Of course, what we really want to talk about is the Mac Mini's components. At just 2.6 pounds, it's easily portable, and at 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches in size, it can easily sit on top of your desk without being obtrusive. Though this new Mac Mini M1 is vastly different under the hood than its predecessor, it retains the same small, lightweight, slim design of the Mac Mini line. Multiple ports, including two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, two USB-A ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, an HDMI 2.0 port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.16-core neural engine capable of 11 trillion calculations per second.In the video above by Karl Conrad, you can get a quick visual overview of the Mac Mini.įor our purposes, let's begin by discussing a few of the major specs that the Mac Mini M1 has to offer: That's where this first impressions review comes in. Nevertheless, before you plunk down hundreds of dollars on the new Apple Mac Mini M1, you should take a critical look at what it has to offer you in terms of bang for your buck. Well, now that the first spate of Macs with the Apple M1 chip have been released, it seems that all the hype was well worth it. It was big news when Apple told the world they would begin making their own chips.
