M1 iMacs are super thin. Rumored M1X Mac mini, too. How small can Apple go?
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Apple`s move to its own silicon is allowing all kinds of changes to its lineup already, and we`re only on the first version of its chips. We`ve seen the M1 power a new iMac that`s thinner than a headphone jack is long. We`ve seen a rumored Mac mini refresh that`s about half the thickness of the Intel machines that still sell in the Apple Store. We even have an M1 in an iPad. So how thin – or how small – could Apple go? It`s abundantly clear that much of Apple`s design in recent years hasn`t been about fitting components into a box. It`s been about making sure that there is enough space for fans, air, and heat dissipation to ensure thermal throttling doesn`t happen. And to prevent Intel`s chips from cooking themselves. Now that Apple is rid of the shackles, things are getting impossibly thin again. So thin, in fact, that the new M1 iMac had to have its headphone jack moved to the side because it was too long to put on the back. It`d have stuck out the front of the computer! Rec...