Apple is reportedly engaged on a brand new Mac mini mannequin, in response to particulars noticed by a developer within the firmware of the just lately launched Apple Studio Show. The corporate launched the primary Apple Silicon powered Mac mini in 2020, and the purported successor to the M1 Mac mini is tipped to characteristic the M1 Professional and M1 Max processors — or a brand new processor, dubbed the M2 chip. Apple, which is getting ready to host its annual WWDC convention in June, is but to formally reveal any particulars of plans to launch new Mac fashions or their specs.
References to a brand new Mac mini mannequin had been first noticed by developer Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) within the firmware that ships with the brand new 27-inch Apple Studio Show that made its debut at Apple’s Spring Launch occasion in March. The Apple Studio Show firmware comprises references to a “Macmini10,1” which reportedly refers to a brand new mannequin or era, in response to the developer.
what, I am gonna revise that guess earlier than it will get baked in. Macmini10,x with each M1 Professional and M1 Max
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 12, 2022
Whereas the developer acknowledged that the purported successor to the M1 Mac mini may characteristic a brand new M2 chip beneath the hood, he later tweeted that the upcoming era may sport M1 Professional or M1 Max processors, that are discovered on the corporate’s 2021 MacBook Professional fashions. As beforehand talked about, the Cupertino firm is but to announce any plans to launch a brand new Mac mini mannequin, or what specs it would characteristic.
Apple has scheduled its annual Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC) occasion for June 6. Whereas it’s anticipated to make bulletins associated to software program — together with iOS 16 (codenamed Sydney), watchOS 9 (Kincaid), macOS 13 (Rome), and tvOS 16 (Paris), it’s value noting that the corporate additionally introduced its first era of Apple Silicon at WWDC 2020.
In the meantime, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman just lately revealed in his Energy On publication that Apple may announce two new Mac fashions at its upcoming WWDC occasion. The corporate is engaged on two new Mac fashions that would launch “across the center of the 12 months or early within the second half”, in response to Gurman, who provides that Apple is engaged on a brand new MacBook Air mannequin, together with an up to date Mac mini, 24-inch Mac, and a brand new low-end MacBook Professional mannequin.
