The M2 Mac Mini is technically a new design

[mectojic]

See?? It's 0.02cm (0.01") thinner than the M1 Mini!
Who said that Apple couldn't inn0vate anymore?
Jony Ive MUST be still involved in the design process!!1!!!one!!!

 

[espacioami]

I think the next design will be the same but with the square corners. And after 14 years around 2038 they will change the design again. The same but with rounded corners.

"Sound good" -said iphone design team.

 

[Boil]

If anything, bring on the Mac Studio style "foot"...

 

[azentropy]

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See?? It's 0.02cm (0.01") thinner than the M1 Mini!
Who said that Apple couldn't inn0vate anymore?
Jony Ive MUST be still involved in the design process!!1!!!one!!!

Noticed that as well. My bet is they changed the bottom cover ever so slightly.

 

[dotnet]

I think the next design will be the same but with the square corners. And after 14 years around 2038 they will change the design again. The same but with rounded corners.

I’m hoping they’ll shrink the bezels around the Apple logo…

 

[meson]

My bet is the marketing folks reported the number to 3 significant figures like all of the other numbers, ignoring the implication that the height is known to higher precision than the other dimensions.

That said, it’s likely irrelevant because the numbers reported in either version of the measurement are lower precision than the engineering specification, I’m sure.

 

[George Dawes]

I want to hear about the fan noise compared to the m1 , if there is any that is …

 

[sam_dean]

If I was Apple I'd not update the industrial design of the Mac mini's enclosure until much much later.

Many are using accessories of the Intel Mac mini until now and being able to reuse them is a bonus for consumers.

What I want to see is a Mac mini using a A17 Bionic 3nm chip in the enclosure of a 2022 Apple TV 4K. iPhone chips are so fast that they should easily run macOS at less than 10-20W of power.

 

[ashleykaryl]

It needs to be space grey again.

 

[NoelWalker]

Apple should have given the mini all those gorgeous colour choices the iMac has gotten. Midnight at least. The mini deserves more love from Tim.