A high-end Mac Mini with ‘Plexiglass’ on top and thinner design could be in the works

The new high-end Mac Mini could feature Apple’s M1X or M2 chipset, which many believe will be announced at the company’s high-anticipated WWDC developer event next month. The soon-to-be-announced processor will have a 10-core CPU that features eight high-performance cores and two energy-efficient cores, along with 16-core or 32-core GPU options and support for up to 64GB RAM.

The rumoured all-new Mac Mini. (Image credit: Front Page Tech/YouTube)

The Mac Mini holds a special place in the Mac lineup. Since the very beginning, Apple has pitched the Mac Mini as a small, portable but powerful desktop computer aimed at average consumers. When Apple introduced the Mac Mini in 2005, the device was advertised as “B.Y.O.D.K.M : bring your own display, keyboard, and mouse”.

Last year, Apple introduced the M1 Mac Mini, its first Mac with Apple’s very first System-on-chip. At Rs 64,900, the Mac Mini is the most affordable device to experience the prowess of the M1 chip. While the M1 Mac Mini is a powerful machine, its memory is capped at 16GB and there is no way to use external graphics cards (eGPUs). Evidently, the rumoured high-end Mac Mini will replace the Intel-based Mac Mini which Apple still sells in the market. That means the current M1 Mac Mini will continue to sell in the market.