The last week, 9to5Mac announced that Apple is working on the MacStudio, a new family of computers. Its objective would be to meet the needs of those professionals who, while looking for better performance than the Mac mini offers, do not want to lose the compact size. Today, a few hours before the “Peek Performance” keynote, some mac studio renders.
Before continuing, it is important to note that the leak comes from Luke Myania youtuber whose history of leaking about Apple hasn’t always been spot on. Therefore, you have to take your material with tweezers and wait for an official statement from the company. Once the previous point has been clarified, we can proceed to analyze the images.
It was previously reported that the Mac Studio will have a design similar to the new Mac mini. The Miani renders follow that line, but to a point. Although the form factor is inspired by the next generation of the Mac mini, which will presumably see the light of day tomorrow, its dimensions at the top increase considerably. According to him youtuber, the Mac Studio is about 10 centimeters tall (4 inches), approx.
The Mac Studio’s chassis would be anodized aluminum, while the top would have a white glossy finish. Is it familiar to you? Yes, it is very similar to the renders of the new Mac mini that Jon Prosser shared months ago. Also, it is observed a LED indicator and several vents at the bottom to allow airflow. Miani says that this computer will integrate more ports than the Mac minieven though your renders don’t show them.
The report of 9to5Mac It stated that Apple is testing two variants of Mac Studio. The first, with chip M1Max which we currently find in the MacBook Pro. The other, however, would have a more powerful version of the same SoC.
“The new Mac Studio is based primarily on the Mac mini, but with much more powerful hardware. Apple has two versions of the Mac Studio in development. One features the M1 Max chip (same as the 2021 MacBook Pro) and the other a variant of the Apple Silicon chip that is even more powerful than the current M1 Max.”
At the moment, yes, there is no information about the price. Apple would intend to place the Mac Studio as a intermediate proposal between the Mac mini and the new Mac Pro. The latter will sooner or later become more compact because it will embrace Apple Silicon chips. Therefore, we can expect the cost to be situated between the mentioned computers as well.
When will it see the light? At this time it is difficult to promise dates. Mark Gurman, one of the most reliable sources when it comes to future Apple products, advance that we could see a surprise in the keynote. This, of course, would have nothing to do with the announcements of the new iPhone SE 2022, iPad Air and the basic version of the 13″ MacBook Pro.
Gurman indicates that it could be a new computer with Apple Silicon chips and even the much rumored display, which would be a more basic option compared to the Pro Display XDR. Miani himself also shared some images of the monitor, and stated that it will be presented tomorrow along with Mac Studio. Again, let’s take the information in stride.
The keynote “Peek Performance” will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00 p.m. 19:00 from Spain and 12:00 from Mexico. Of course, in hypertextual We will have all the coverage of the event. Tomorrow we may meet the Mac Studio and the monitor we’ve talked about so much in recent years.