https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/report-apple-plans-mini-er-mac-mini-its-first-design-update-in-14-years/

Apple hasn't updated its Mac mini desktop lineup since the beginning of 2023, when it added M2 and M2 Pro chips and discontinued the last of the Intel models. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that the update drought will end later this year, when the mini will skip right from the M2 to the M4, something he originally reported back in April.

But the mini will reportedly come with more than just new chips: it will also get a new, smaller design, which Gurman says will be closer in size to an Apple TV box (specifically, he says it may be a bit taller, but will have a substantially smaller footprint). The new mini could have "at least three USB-C ports," as well as a power connector and an HDMI port.