Lapho kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ihlela ukuyiyeka iMac mini, noma kubonakala sengathi azikho izindaba, emahoreni ambalwa adlule, I-Apple CEO uqobo ikhuluma ngengxenye ebalulekile yekusasa le-Apple. Lezi yizindaba ezinhle kubasebenzisi abaningi be-Mac abajabulela i-Mac mini yabo yamanje, ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwale mishini. Ukukhethwa kwesikrini, ukuthwala, njll. futhi-ke, futhi kusebenza njengesincomo kumngane ofuna ukuzama iMac, kepha angafuni ukutshala imali eningi ngaphambi kokwazi ukuthi kuyamenelisa yini.
Justo sekuyiminyaka emithathu nje selokhu kwavuselelwa okokugcina ye-Mac mini. Ukususa ukungabaza, umsebenzisi ubhalele u-Tim Cook nge-imeyili (emasontweni ambalwa edlule uCook uqobo waphawula ukuthi uthanda ukufunda ama-imeyili kuqala ekuseni) futhi waphendula wathi "akusona isikhathi sokwaba imininingwane "Kodwa ikuqinisekisile ukuthi iMac mini izoba yingxenye ebalulekile yomkhiqizo wenkampani ngokuzayo. 
Lokhu akuyona nje into ngaphandle kokuqinisekiswa okuqhubekayo kweMac mini. Emasontweni edlule, ezakhe Phil Schiller kusilindele:
IMac mini ingumkhiqizo obalulekile kulayini wethu futhi asizange sisho ngawo ngoba sisebenzela ukwenza umkhiqizo oyinhlanganisela yokusetshenziswa kwasekhaya nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe.
Futhi ngokusobala, umshini udinga ukuvuselelwa njengoba kufanele, ngoba noma ngabe abasebenzisi abaningi bashintshe noma iyiphi into engathuthukiswa, inguqulo yamanje ihlanganise ama-processor we-Haswell ne-Intel HD 5000.
Futhi, ngentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, kuzokwazi ukubona ngokuzayo Encane Mac mini, esondela ngosayizi we-Apple TV. Kodwa-ke, asinawo amahemuhemu ngokuvuselelwa kwemishini emisha, ngakho-ke asilindeli ukuthi imishini emisha okungenani izongena kwikota yokuqala ka-2018. kuthuthukiswe ama-chips eKaby Lake.