Apple could also be testing an M3 Mac Mini

Apple might have a Mac Mini powered by its new M3 chip within the works for 2024, in accordance with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Energy On

Gurman says the corporate is testing an eight-core CPU and a 10-core GPU Mac with 24GB RAM that’s operating macOS Sonoma 14.1. These specs are just like the bottom mannequin M2 Mac Mini, aside from the reminiscence put in — to date, entry-level Apple silicon Macs have began at 8GB RAM. (I wouldn’t learn something into that although; it might be very stunning if Apple jumped to 24GB for the bottom mannequin.)

Gurman factors out that in Apple’s earnings name, the corporate mentioned it anticipated a double-digit decline in Mac income within the fourth quarter of this 12 months, and Gurman reiterates that he doesn’t anticipate any M3-powered Macs to return earlier than the primary fiscal quarter of 2024 begins in October.

That brings the whole anticipated M3 Macs as much as six and covers the entire firm’s main desktops and laptops, together with the iMac, which is anticipated to see its first refresh since 2021 quickly. Unsurprisingly, Gurman doesn’t but appear to anticipate M3 variations of the Mac Studio and Mac Professional, each of which solely made the bounce to Apple’s M2 silicon this 12 months at WWDC. In the event you haven’t but, take a look at our opinions for the 2023 Mac Studio and 2023 Mac Professional.