There's definitely a long-time rumor that a more powerful Apple Silicon Mac mini is in the works. It was expected to come out with the macbooks, but it didn't:

There's definitely a long-time rumor that a more powerful Apple Silicon Mac mini is in the works. It was expected to come out with the macbooks, but it didn't: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/22/gurman-high-end-mac-mini-this-fall/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/22/gurman-high-end-mac-min...