things about mini computer Yes…it’s already written in the name. They are relatively small, small enough to sit comfortably on a desk and out of the way. $600 M2 Mac mini Already the poster child for massive performance, a new report details how Apple plans to completely revitalize its small form factor computers and its entire line of Macs with the latest AI-centric M4 chips. iPad Pro. However, the Mac Mini will become even smaller, even smaller than the Apple TV.
Report from Mark Gurman, Bloomberg Citing multiple anonymous sources, he claims the Mac Mini is a Improved iMac, MacBook Pro will all launch sequels with M4 chips. These are expected to be released this year. Next spring, we will launch MacBook Air with M4. Just a few months later, Apple is reportedly sending the M4 Mac Pro and Mac Studio into our waiting hands.
The Mac Mini’s footprint has virtually remained unchanged since the days of Steve Jobs. It measures 7.75 inches and weighs about 2.6 pounds (the M2 Pro is slightly heavier). It’s 1.41 inches tall, which is equivalent to three stacks of sticky notes stacked on top of each other. According to Bloomberg, the new Mac Mini will be “close to the size of an Apple TV.” This means the length and width are approximately 3.66 inches.
The Mac Mini may be slightly taller than before, but if we were complaining about millimeters, we’d probably be obsessed with all the wrong things. More important are the ports, with the new small computer likely to have three USB-C ports, a power connector, and an HDMI port.
With the release of the M4, Apple is jumping on the artificial intelligence hype train with both feet. The remaining M series chips include neural processing power, the M3 has a speed of up to 19 TOPS (trillions of operations per second, a common method of measuring NPU speed). M4 can achieve 38 TOPS, which is still slightly lower than the latest ARM-based Qualcomm chips Powering the Copilot+ PC.
The M4 is a more powerful chip than the M3, although the difference is very small. It comes with more cores and threads and higher GPU speeds, but in Gizmodo’s own testing, we didn’t find much of a gap between the M4 on the iPad and the M3 on the MacBook Air. This is a very loose comparison given the operating system differences, so we’ll have to wait for the M4 with MacOS to provide a true comparison. Like the M3, Apple may launch an M4 Pro version of the Mac Mini, which won’t be available until October, according to Gurman’s sources. There’s no more news about the M4 Max, which will likely power the ultra-high-end MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and Mac Studio.
