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New High-End Mac Mini: Everything Rumors Say We Can Expect
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I want/need a new form factor and more ports.
An M1 Pro Mac mini in a new shell would fit the bill but it comes down to cost. In truth, a 2022 M2 model would probably suit me better in terms of cost and performance (since I don’t need the power of M1 Pro), but I don’t think the M2 model would have as many ports and I don’t know if I am willing to wait that long either.
An M1 Pro Mac mini in a new shell would fit the bill but it comes down to cost. In truth, a 2022 M2 model would probably suit me better in terms of cost and performance (since I don’t need the power of M1 Pro), but I don’t think the M2 model would have as many ports and I don’t know if I am willing to wait that long either.
Since working from home has become the norm I want to move away from my iMac, and separate work laptop with its own separate second screen. If the Mac Mini Pro is real then I can get rid of the iMac and have both the Mac Mini Pro and work laptop feed into a tasty big ultra wide monitor.
The music industry is still using Rosetta at most or just x86. You would think Logic Pro being vital to Apple that they would have invested resources to accelerate the process. Or, the plan is not as rapid a transition as the fandom rumor sites persist on spreading.
That’s a good point to make, 3 thunderbolt ports plus HDMI and SD could be practical for desktop users too. We will see a little later I guess.
Well, we are discussing the Mac Mini in this thread so I HOPE it works in clamshell mode lol
The huge win twould be a new Apple external display.
It’s crazy we buy these beautiful laptops then hook them up to plastic garbage for from Samsung and Dell.
It’s crazy we buy these beautiful laptops then hook them up to plastic garbage for from Samsung and Dell.
If the Mini rumors are true i’ll use my 2012 mini as a trade. I can’t 10 yrs later it’s still worth $60. That mini is on life support with Apple.
My thinking was that the built in port could support up to 10gig Ethernet, with an extra Ethernet capability becoming available via the power supply as an build to order option.
I wonder how they'll incorporate the notch on the mini.
So I just tried that on my MacBook Pro and it did work - for reading a disc anyway. My previous recollection was that I got some error message saying there wasn't enough power to support the external device, maybe I was trying to burn a DVD instead of reading it. Either way, >99% of my optical drive needs these days is reading, not writing, so it would appear I'm all set. Thanks for your suggestion!
It'd be a no-go if this has a proprietary power lead like the 2021 iMac. I ain't touching that type of stuff anymore. The EU should force Apple to use kettle leads.
That is what I currently do. I have a PC as well. so the PC, the office laptop and the existing M1 MM are all connected easily at the same time to my 34" widescreen. And the MX Keys and MX Master 3 mean only a single keyboard/mouse for them all. Nice setup.
A high(er) end Mac Mini is a fantastic idea IMO. It has taken such a position of being used in so many interesting uses. I've got one I use as a headless server, and a second one to handle streaming bike riding apps. Something faster, with larger storage capacities BTO would be awesome!!!
Based on what Apple did with the new iMac, I am glad they are not going to show any new monitor. The purple Lego brick hooked to my Macbook Pro 16 would look much worse than my beautiful Dell.
Of all the components inside a computer the power supply is among the more likely to fail. Making it external not only saves space and reduces thermal load inside the chassis, it makes replacing a failed PSU as simple as plugging a new one in.
USB-C can’t deliver enough power and a kettle lead limits the size of the product.
I would estimate too that an external power brick is very handy for the collocation guys, a lot less down time.
It would be funny if they called it a Mac Pro and said were done with big boxes.
I am not in the market for the new Macs, but I gotta say, I haven't seen this much excitement or had this much excitement myself about Macs in a long time. Apple's M series Macs have truly breathed much needed life back in to the line. And Apple has proven they never gave up on the Mac.
Maybe they’ll call it a Mac Pro and then call the Mac Pro a Mac Pro Max, further diluting the “Pro” moniker into meaningless marketing babble.
