WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.840 First, we had in-person clean-outs. 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 00:00:15.540 --> 00:00:22.080 Mini. It is very cute, but that isn't even the most exciting thing we get. 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 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:33.080 of the lineup got a whole lot more capable for the money. 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 00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:41.720 it's very hard to get a computer that capable for the money. 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 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 00:00:55.800 --> 00:00:59.160 the power supply is built in, which it is on the Mac. 00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:03.600 It is proportionally taller than the tired previous design, part of that height is from 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.760 the distance off the table, which allows for better airflow. 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.360 It's definitely an impressively densely-packed machine built for Apple Silicon from the 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:14.320 ground up, in contrast to the previous model which reused a chassis that was designed for 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 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 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. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.160 Apple showed examples of how people could use all that IO on their desk, and because 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. 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. 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. 00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:57.400 They are a little more saturated this time around, closer to the candy palette of Skittles. 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. 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 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 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 00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:23.320 gets an extra Thunderbolt port and the Space Black option. 00:02:23.320 --> 00:02:26.960 Just joking, the most exciting thing in Anx applies to all Macs. 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 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:38.240 a standard 16GB of memory. 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.520 You can cheer. Yes, even the $1,000 M2 MacBook Air. 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 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 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 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:03.160 cores and memory bandwidth being compromised. 00:03:03.160 --> 00:03:06.840 This M4 generation looks a lot more like the original M1. 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.160 Apple's humorous graphs showed numbers between 2 and 3 times faster. 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:15.760 While the typical M4 gets two more efficiency cores over the previous generation, and M4 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:54.680 only gets the M4 Macs until the Mac Studio gets updated if it gets updated. 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? 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 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:11.240 value. Even with the standard memory increase, RAM upgrade prices are still the same at $200 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. 00:04:20.520 --> 00:04:25.960 I am concerned that this could become another unupdatable 8GB iPhone 5C situation, but the 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:32.080 benefit with desktops is that they don't move, so external storage is an option. 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:35.600 Every day in these announcements, Apple devoted a section to Apple Intelligence, the first 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 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 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 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 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:02.600 after every announcement I'm left asking, what can I do? 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.720 This week was an interesting new way to do these announcements. 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 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.400 would be too short. But there might be a greater advertising strategy to this too. 00:05:15.400 --> 00:05:18.800 This week, while browsing my own personal YouTube, the iMac announcement was served 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.120 to me as a pre-roll ad, which of course I skipped. 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.160 Already sawed. Oh yeah, and that reminds me. 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.440 What do you think about that effortless power ad at the end of the MacBook announcement? 00:05:29.440 --> 00:05:34.920 I'm not sure. That was a little cheesy. 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.520 Thanks for taking forever to give this Mac Address enough memory. 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, 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:48.400 why not watch the one where I review a Mac Studio on the beach?