The review unit I received costs $1,299, as it increases the SSD size to 1TB and doubles the memory. For that money, you get an eight-core CPU, eight-core GPU, 256GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM. (It’s also worth noting that Apple was using the mini as its early Arm test unit for developers, so the company was already partway to a consumer product.)Īpple has dropped the starting price for the M1-powered Mac mini down to $699, which is $100 less than before.
Apple opened new possibilities for the mini with the big upgrade it got in 2018, and two years later, it’s one of the first three Macs to transition away from Intel processors and showcase the potential of Apple silicon and the M1 chip. Sure, most people go for the traditional experience and plug in a display, mouse, and keyboard - but you can also have it serve as a home theater PC, or put it to work with professional photo or audio editing, or turn a group of minis into a server farm.
While the Mac Pro and Mac Mini will continue to be sold, the 27-inch iMac appears to have been discontinued.The Mac mini has always been Apple’s most flexible desktop computer. The products are all up for preorder now and ship on March 18th.
The Mac Studio with M1 Max will start at $1,999, and M1 Ultra models will start at $3,999. Here, have some odds and ends from Apple’s presentation. Nano-texture glass is optional, as are various stands and mounting options. This display provides additional ports on its rear, including three USB-C ports and a Thunderbolt 4. The Studio Display has a 27-inch 5K screen that can reach 600 nits of brightness and also includes a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera. The Studio is compatible with Apple’s Studio Display, an external monitor that was also unveiled today. Apple says it’s “nearly” eight times faster than the M1, which powers the latest Mac Mini. It has a 20-core CPU with 16 high-performance cores and four efficiency cores, as well as a 64-core GPU and a 32-core neural engine. The M1 Ultra is a monstrous chip supporting up to 128GB of memory.
How to preorder Apple’s new Mac Studio and Studio Display That black! Image: Apple The M1 Ultra configuration purportedly has 3.8 times faster CPU performance than that 27-inch iMac and is up to 90 percent faster than the 16-core Mac Pro. Image: AppleĪpple claims that the Mac Studio with M1 Max will deliver 50 percent faster CPU performance than a Mac Pro with a 16-core Xeon and 2.5 times faster CPU performance than a 27-inch iMac with a 10-core Core i9.
The Mac Studio can support up to four Pro Display XDRs and a 4K TV, Apple says. The front includes two USB-C ports (10 Gbps on M1 Max systems, 40 Gbps/Thunderbolt 4 on M1 Ultra systems) and an SD card slot. The rear includes four Thunderbolt 4 ports as well as a 10Gb Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, an HDMI, and an audio jack. The chassis is 3.7 inches tall Apple claims it “fits perfectly under most displays” and will remain quiet under heavy workloads. It looks a bit similar to the Mac Mini, but Apple claims that the new device will be faster than even its top-of-the-line Mac Pro. The Mac Studio features both Apple’s M1 Max chip and a new, even more powerful processor, the M1 Ultra. Apple has announced the Mac Studio, a desktop system that looks like the Mac Mini on the outside but packs a lot more power on the inside.