to date, with benchmarks that often meet or exceed Intel-based Mac Pro desktops. For those of us who need or even prefer desktop computers, I would love to have the option of keeping my existing monitors (and other external devices, like storage) while more affordably replacing the desktop computer itself every few years. The traditional small Mac mini has been great for that as long as its performance met your needs — and with M1 Pro, M1 Max, or future variants inside that take performance to Intel-based Mac Pro levels (if not beyond), the traditional small Mac mini might even be perfect for that.
On the other hand, if a future Mac mini equipped with an M1 Pro or M1 Max processor costs as much (or nearly as much) as a similarly-equipped iMac or MacBook Pro, what's the point? I hope Apple doesn't overprice these next-gen Mac minis.
Assuming it is as shown, I would be looking for expandability. A second drive slot at least. Otherwise I would look at the existing M1 Mini, which is a good deal right now.
so it is possible to to outdo either of them just by having an LCD to compete with them with a full power dock and 120hz and an attractive chassis.
That much empty space doesn't make much sense, unless this thing is going to run really hot, which doesn't seem to be borne out by the other Apple Si Macs.
In other words, I think a mini-tower is probably a better configuration for a proposed "Mac Studio" to allow for expansion slots. So I don't see this as likely at all. Still, I don't work for Apple's design unit, so what do I know?
The M1 MacMini uses about half the volume of the device compared to the Intel MacMini. Also not a lot of the thermal envelop.
Apple could put an M1 Max or more in the old design and still have design up their sleeve.
What is on earth was the mock-up artist thinking might need the device to be twice as high. No need to increase power supply or cooling capacity without some additional function in there. Afterburner or second SOC would seem to be the only options seeing they are saying non-3rd Party. But then you need lots of cooling say front to back if they are vertical fin to fit in the space.
If it is going to take even a half-length card as an option the doubling direction is still all wrong.