2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test

Re:2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test by Tagbert on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:52AM (#25125155)

The 12” MacBook could not be updated to newer Intel chipsets due to thermal issues. The single port was also a limitation. Once Apple upgraded the Air to retina, a large part of the market for the 12” was lost. They were too close to each other and cross-competed except for the super portable use cases which was not large enough.

This model of Air is obviously a transition product with new guts in an old shell. I suspect that as Apple introduce fully redesigned, second generation Apple Silicon products, you might see something that is closer to the 12” MacBook.

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Re:2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:26PM (#25127525)

I'm also hoping for thinner bezels as the current models' ones are just huge compared to Dell's XPS line for example. It's slowly becoming obvious that the design has barely changed since 2016 or so. The 16" model was a step in the right direction, but it's still not even close to what Dell is delivering.

It'd be amazing if they managed to squeeze a 13" screen into the old 12" form factor - you'd still get great battery life thanks to the M1.

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Re:2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test by snowwrestler on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:56PM (#25127996)

It seems like Apple is capable of it—look at the bezels on a new iPhone or iPad. But it would certainly require a whole new shell, which probably takes a while for Apple to design and ramp up because of all the machining involved.

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