Two new small, powerful Macs

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/installer_c1a629.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hi, friends! Welcome to <em>Installer</em> No. 142, your guide to the best and <em>Verge</em>-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, how is it almost September already, and also you can read all the old editions at the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter"><em>Installer</em> homepage</a>.) </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This week, I've been remembering <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuKN0chAZk"><strong>Dolly Parton</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-oral-history-of-tim-currys-escape-to-the-one-place-uncorrupted-by-capitalism/"><strong>Tim Curry</strong></a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i6x7U8ON9A"><strong>Peter Cullen</strong></a>, absorbing everything in Rockstar's big <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbzMqJGH4k"><strong><em>GTA VI</em></strong><strong> preview</strong></a>, wondering if Apple will announce a foldable iPhone at its <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-events/"><strong>September event</strong></a>, getting sucked into Summoning Salt's latest speedrunning documentary about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJC4QYmdog"><strong>competitive </strong><strong><em>Tetris</em></strong></a>, listening to<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I-Y8XiBIs"><strong>Weird Al's new Tiny Desk concert</strong></a> ("The Saga Begins!"), and getting a Reuben from my favorite lo …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/986280/mac-mini-studio-star-wars-zero-company-wyze-camera">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>