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The Mac Mini now sits at an odd place between the 24" iMac and Mac Studio if keeping solely to Apple products.

With the Studio Display and higher end Mini spec'ed to around $1200 (RAM, Storage, SSD) and the $1600 display you are at 3k already.

A similarly spec'ed iMac (16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) will run you $2,149. Lose two USB A ports on the Mini for USB C on the iMAC.

The question seems to be, can you work with a 24" monitor or save the money, get the 27" Studio Display with much more powerful Mac Studio for $1k more ($4k)?
you are wrong here too..like in the other topic where everybody already told you
an imac with M1 max with 32 gb ram 1t ssd would have been around the same price as the studio display with mac studio with m1 max plus or minus 100$
The god damn M1 24" imac with 1t ssd and 16gb of ram is $2099 , and you are dreaming for an 27" imac with m1 max 1T 32 gb ram for that $2149 ahahah
 
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At least it's nice to know there's a kinda Mini available now with power and lots of ports for DAW use if my 2012 Mini ever decides to kick the bucket.
 
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you are wrong here too..like in the other topic where everybody already told you
an imac with M1 max with 32 gb ram 1t ssd would have been around the same price as the studio display with mac studio with m1 max plus or minus 100$
The god damn M1 24" imac with 1t ssd and 16gb of ram is $2099 , and you are dreaming for an 27" imac with m1 max 1T 32 gb ram for that $2149 ahahah
What topic is that? You make zero sense.
 
Were you hoping for an M1 Pro mini? That’s really the only thing apple is missing in their desktops now. I’d wager the M1 Pro headless desktop is probably a smal market.

Most people either want the entry-level model (M1 mini), or pros want a high-end desktop (Mac Studio) for their pro apps. An M1 Pro desktop is sort of an awkward sibling that doesn’t really know where they fit. The GPU isn’t quite powerful enough for pro apps, but it’s also overkill for most consumers.

I do feel bad though that this market seemed to get neglected this event.

I don't know the numbers but many in the music production community from what I've read were looking to an M1 Pro Mini. As the M1 was not quite enough for some use cases and the Mac Studio is probably overkill, as was the M1 Max. And an unnecessary expense at that. So yea, I'd say quite a few musicians are now looking again at the M1 Mini, unless they're ready to fork over much more.
 
The M1 Ultra is the current, base level version of Apple Silicon.
Fixed that for you. It appears our frustrations will be relieved, as the new mini is supposed to have an M2, which will then make it a current, non-obsolete model:
 
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