The new Mac mini is the kind of Mac upgrade Apple has done a million times.
The M4 Mac mini was a great general-purpose desktop computer and one of the best values Apple had ever offered in a desktop Mac.
Note that this review is specifically for the M6 version of the Mac mini.
All Mac minis have two 10 Gbps USB-C ports and a headphone jack on the front, and a 2.5 Gbps or 10 Gbps Ethernet port and HDMI port on the back.
A “Dual 16-core Neural Engine” also bumps the number of Neural Engine cores from 16 to 32.
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The new Mac mini is the kind of Mac upgrade Apple has done a million times.
The new Mac mini starts at $899 for a version with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, a $300 increase for the same memory and storage specs you could get in the $599 M4 Mac mini in 2024.
The M4 Mac mini was a great general-purpose desktop computer and one of the best values Apple had ever offered in a desktop Mac. The M6 Mac mini is only one of those things.
Note that this review is specifically for the M6 version of the Mac mini.
The M4 Mac minis gave the computers their first full redesigns in nearly 15 years, so it’s not too surprising that the new Mac minis don’t change anything. Compared to the older Intel and M1/M2-era versions, they’re taller, but they have a smaller 5×5-inch footprint. The system is actively cooled, with a fan vent on the bottom to make sure that whatever chip is inside can run at high sustained clock speeds.
All Mac minis have two 10 Gbps USB-C ports and a headphone jack on the front, and a 2.5 Gbps or 10 Gbps Ethernet port and HDMI port on the back.
Apple’s first M6-series chip is making its debut in the humble Mac mini, and the chip looks like the biggest upgrade Apple’s lower-end chip has gotten since the M4 generation added extra efficiency cores.
A “Dual 16-core Neural Engine” also bumps the number of Neural Engine cores from 16 to 32.
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