Apple has updated the Mac Mini to include all Core Duo models. Other than the processor upgrade, there does not appear to be any differences between the previous Mac Mini and today's release, including pricing. The Mac Mini is available in two offerings:
1.66 GHz Mac Mini 60 GB 5400-rpm SATA Hard Drive Combo Drive $599 USD
1.83 GHz Mac Mini 80 GB 5400-rpm SATA Hard Drive Superdrive $799 USD
Both models feature: -2MB Shared L2 Cache -512 MB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM standard (up to 2 GB supported) -GMA 950 Integrated graphics -1 Firewire 400, 4 USB 2.0 -Optical Digital/Analog Audio In/Out -Gigabit ethernet -Airport Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR standard
The new Mac minis are available at the Apple Store. Of note, the Mac Mini still uses Core Duo (Yonah), not the more advanced Core 2 Duo "Merom" chip found in today's iMac announcements.
Apple's unusually timed announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The Information.
Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusually early, falling just before the anticipated arrival of new iPhone models. The...
Tuesday September 15, 2026 9:38 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
The first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's performance gains. The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm.
Here is how the M6 chip scored:
Single-core CPU score: 4,071
Multi-core CPU score: 22,783
Here are the average M5 chip scores for...
Tuesday August 25, 2026 6:11 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple today announced the next-generation Mac mini, which can be configured with an all-new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year.
The M6 chip is equipped with a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, up from a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU in the M5 chip. In addition, the M6 chip features the first-ever dual Neural Engine with two 16-core engines, up from one in previous chips. The M6 ...
