While Gurman was reserved when it came to details, another leaker, Jon Prosser, has been more forthcoming.
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In August 2021, Mark Gurman stated in his Power On newsletter that the Mac Mini “will have an updated design and more ports than the current model.” However, he did not go into specifics regarding the shape and size of the upcoming device.
We’ll start with the more likely scenario, at least for a device under the Mac Mini moniker.
And while it’s possible we could see two very different designs from them, nothing is certain yet. Potentially two new designsĪs we mentioned above, rumors abound that Apple has two future Mac Minis in the works.
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When Apple has done this in the past, it has sometimes come with a price increase - see the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro for a recent example - so we could see a similar situation hit the Mac Mini. The only caveat is that there are rumors swirling that the forthcoming high-end Mac Mini will get a redesigned chassis. That pricing structure makes sense, so we wouldn’t be surprised if Apple stuck with it for the new models. The Intel version starts at $1,099, meanwhile. The current M1 Mac Mini starts at $699, with a second model costing $899. That will make it two years since the first Apple Silicon Mac Mini was revealed in November 2020, which is the kind of timeframe that we’d expect for this device. That means it’s highly likely a powerful new Mac Mini is coming in 2022.īloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who has a strong track record when it comes to Apple rumors, outlined his belief in August 2021 that Apple would unveil this new Mac Mini “in the next several months.” The tock is clicking on this, so a spring 2022 launch date seems likely if Gurman’s prediction is to be proved correct.Īs for the lower-end Mac Mini, this could get updated in fall 2022. Apple has given itself two years from 2020 to complete the switch, yet a top-end Intel-based Mac Mini is still present and counted for on its website. We expect the high-end version to come first, not least due to Apple’s self-imposed transition plan to move its Macs from Intel processors to its own in-house chips. According to the rumors, that also means we could be looking at two separate release dates. Release date Rich Shibley/Digital TrendsĪt the moment, it appears Apple might be working on two separate Mac Mini models: A new high-end edition to replace the current Intel-based Mac Mini, and a refreshed entry-level Mac Mini with the company’s upcoming M2 chip.
Simply read on to see what Apple has planned for its smallest desktop Mac. We’ve put together this round-up with as many details on the next Mac Mini as we can find.