Me too. 4 Thunderbolt 4 connectors, HDMI 2.1, 10GB ethernet, M3 Max chip, and my rocket car (Simpsons) would be all I ever need.
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Mac mini M3 - Looks good in black
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It might be the old one. That room is a set. My guess is if it is indeed an Intel one it’s being used as the controller for that equipment instead of a windows based thin client.
I do hope a black mini comes out though!
Are they "sets", you think?
Ah, needing a Windows machine to work industrial test equipment makes sense. Looks like wires are going to the opening underneath. ...on count of connection support? Would it not be easier to wheel an Intel MacPro in with PCIe ports and the like?
The rooms may get some use, but I’d bet that their actual labs are much larger.
When I worked at ESPN there were rooms that technically were break rooms (you see them in some of the funny commercials) but weren’t actively in use other than filming.
I would imagine Apple has a few of these set up just for filming these and their WWDC/internal videos.
As for that particular device, you’ll notice the whole thing is on a tray. So it makes more sense for that entire setup to be moved like that instead of hooking it up to a Mac Pro.
You do know that Jon Ive no longer works at apple, going on near 5 years right?
But nice catch on the black Mini, I suspect they weren't able to get enough chips from TSMC for the mini to be released.
now I will 100% be waiting for a mini update for my next upgrade
Apple didnt put the Max in the mini only the Pro series M chips.. You will have to buy a Studio for MAX.
No worries. I haven't seen those. Apple's device colors are definitely color changing chameleons in different lighting environments.
It could be a 2018. Believe it or not, discontinued computers can continue to serve a useful purpose – even for Apple.
edit: I just realized it's not even plugged in, that's a little odd though.
edit: I just realized it's not even plugged in, that's a little odd though.
That’s what made me think it’s a test model. Wires look like they’re running from the test bench into the bottom of the Mac, and yeah it’s not plugged in.
edit: angle could be weird for my wires hypothesis.
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They're obviously sets, and there was a halloween color theme. There was an orange 5 color 1999 iMac in the background of one of the shots. Why would they leave their computers logged in, paused mid working, with convenient black w/ orange highlight hardware all over the room?
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Or, you know, you could be flat wrong and it is indeed a new colour option for the Mac mini, plugged into an Arm development rig. 🤫
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On the Apple refurb site, the laptop highlighted at the top of the screen is a gold 12" MacBook.
They haven't sold this model at the refurb store in years.
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They haven't sold this model at the refurb store in years.
I will upgrade my 2018 i7 eventually, but not to a M3 Pro MM. The monkey wrench they threw in on the M3 Pro version compared to the M3 or M3 Max just makes no sense. I will wait and see if they clean this up first.
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