Don’t expect the Mac mini M3, Artificial Intelligence doesn’t want it

Artificial Intelligence seems to have dictated a strategic choice to Apple: no Mac mini with M3 chip but an immediate version with M4. We are not talking about one of those slightly science fiction and surreal decisions where a “big brain” processes data and presents us with his choices, but about something much more practical which we feared a few days ago here at Macitynet while scrolling and cross-referencing various indiscretions.

The Mac mini with M3 processor would not make sense in light of the market prospects of AI and the efforts that Apple is making to chase the train, putting it at the center of its roadmap.

Mark Gurman talks about the topic in his “Power On” newsletter, which explains that we won’t see the Mac mini with the M3 processor, even though the last update of the mini dates back to January 2023.

The fact that in Mac roadmap with M4 chipApple does not put a Mac mini with M3 processor would not be an absolute novelty. The iMac M2, for example, never existed. The reasons for the choice are a little less obvious: it would not be a reasoned choice but to an accident along the way.

As we mentioned the M3 processor provides very modest performance increases compared to the M2 especially on the basic version; plus now Apple is behind in the AI ​​race need to accelerate the launch of M4 which will be a processor based on the need to make Apple competitive in the field of artificial intelligence.

It would be absurd to pursue this goal with operating systems and services, which we can expect to arrive at the end of the year, launching a machine today that would become a burden for the prospects of the immediate future.

Hence the decision to accelerate the launch of M4 And M4 Proand to introduce the Mac mini will arrive later this year.