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Keep in mind the only devices with M1 Pro/Max CPUs are currently battery-powered laptops (which in itself is quite a strange inversion!) Probably the "high pow

Keep in mind the only devices with M1 Pro/Max CPUs are currently battery-powered laptops (which in itself is quite a strange inversion!) Probably the "high power" mode available on an M1 Max in a 16" chassis is doing just that. And maybe Apple will decide to treat some kind of new iMac Pro as more of a pro machine, and make it chunky enough to dissipate that sort of heat without needing much fan noise...

stephen_g 5y ago
Yeah, it was surprising that they didn't pop these SoCs into the Mac Mini but perhaps they are doing a full redesign of the Mini and we'll see a new version some time next year? Obviously a 'Pro' version of the iMac is coming eventually with a larger screen but I don't think many people expected that yet. Maybe February or so next year...
- iSnow 5y ago
  Laptops command higher margins. They will want to milk the market with their Pro/Max laptops and then release Minis and larger iMacs next year. Also, even a huge company like Apple would want to stagger releases so design teams can have some constant workload. Releasing laptops and a new Mini and a new iMac would put quite some work on the team and then it would be idle for a time. They are probably done with the Mini and working on a Mac Pro right now.