What to expect from an update to Apple’s entry-level desktop system.
Though it was last updated in 2020 with Apple’s original M1 chip, we didn’t get a new Mac Mini announcement in March as hoped. Instead, we got the Mac Studio, a higher-end and bigger model with a doubled version of the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips found in the company’s latest MacBook Pros. Unless Apple wants to get out of sub-$1,000 desktops — which I doubt because the Mac Studio starts at $1,999 — we’re bound to see a new Mac Mini. It’s just a matter of when we’ll see it and what will be new. At the moment, though, the news is pretty thin.
When will the new Mac Mini be announced?
The latest in March from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who’s usually pretty accurate, is that the Mac Mini will slip from this year to 2023.
Given that on the inside the Mac Mini is usually a desktop version of the MacBook Air, we’d expect them to launch around the same time as each other. And the Air is also expected for 2023.
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