A YouTuber manages to make the Mac mini M1 78% smaller

The Mac mini is known for having the power of a Mac computer in a small, affordable device, but what if it could be even smaller?

A youtuber was able to document the process he followed to create a new version of the even more compact Mac mini M1adding support for MagSafe and introducing it to its followers in the face of an imminent and very close launch of 7 new Apple Macs, including a new Mac mini.

“A smaller Mac mini”

In 2020, the new and refurbished Mac mini M1 began to be sold, which kept the same design which has been around since 2010, but with the implementation of one of Apple’s new chips. During disassembly, it was discovered that the device has a large free space that is not used, but this is also not necessary, since the components with which the M1 chip works are smaller.

Now Quinn Nelson has shown on her Snazzy Labs channel her idea of ​​saving that free space by offering a smaller Mac mini M1.

the youtuber managed to shrink the computer up to 78% through relocation of some components, replaced the 150W power supply with a 65W external Microsoft Surface power supply connected via MagSafe 2 and a DC voltage regulator that leads to the Mac mini’s motherboard.

All this has been adapted to a new resin case with the design of the Mac Pro 2019 for better ventilation, because Nelson removed the fan from the Mac mini. Despite this, the behavior and performance of the computer are fully consistent.

In his analysis, he mentions that his Mac mini M1 passed the Benchmark tests satisfactorily and that actually no compromise on computer performance compared to original Apple version.

Nelson made the guide available to his disciples so that they could reduce the size of Mac mini M1 by yourself and joins Scott Yu-Jan, a YouTuber who just created a portable Mac mini as the groundbreaking creators of the Apple devices they came up with cool ideas that Apple may well take into account for future projects.

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