A revamped version of the Mac mini is planned
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With Apple this week putting its new M1 Pro and Max processors inside the MacBook Pro, Mac fans are left with one big question: when is the promised ‘Mac mini Pro’ going to arrive?
Back in May, Bloomberg’s renowned Apple Watcher, Mark Gurman, reported that a revamped Mac mini was among the models that Apple was planning to launch. Gurman – who got all the key details of this week’s MacBook Pro launch right – even went as far as putting a model number (J374) on the new Mac mini, suggesting this was no idle speculation.
The new Mac mini is not intended to replace the M1 versions of the desktop that were launched last November. Gurman reported this new model will sit above the current entry-level Mac mini and use the same processors as the newly launched MacBook Pro. Although he didn’t put a name on it, the ‘Mac mini Pro’ would certainly make sense and help to distinguish it from the…