16:21Machine-translated from Azerbaijani by AIRead in Azerbaijani
Apple updates Mac mini and Mac Studio early due to AI demand
Apple quietly unveiled updated Mac mini and Mac Studio models just two weeks before its September 9 event. Such updates would normally be expected to be announced at the company’s main event. This time, however, Apple announced the devices in advance through press releases. According to a new report, high demand for artificial intelligence was behind the unusual timing.
The Mac mini and Mac Studio have attracted more interest than expected among users who want to run AI models locally. Demand has been so high that some configurations have remained unavailable for months. That is why Apple announced the update earlier than planned. The company had not anticipated such high demand.
The updated Mac Studio was introduced with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips. The computing power of the Apple Silicon platform has made both computers popular choices for local AI tasks. Researchers have even connected four Mac Studio computers via Thunderbolt 5. This setup was used as a high-performance AI cluster.