I wonder if it will have an external power supply like the iMac.
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M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple's Smallest Ever Computer With Complete Redesign
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Interested to see how they change the design. I've never owned a Mac mini but this has my attention
Active cooling?
That is the big question.
The M2 Pro Mini already gets a little hot….
That is the big question.
The M2 Pro Mini already gets a little hot….
Yep, me too!
I hope it comes in colors.
Not happening. Mac Minis make up 1% of their sales, most people have moved to laptops. They aren't gonna bother having various colors, it's gonna be 1 silver brick and you're gonna like it
TBH I'd rather keep it the same size, and maybe expand the ports. (like add a second HDMI for a second monitor to free up the other thunderbolts for other things...)
Man I hope not. Stationary standalone computers shouldn’t be throttled.
The people who have been asking for a 27’ iMac can. The people who have been asking for a 32’ iMac cannot.
I imagine it won't be too dissimilar to the new era mini PC's / NUCS on Amazon. I think it's a great idea as it makes for easier mounting to the backs of monitors. My suspicion is that it will use an external power supply, too. Heck, if it's USB-C powered, it could get power from the monitor itself. Off-brand OEM's will soon use LG's new 32 inch 4k OLED, so it's conceivable that this plus one of those could be the 240hz OLED iMac Pro we all wanted.
Yeah but the M3 Pro SoC is cooler because has more efficiency cores and less performance cores. If they keep this structure, plus the efficiency coming from the new N3E process used on the M4, the M4 Pro could fit perfectly on a thinner and smaller chasis without thermal constraints.
27 feet or 32 feet are quite the asks. I bet Samsung could help though.
On one hand I like to see a full redesign.
On the other, I'm growing concerned with this direction apple's pursuing with ultra-light devices.
I, for one, appreciated when they made the M1 Pro Macbook Pro a bit thicker.
On the other, I'm growing concerned with this direction apple's pursuing with ultra-light devices.
I, for one, appreciated when they made the M1 Pro Macbook Pro a bit thicker.
I have a NUC WS and the fan goes (went) berserk. So.... It's now in a fanless Akasa Turing case, which is great btw.
Indeed, even if it’s just in silver I’m probably gonna love it.Not happening. Mac Minis make up 1% of their sales, most people have moved to laptops. They aren't gonna bother having various colors, it's gonna be 1 silver brick and you're gonna like it
However, according to that graph, iMac represents just 4% of Mac sales and… oh, they come in colors!
Maybe they want to boost Mac mini sales…
I guess that's right. Might work great if the whole thing is a heat sink, which I'm sure it would be.
Smart move integrating product components. I imagine the redesign stems from the removal of the internal power supply unit while utilizing the iMac's external power supply brick with ethernet. I just hope they keep good amount of Thunderbolt ports on the device.
Sucks, ah well I’ll stick with my pc for heavy duty work then sadly
