Following the iMac, Apple has introduced an updated Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chips, two USB-C ports on the front panel, and a Thunderbolt 5 port. The new product has also become more compact.

The new chassis is almost 13 cm smaller and offers a new cooling architecture through a diagonal stand on the bottom.

Apple Mac Mini M4

M4 has a 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU and up to 16 GB of RAM. M4 Pro has a 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU and up to 64 GB of RAM.

For Apple Inteligence, the new Mac mini has a 3x faster neural chip compared to the M1 Mac mini.

Apple Mac Mini M4

The Mac mini with M4 Pro has two USB-C ports on the front and three Thunderbolt 5 ports on the back. By the way, this is the first time the Thunderbolt 5 interface has appeared on a Mac. It provides data transfer speeds of up to 120 Gbps. The model with a regular M4 has only Thunderbolt 4.

The new Mac mini is already available for pre-order. The price starts at $599 for the minimum configuration and $1399 for the model with M4 Pro. Sales are scheduled to start on November 8, 2024.