The new Mac mini is finally getting the big redesign it deserves

(Pocket-lint) - By acold the astir accessible machine successful Apple’s Mac lineup, the Mac mini looks to yet beryllium getting the large redesign and powerfulness upgrade its longly deserved. 

As the classical saying goes, a breached timepiece is inactive close doubly a day, and for the notoriously controversial Apple leaker Jon Prosser, that conscionable mightiness beryllium the lawsuit here, arsenic a bid of claims he’s made regarding the upcoming Mac mini person seemingly been corroborated by LeaksApplePro successful a tweet which has since been deleted. 

Three schematics posted by the @LeaksApplePro twitter account supply grounds for a bid of upgrades, including an wide smaller and thinner chassis acceptable to diagnostic a solid apical akin to the beforehand chin connected the new 24” iMac released this year. Other plan aspects acceptable to beryllium transplanted implicit from the caller iMac to the Mac mini see its caller magnetic MagSafe similar charging larboard and array of 7 colour options — though that 2nd portion is inactive up successful the air. 

The schematics besides constituent towards the inclusion of an updated larboard hub connected the backmost featuring an HDMI and Ethernet input, 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports and 2 USB-A slots to apical it each off. 

In presumption of processing power, the assemblage is inactive retired connected whether oregon not these machines volition debut featuring an M1X spot oregon an M2, but either way, each signs constituent to a large summation successful both CPU and GPU halfway counts. Also owed present is an upgrade connected the maximum magnitude of RAM, which presently for the Mac mini and each M1 machines stands astatine lone 16GB. Rumours suggest an summation to either 32GB oregon adjacent 64GB depending connected who you ask. 

Interestingly enough, however, these schematics don’t amusement determination to beryllium immoderate benignant of SD paper scholar connected the caller Mac mini, contempt the information that each existent rumours constituent to the incoming 14” and 16” MacBook Pros including one. 

Just yesterday, we reported connected rumours related to the upcoming MacBook Air redesign, which is besides acceptable to travel the aforesaid plan connection of the caller iMac. You tin read that communicative close here, oregon cheque retired our rumour roundup covering everything we cognize astir the upcoming 14” and 16” MacBook Pro redesign here. 

Writing by Alex Allegro. Originally published connected 11 August 2021.