A Bloomberg report claims that the next model of the Apple Silicon Mac mini with an M1X chip, expected to be released by the end of October 2021 could mean the end of Intel-powered Mac mini desktop computers.
It is expected as well as new iPhones and iPads, Apple will announce several new Mac computers including new 14-inch and 16-inch Macbook Pro laptops as well as a new M1X powered Mac mini.
In the latest Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman claims a new Mac mini with an M1X chip is on the way and will complete the transition for the Mac mini range to Apple Silicon and so eliminate the need for an Intel model completely.
“Last fall, as part of its trio of initial Macs to transition over to Apple Silicon chips, the company updated the older Mac mini design with the M1 processor. The Mac mini is used for more basic tasks like video streaming, but many people use it as a software development machine, as a server or for their video editing needs. Apple knows that, so it kept the Intel model around. Well, expect that to go away in the next several months with a high-end, M1X Mac mini. It will have an updated design and more ports than the current model.”
The line “an updated design and more ports than the current model” ties in with rumours from Apple leaker Jon Prosser, which we reported back in May 2012 in our article Is This The High-End Mac Mini Studio Owners Are Hoping For? which suggests the new M1X Mac mini will have 2 more Thunderbolt ports and so mean that its I/O would be similar to the existing Intel-based Mac minis.
Jon Prosser also suggests that the new Mac mini with an M1X chip will feature a plexiglass lid and magnetic power cable, but that the SD Card slot will be missing from the planned M1X Mac mini.
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A Bloomberg report claims that the next model of the Apple Silicon Mac mini with an M1X chip, expected to be released by the end of October 2021 could mean the end of Intel-powered Mac mini desktop computers.
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Mike Thornton has been involved in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 45 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-1990s recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project. He was the co-founder of Pro Tools Expert and has now retired and has taken up the role of Chairman of Production Expert Ltd.