Although the Mac Mini has changed its interior several times in the last decade and a half, Its external design has not changed since 2010. A time when the deceased Steve Jobs was still at the head of Apple and in which the last iPhone launched on the market was the 4. According to Bloomberg, this is going to change with the launch of the new version that will succeed the model launched at the beginning of 2023 with the M2 series processors and that will take place next October.
According to the media’s Apple specialist, Mark Gurman, Apple’s computer will have “the most spectacular new design” and its size will be similar to that of a Apple TV. They are currently very close in height, 3.58 cm for the first versus 3.1 cm for the second, but in length and width there is a distance to cover between both devices, which goes from 19.70 cm, both length and width, of the Mac Mini to 9.3 cm, idem, of the Apple TV. Despite the reduction in size, the small computer still retains the internal power supply.
The new Mac Mini will arrive with the processor M4already seen in the iPad Pro M4 The M4 Pro was launched in the spring in two variants: M4 and M4 Pro. This Apple SoC, in its base version, has 10 CPU cores, 10 GPU cores and a neural engine with 16. The specifications of the M4 Pro are not yet known, but the presence of this SoC will be decisive for the computer to be able to access the artificial intelligence functions that Apple will launch, although it will be seen how in Europe, under the name of Apple IntelligenceThe base model is expected to be accompanied by at least 12 or 16 GB of RAM, which is an improvement over the current 8 GB.
The device will feature a number of updated ports. Apple says goodbye to the USB-A and the computer starts to have 5 of the USB-C type compatible with Thunderbolt 42 on the front and 3 on the back, along with Ethernet, HDMI and 3.5 mm jack ports. The current Mac Mini with M2 has 2 Thunderbolt 4 and 2 USB-A, while the M2 Pro adds 2 more Thunderbolt to the previous ones.
The Mac Mini is not the only computer that Apple plans to update in the near future. Its presentation is expected around a month after the one the company will carry out with the iPhone 16 and is scheduled for next Monday. Along with the Mac Mini, the company is expected to announce new iMac and MacBook Pro.
Another aspect that is unknown is fundamental, that of price. The Mac Mini is not only Apple’s smallest computer, but also the most economical in its catalogueThe current generation starts at 718 euros, we will have to see if the company takes advantage of the new model to raise it.