Rumor mill: Rumors have indicated for a while now that a number of new Mac fashions are on the way in which this 12 months, amongst them an M2-powered Mac Mini. It did not seem at Apple’s occasion in early March, however one developer has discovered attainable indicators of it within the firm’s latest desktop mannequin.
Instead of a brand new Mac Mini, Apple used its March occasion to unveil the Mac Studio, which appears like a souped-up Mac Mini. This week, developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted he’d discovered indicators of a brand new Mini within the Studio’s firmware.
The firmware mentions one as-of-yet unknown machine as “Macmini10,1,” indicating a brand new era Mac Mini primarily based on mannequin identifiers for the sequence. The 2020 Mac Mini M1’s firmware code was “Macmini9,1,” and the ultimate 2018 Intel mannequin was “Macmini8,1.”
You know what, I’m gonna revise that guess earlier than it will get baked in. Macmini10,x with each M1 Pro and M1 Max
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 12, 2022
Last February, rumors emerged of an M2 Mac Mini accompanying a brand new MacE-book Air, MacE-book Pro, and that iMac. Troughton-Smith initially suspected the Macmini10,1 might be an M2 model however modified his prediction to M1 Pro and M1 Max fashions.
Critics reward the M1 Mac Mini for its quick, cool, and quiet efficiency. However, its weaknesses included too few USB-C ports and decrease than fascinating storage and reminiscence capability, the latter of which is not upgradable. It stays to be seen whether or not the subsequent Mac Mini will tackle these areas.
