Apple Silicon
More Proof That the Mac mini Pro is Coming Soon
The new Mac will provide a natural upgrade path from the current Mac mini.
Back in early November, before the first M1 Macs were released, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman issued a report that included information about a half-sized Mac Pro:
Apple engineers are currently developing a new Mac Pro that looks like the current design at about half the size. It’s unclear if that Mac will replace the current Mac Pro or if it’s an additional model. Apple’s chip designs could help the company reduce the size of its computers due to increased power efficiency, but the current Mac Pro is large, in part, to fit components like additional storage drives and graphics chips.
This rumor struck me as odd due to the fact that it took Apple six years to replace the “trash can” Mac Pro. It seems highly unlikely that Apple is redesigning the new Mac Pro after only one year. And it seems even less likely that they are expanding the Mac Pro line with a second model. There’s barely enough of a market for a single Mac Pro model or Apple wouldn’t have all but abandoned their flagship Mac for half a decade.
I wrote up my thoughts on Bloomberg’s report in Get Ready for the Mac mini Pro, arguing that it is much more likely that…
