1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,840 First, we had in-person clean-outs. 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:15,540 Then we got our plus-long infomercials. But now, a whole week devoted to Mac announcements, including a complete redesign of the Mac 3 00:00:15,540 --> 00:00:22,080 Mini. It is very cute, but that isn't even the most exciting thing we get. 4 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,840 So let's look at what they announced, because while the Mac Mini might be smaller, the rest 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:33,080 of the lineup got a whole lot more capable for the money. 6 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,400 Almost two years ago, we did a whole video about the value of the Mac Mini, saying that 7 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,720 it's very hard to get a computer that capable for the money. 8 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:48,840 This new Mac Mini is arguably an even better deal. On the Tuesday of Apple's exciting week of announcements, Apple shrunk the Mac Mini down 9 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:55,720 to a 5-inch square 1.5-pound package, seemingly the size of a typical Thunderbolt dock if 10 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,160 the power supply is built in, which it is on the Mac. 11 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,600 It is proportionally taller than the tired previous design, part of that height is from 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,760 the distance off the table, which allows for better airflow. 13 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,360 It's definitely an impressively densely-packed machine built for Apple Silicon from the 14 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,320 ground up, in contrast to the previous model which reused a chassis that was designed for 15 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:20,880 Intel chips and optical drives. It appears that Apple has finally pulled the plug on USB-A, as the Mac Mini no longer 16 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:27,160 has them. Now there's Ethernet, HDMI, 3 Thunderbolt at the back, and at the front, a handy pair 17 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:34,000 of USB ports beside a headphone jack. I'll be honest, part of me worries that the Mac Mini is almost too small. 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,160 Apple showed examples of how people could use all that IO on their desk, and because 19 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:43,560 the computer is so small, it could get buried or pulled around by the weight of the peripherals. 20 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,080 As someone who loves a bit of design, it's perhaps a bit sad that the Mac Mini isn't losing its presence on the desk. 21 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,520 That's why I love the iMac so much. Speaking of, on Monday it got new colors. 22 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:57,400 They are a little more saturated this time around, closer to the candy palette of Skittles. 23 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:02,480 I like the previous colors, and I like these ones too. Apple has also pulled the plug on Lightning. 24 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,040 Yes, it's peripherals now charged with USB-C, and yes, you still have to flip over the Magic 25 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:13,120 Mouse to do so. It also gets a new 12-megapixel center-stage camera, as well as a nano-texture display 26 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:19,720 option, both of which are included in the new MacBook Pro. There's not much more on the MacBook Pro side, other than the fact that the base M model 27 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,320 gets an extra Thunderbolt port and the Space Black option. 28 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,960 Just joking, the most exciting thing in Anx applies to all Macs. 29 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,960 I am pleased to finally report that every Mac sold from Apple from now on comes with 30 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:38,240 a standard 16GB of memory. 31 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,520 You can cheer. Yes, even the $1,000 M2 MacBook Air. 32 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,760 This is a big deal, because as I've noted for the past few years, 8GB severely limits 33 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:52,720 what you can do with your Mac. You won't even run some benchmarks, and it would be weird if you could buy a Mac that 34 00:02:52,720 --> 00:03:00,000 has less RAM than an iPhone 16. I thought the higher-end M3 chips last year to be a bit lame, with the M3 Pro's performance 35 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,160 cores and memory bandwidth being compromised. 36 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,840 This M4 generation looks a lot more like the original M1. 37 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,160 Apple's humorous graphs showed numbers between 2 and 3 times faster. 38 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,760 While the typical M4 gets two more efficiency cores over the previous generation, and M4 39 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,720 Mac's core counts are unchanged, the M4 Pro gets 8 performance cores in the base skew 40 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:27,720 instead of 5 last year. I'm very excited to see the M4 Pro get the CPU power it observes, making it the value 41 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,460 king in my opinion. I'm also relieved to see that the base M4 chips can now support 3 displays. 42 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:39,120 This means that even the entry-level MacBook Pro can support 2 displays plus its own, finally. 43 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:44,800 So where can you get all these chips? The M4 is available on the iMac, Mac Mini, and 14-inch MacBook Pro. 44 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,920 The M4 Pro is available on the Mac Mini and MacBook Pros in both sizes, while the latter 45 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,680 only gets the M4 Macs until the Mac Studio gets updated if it gets updated. 46 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,840 It better get updated. Oh yeah, I guess that's also the last device to have USB-A, isn't it? 47 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Now prices are largely the same in the lineup, so at $600, the Mac Mini looks to be incredible 48 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:11,240 value. Even with the standard memory increase, RAM upgrade prices are still the same at $200 49 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:20,520 per 8GB. Which tiers remain the same, too, with only 256GB standard on the iMac and M4 Mac minis. 50 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:25,960 I am concerned that this could become another unupdatable 8GB iPhone 5C situation, but the 51 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:32,080 benefit with desktops is that they don't move, so external storage is an option. 52 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,600 Every day in these announcements, Apple devoted a section to Apple Intelligence, the first 53 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,680 phase of which was pushed out this week. I do intend to cover Apple Intelligence by the way, but this rollout is quite gradual 54 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,560 and so I'd like some time to see how some of these more useful features integrate in 55 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:51,560 my life as they roll out. Historically, Apple was very good at producing narratives to demonstrate their products in 56 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:57,280 a holistic and integrated way. But with Apple Intelligence, it feels like a list of features being rattled off, and 57 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:02,600 after every announcement I'm left asking, what can I do? 58 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,720 This week was an interesting new way to do these announcements. 59 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,800 Each day's video was about 10 minutes long, so lumping it all together in one announcement 60 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:15,400 would be too short. But there might be a greater advertising strategy to this too. 61 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,800 This week, while browsing my own personal YouTube, the iMac announcement was served 62 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,120 to me as a pre-roll ad, which of course I skipped. 63 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,160 Already sawed. Oh yeah, and that reminds me. 64 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,440 What do you think about that effortless power ad at the end of the MacBook announcement? 65 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,920 I'm not sure. That was a little cheesy. 66 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,520 Thanks for taking forever to give this Mac Address enough memory. 67 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:44,520 Yeah, comment below what you think of that ad. And if you want to see another video we've done, since we're talking about desktops, 68 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:48,400 why not watch the one where I review a Mac Studio on the beach?