Watch: Apple Reveals Redesigned Mac Mini with M4 Chip
- Apple’s tiniest powerhouse yet is here – and it's packing serious muscle.
- Want a mini desktop that’s six times faster than the top PC in its class?
- The new Mac Mini is now ready for pre-order with an eye-catching $599 starting price.
In a short, high-impact video released on YouTube today, Apple showcased its new Mac Mini, a “miniaturized powerhouse” that packs major performance into a compact design.
This 12-minute reveal dives into the Mac Mini’s refreshed features, including a sleeker form factor, front-facing USB-C ports, and a choice between the M4 and M4 Pro chip options.
Photo via Apple Inc. // Apple's new M4 Mac mini, announced October 2024.
Key Features of the New Mac Mini
- Size and Design: Measuring just five inches in both length and width, Apple’s senior vice president of engineering, John Ternus, highlighted the Mac Mini’s “even more mini” form. This compact frame doesn’t compromise power, offering a blend of sleekness and portability.
- Chip Options: Apple’s M4 and M4 Pro chips are at the heart of this redesign, with the M4 Pro delivering up to 14 CPU cores and 20 GPU cores. According to Tim Millet, Apple’s VP of platform architecture, this upgrade makes the M4 Pro 1.6 times faster than the M2 Pro, adding “serious computing muscle” to the small device.
- Performance Boosts: As Shloka Kini, the Mac Mini product manager, describes, this device delivers “a big boost in performance in an incredibly small design.” Kini claims that it’s six times faster than the top-selling PC within its price range, despite being 1/20th of the size — a statement that speaks to Apple’s ambitious engineering.
- Memory and Pricing: The base model with 16GB of RAM and the M4 chip starts at $599, while the high-performance M4 Pro version starts at $1,399.
"Even more mini," Ternus states as he unveils the new compact powerhouse. “A big boost in performance in an incredibly small design,” adds Kini, underscoring Apple’s design philosophy that bigger doesn’t always mean better.
Photo via Apple Inc. // The featureset of Apple's 2024 M4 Mac mini.
Apple Intelligence and Enhanced Siri
This announcement also teased updates across Apple’s Mac lineup, including enhanced Siri capabilities and new AI-powered writing tools — what Apple is branding as part of its evolving “Apple Intelligence” suite. These tools are set to offer a more responsive user experience across macOS devices, giving users a glimpse of Apple’s vision for AI integration.
Availability
The new Mac Mini is available for pre-order today in the U.S. and other select regions, with shipping beginning Friday, November 8. With pricing starting at $599 for the M4 model and going up to $1,399 for the M4 Pro, Apple is making a bid for both casual and professional users looking for a compact, high-powered desktop solution.
For more on the Mac Mini and Apple’s latest announcements, check out the video on Apple’s website or YouTube.
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