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Monday, March 17, 2025

Mac Mini (2024): Specs, Launch Date, Value, Options

Thereโ€™s Shark Week, after which thereโ€™s Mac Week. It is rather less thrilling, however Apple first introduced a new iMac yesterday, and in the present day weโ€™re being handled to a brand new Mac Mini. Tomorrow, there is a good probability youโ€™ll be able to count on a brand new MacBook Professional, however letโ€™s not get forward of ourselves.

The Mac Mini is Appleโ€™s tiniest desktop pc and it is getting its first redesign in many years. Apple refreshed this machine early in 2023 with the M2 chipset, however the newest entry is powered by the all-new M4 Professional, a processor making its debut in the present day. The M4 lineup improves on energy effectivity and velocity, and like its predecessor, it could make the most of the brand new Apple Intelligence that rolled out this week in macOS Sequoia 15.1.

Appleโ€™s smallest desktop begins at $599 and is obtainable for preorder now. It begins transport on November 8.

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Small however Mightier Than Ever

OK, bear in mind when Apple mentioned the Apple Watch Collection 10 had an all-new design and it nonetheless seemed fairly equivalent to each different Apple Watch? Sure, the small adjustments made the Collection 10 extra snug and nicer to put on, however new design is a little bit of a stretch. That is type of just like the Mac Mini. It hasnโ€™t obtained a significant redesign since 2010, however issues are altering now.

The already small desktop pc is now even smallerโ€”coming in at 5 x 5 inches. Regardless of the smaller footprint, it is just a little taller, and the bottom slopes down with vents for airflow. It is nonetheless, for all intents and functions, a metallic dice.

Apple has lastly added ports to the entrance, making them simpler to entry. Two USB-C ports assist the USB 3.0, and there is a 3.5-mm headphone jack. On the again, the M4-powered Mac Mini contains three Thunderbolt 4 ports whereas the M4 Professional model has three Thunderbolt 5 USB-C ports (one other firstโ€”Thunderbolt 5 is the newest normal that helps as much as 80 Gbps knowledge switch speeds and it is solely obtainable in only a few units for the time being). Each fashions even have an HDMI (for connecting an exterior show), an Ethernet connection (configurable as much as 10 GB), and a port for the facility cable. Apple has fully nixed the USB-A ports on this mannequin.

Not like the iPhone, which arrives precisely on time each September, Appleโ€™s desktop {hardware} generally is a little extra sporadic, and naturally, meaning the processors powering these machines arenโ€™t chronological. The final Mac Mini had the M2 chip, and no, this one would not have the M3, however the M4 as a substitute. There are two sorts to select from: M4 or M4 Professional.

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