I don’t agree, given it’s $2000 entry price point. There is room for an intermediate product between the M1 Mini ant the Studio with better Monitor support and 2-3 TB4 ports.
No. They could make it half the size with an internal power supply. There's enough volume if they don't use an old parts bin fan and heat sink. What I said is that they could easily do it (child's play) with an external power supply. They could make it a third of the size (with an external power supply) if they tried a little. All that said: the iMac power supply isn't half the size of a Mac mini, so you need to check your math.
Volumetrically it's more than half empty if you actually want to debate semantics.
I agree on the connection issues, they at least have to fix that if they stick with the old design. Perhaps the size will stay the same, but with the rumored plexiglass top for better wireless throughput and stability.
So.... the Mac Studio???
Yep there are web pages that are problematic. Question is, should the browser or MacOS ideally have some configuration settings that puts limits on how much memory will be allocated? Candidly, I find this issue to be a huge oversight on Apple's part.
Yes, this is more of a "Mini Pro" with the height of the case increased. I find it rather sad that the space is for their blower system. In 2022 one would think that "innovation" also would come with methods of cooling and that the space in that case could have perhaps gone into housing additional drives. In fact, if Apple made a "cartridge" to hold approved SSD drives that could be slot inserted, that would have been a popular item. When they think "less is more" what Apple interpret that to mean is that less is available in the computer and more has to be added externally. Bad show.
I've recently said it elsewhere: The number denotes the generation of CPUs - whereas Max and Ultra is the performance differentiator. An M2 processor will inevitably come out sooner or later - but it's not going to bei faster than Max or Ultra first-generation SoCs.
I guarantee you it wouldn't be an M1 Max or Ultra in a "Mini" format.
Or at least an M2, I hope they release a new mini soon, I’m debating about a studio vs a mini and I wont make that choice until the mini is refreshed
I mean, compared to the hardware the chassis was originally designed for, it is indeed quite empty. A more compact design is definitely possible. That being said, the current design doesn't look all that dated and Apple probably wants to save on tooling costs.
They have a ongoing glaring overlap with the base 13-inch Pro and the Air.
I think there is a general misconception about how CPUs work. A quad core CPU with 2 memory channels and 8 GPU cores will not and in no scenario "outclass" the previous gen architecture with 8 cores, 4 memory channels and 32 GPU cores. That we had this crazy jump in perf/watt with the M1 is a one-time thing that will not repeat. Since, no, Apple will no change the ISA again, at least not for at least a decade, and even then I cannot see them ever buying other people's chips again, unless there is some as of today completely unforeseeable Gutenberg-Event fundamentally changing computing as we know it (no, not quantum computing, jesus).
Perhaps, but it happens in all browsers. You can check Activity Monitor and see if any of the websites are using a large amount of memory. then close that process or close that tab.
The mini is the intermediate product. If you want entry level get an iPad.
Well again, should those making the browsers be held accountable or Apple's MacOS for letting this happen? It is to the point of ridiculous. As a few mentioned, Mac Rumors itself can take up a lot of RAM.
MacOS is not at fault. If macOS would start limiting how much ram any given process can allocate...... that would cause real issues, not just for browsers.
