New Mac mini leak suggests rumors were right: Apple’s revamped PC is smaller, has M4 and M4 Pro CPUs – and there’s a welcome surprise when it comes to memory

Apple’s Mac mini pinch M4 processor could good beryllium revealed later coming – aliases possibly tomorrow – but Amazon has already spilled nan specifications connected nan revamped compact PC.

MacRumors picked up connected Amazon US accidentally listing nan Mac mini M4, showing that conscionable arsenic rumored, it will travel pinch a prime of nan M4 and M4 Pro CPUs – pinch nan top-end spot offering 14-cores (paired pinch a 20-core GPU).

Notably, alternatively than a maximum of 32GB of RAM arsenic is nan lawsuit pinch nan Mac mini currently, nan M4 rotation connected nan PC tin beryllium loaded up pinch 64GB – assuming these merchandise specifications are connected nan money successful each these respects, of course.

Storage, however, will stay nan aforesaid pinch nan caller Mac Mini, pinch a apical capacity of 8TB for those who request plentifulness of thrust space.

Accompanying nan spec specifications is simply a mini image and arsenic MacRumors notes, it’s very blurry, but appears to corroborate that location will beryllium 2 USB-C ports connected nan beforehand of nan device. If nan rumors are right, those could beryllium complemented by 3 USB-C connectors connected nan rear for immoderate models, pinch a expansive full of 5 ports successful theory.

Another awesome thread from nan rumor mill regarding nan Mac mini M4 is that nan caller exemplary will beryllium a bully woody much portable than nan existent offering, and based connected nan comparative pics shown by Amazon, this appears to beryllium nan case. The Mac mini is apparently group to beryllium metallic only, pinch nary different colour options.

There’s besides what looks for illustration it mightiness conscionable beryllium a headphone jack connected nan beforehand of nan PC, though it’s difficult to make it retired precisely (and could conscionable beryllium a powerfulness button, aliases indicator, even).

Analysis: Mac mini successful nan middle?

Yesterday saw nan big uncover of nan iMac 24-inch (and immoderate controversy astir nan Magic Mouse that’ll beryllium bundled pinch nan all-in-one), arsenic nan first of Apple’s M4 Macs for this week of announcements we’ve already been primed for.

As we observed yesterday, we reckon nan MacBook Pro M4 was either coming first, aliases being saved for last, and truthful fixed that nan iMac was pushed retired initially, we’re expecting nan laptop tomorrow – truthful nan Mac mini today. Amazon pulling nan trigger a time early connected nan merchandise specifications makes consciousness successful this light, too, successful that nan caller Mac mini is virtually astir to beryllium launched – each successful mentation of course.

We don’t cognize that for sure, and neither tin we return nan specs aired for granted either – though it seems improbable a retailer pinch nan clout of Amazon would get things wrong.

It seems the rumors astir nan Mac mini M4 were beautiful overmuch bang on, astatine immoderate rate, and astir of this is speculation we’ve already heard, prevention for nan upping of nan RAM to 64GB (and nan evident confirmation of nan top-end CPU configuration). It seems a beefy and potent – yet nicely compact – machine is astir to arrive, and nan Mac mini M4 is simply a merchandise a batch of folks are looking guardant to.

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