The “week of Mac” bulletins kicked off yesterday with the M4 iMac and we’re now welcoming the brand new M4 Mac mini. It comes as a direct successor to final 12 months’s M2 Mac mini and is configurable with the brand-new Apple M4 Professional chip with as much as 64GB unified reminiscence.
The brand new Mac mini has a revamped “ultracompact design” that follows within the footsteps of the Mac Studio however with a a lot smaller footprint at simply 12.7cm (5 inches) per aspect. It’s a bit taller than the outgoing M2 Mac mini at 5cm, nevertheless it weighs simply 670 grams for the M4 mannequin and 730 grams for the M4 Professional model.
I/O contains 2x USB-C ports on the entrance alongside a headphone jack, whereas the again homes 3x Thunderbolt ports (Thunderbolt 4 on the M4 mannequin, Thunderbolt 5 on the M4 Professional), 1x HDMI, 1x Gigabit Ethernet port (10Gb is an non-compulsory improve) and power-in. You additionally get Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 wi-fi connectivity.
I/O on the Mac mini M4
The brand new Mac mini will probably be accessible with the beforehand introduced M4 chip and a extra succesful M4 Professional.
M4 Professional is available in two configurations – a 12-core CPU and 16-core GPU on the bottom spec and a 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU on the higher-end trim, which is a $200 improve. The usual M4 chip affords 10 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores.
The brand new Mac mini is configurable with as much as 64GB of unified reminiscence and as much as 8TB of storage for the higher-end M4 Professional trim. It ships with macOS Sequoia and helps Apple Intelligence.
The brand new Mac mini begins at $599 for the M4 model with 16GB reminiscence and 256GB storage and is on the market for pre-order from Apple. There’s 512GB storage model for $799 and a 24GB/512GB trim for $999.
New Mac mini configurations
The M4 Professional Mac mini begins at $1,399 and options 24GB of unified reminiscence and 512GB of storage. Delivers are scheduled to start on November 8.