Kuo: The Mac Mini will look the same in 2023 as it does now.

Apple has been rumored to be working on a new Mac mini. It upgraded the entry-level Mac mini with the M1 chip in November 2020, while the high-end model with an Intel CPU is still the Space Grey model from 2018. Ming-Chi Kuo noted in a quick tweet that the updated Mac mini will most likely keep the same form factor as the current model, that is an aluminum unibody design that Apple has utilized for every new Mac mini since 2010. Kuo previously stated that the next Mac mini will not be released until 2023. The possibility of replacing the outdated high-end model with an Apple silicon machine was previously at the forefront of speculations around future Mac minis, but it now appears that both the entry-level and high-end models will be upgraded at the same time. Apple "had plans" to release high-end versions of the Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max CPUs, according to 9to5Mac, but these plans were "probably discarded" in favor of the Mac Studio.

Apple is rumored to be working on two new Mac mini models, one with the M2 processor and the other with the M2 Pro processor.

Last year, leaker Jon Prosser said that Apple was working on a new redesign for the Mini desktop computer, switching to a compact chassis with a "plexiglass-like" top. Kuo's allegation contradicts that claim.