At just five by five inches, the Apple Mac mini is less than half the size of the previous Mac mini. The compact Mac mini has a small footprint in your workspace and its lightweight design makes it easy to move, mount, and rack. Now housing the powerful M4 10-Core chip, the Mac mini delivers up to 1.8x faster CPU performance and 2.2x faster GPU performance over the M1 model. Add 16GB of unified RAM, 256GB of storage, Wi-Fi 6E, and Thunderbolt 4, the Mac mini is a tiny powerhouse. The Mac mini also features Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that transforms the way you express yourself, all while protecting your privacy. As Apple’s first carbon neutral Mac, the Mac mini has seen over 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its materials, manufacturing, transportation, and customer use.
This Mac comes preloaded with macOS. Updates can be downloaded for free via the Mac App Store. Please check Apple’s website for upgrade eligibility. Also, please be aware that a keyboard and mouse are not included.
Apple Intelligence does all this while protecting users’ privacy at every step. At its core, is on-device processing, and for more complex tasks, Private Cloud Compute gives users access to Apple’s even larger, server-based models and offers groundbreaking protections for personal information. In addition, users can access ChatGPT for free without creating an account, and privacy protections are built in—their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI won’t store requests. For those who choose to connect their account, OpenAI’s data-use policies apply.
The Mac mini can simultaneously support up to three displays, two 6K 60 Hz displays over Thunderbolt 4 and a 4K 60 Hz display over HDMI. For higher resolutions, the Mac mini can support two displays, one 5K 60 Hz display over Thunderbolt and a 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz display over Thunderbolt or HDMI.
The Mac mini is made with over 50 percent recycled content overall, including 100 percent recycled aluminum in the enclosure, 100 percent recycled gold plating in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards, and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. Apple also used renewable energy to manufacture the Mac mini. Apple also invested in clean energy projects and prioritized lower-carbon modes of shipping, like ocean freight, to further reduce emissions from transportation. Together, these actions have reduced the carbon footprint of the Mac mini by over 80 percent. For the small amount of remaining emissions, Apple applies high-quality carbon credits from nature-based projects, like those generated by its innovative Restore Fund.
In another first for the Mac mini, the packaging is now entirely fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal to remove plastic from its packaging by 2025.