Expected to arrive later this year packing the powerful M4 chip (currently found only in the iPad Pro), the new Mac mini will, according to Gurman, "be far smaller than its predecessor, approaching the size of an Apple TV set-top box." The redesign will mark the most notable change to the Mac mini since the Steve Jobs era, and come as part of "a broader overhaul of the Mac line with AI-focused chips."
While we've slept on the Mac mini for years, it all started to make sense with the arrival of the M2 model. "This PC is small, petite even, and a nice antidote to all those bulking tower PCs in my past," wrote our Ecom editor last year. "That portability could also come in handy for a freelancer wanting a computer to take out to pitch at places they know there will be a screen to plug into, or a student who might be moving around a bit in the coming years."
And it sounds like increased portability won't come at the cost of performance or versatility. The M4 chip is already incredibly powerful, and Gurman claims Apple has worked on designs with "at least" three USB-C ports and an HDMI output.
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