Looks like the M2 Pro models have HDMI 2.1 !
And sounds like it supports DSC since it can go up to 240hz as well
And sounds like it supports DSC since it can go up to 240hz as well
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Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M2 and M2 Pro Chips at Lower $599 Starting Price
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I'm not CPU bound, nor am I GPU bound, I am limited by USB ports, (I/O bound) so the Studio for the win. I would also need a bag of USB C to A adapters unless I got the base M1 Studio, but those are much cheaper than a Thunderbolt to half-dozen USB A hub that I would need to add to the mini to make it useful.
So basically the same story as with the MacBook Air, stay away from the upgrades. With the M2 MacBook Air, you were forced to upgrade as Apple gimped the base model with a super slow SSD.
So let's if the base M2 Mac Mini is a "normal" functioning model which doesn't need upgrading to "fix".
In Europe Mac Mini with M2 Pro is more expansive than Studio with M1 Max. And with the same 10GB ethernet is the difference even bigger. Weird logic. Or maybe some marketing for selling aging M1 Studios now.
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I ordered the base model M2 Mini with 8GB of ram. I used $60 from my gift card. I should have it next week, yippee.
If I were a betting man (I am not), I'd probably bet they'll put it in the Mac Mini's chunky brother, the Mac Studio
The high end M2 mini is essentially a Studio without the larger heat sink. Who wants a computer with a -smaller- heatsink? Only way to get rid of the heat is to run the fan faster.
My bet: The high end M2 Mini is going to be a lot louder than the Studio due to faster spinning and smaller fan.
There’s already a very long thread in the Studio forum about the noise the Studio makes (for some). There’s no way the Mini will be quieter.
My bet: The high end M2 Mini is going to be a lot louder than the Studio due to faster spinning and smaller fan.
There’s already a very long thread in the Studio forum about the noise the Studio makes (for some). There’s no way the Mini will be quieter.
Yes but at what frequency! I sincerely hope 2x 1440hz @ 144hz for either model!
I was wondering if I would regret my Mac Studio purchase today. I surely don't!
It was a little overkill when I bought it.
But I wouldn't even survived with what I had before I bought it this long, and Mini wouldn't be enough for me I am sure of now.
I'm much better off with 64GB memory. Not that I use all 64GB all the time, but I use more than 32GB.
Always good to not regret earlier purchases when Apple comes out with new stuff 😀
From $599 USD (~£480 GBP) on the US store, but from £649 GBP on the UK store. Why such a massive markup
Wow. I was mostly wrong.
Apple today announced an updated Mac mini powered by the new M2 and the all-new M2 Pro chip, offering faster performance in the same design as the previous generation but starting at a lower price of $599.
Apple announced the M2 chip in June at WWDC, building on the performance of the M1 processor from November 2020. Apple today expanded the M2 lineup with the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. The updated Mac mini comes with M2 and M2 Pro chips, which according to Apple, offer significantly faster performance than the previous generation.
The new Mac mini features the same design as before, with no changes despite rumors suggesting a complete redesign. For Mac mini models with M2 Pro, users have access to four Thunderbolt 4 ports compared to only two on models with M2. On both chip configurations, the Mac mini comes with an ethernet port, HDMI port, two USB-A ports, and a headphone jack.
The new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro are available for pre-order today and will begin shipping next Tuesday, January 24.
Article Link: Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M2 and M2 Pro Chips at Lower $599 Starting Price
They’re actually doing an M2 Pro mini.
But I was right that it couldn’t be sub $1199.
What a great surprise!
Yeah, if you upgrade the memory and CPU and add 10G ethernet, it's at $2100. for $100 less, you get more ports and the Max cpu with the Mac Studio.
My guess is it has to do with the USD to British Pound exchange rate. The USD is very strong right now.From $599 USD (~£480 GBP) on the US store, but from £649 GBP on the UK store. Why such a massive markup
Or maybe just a sign that Apple tends to stick with the prices/exchanges rates for a products lifetime.
-> expect the M2Max/Ultra Studio to get real pricey.
Tricky... in reality I've already got a Studio so I'm not looking to upgrade just yet. If I hadn't, then:
(a) for me, if price were that much of an issue, scratch the 10GB Ethernet. It's no use to me unless I spend hundreds upgrading switches, servers etc. That saves another $100.
(b) let's wait and see the benchmarks, but I suspect that the full M2 Pro is going to beat the M1 Max in most cases. It's got more CPU cores, they're individually faster and it's got 19 GPU cores vs. 24 slower cores on the M1 Max.
Personally, I do like the front ports & SD card on the Studio and I think it's a bit better constructed internally (not user upgradeable, but at least the SSD is replaceable, the ports are on individual daughterboards etc.
...but really I'd say the M2 Pro Mini obsoletes the base Studio and Apple need to bump the Studio to M2 Max/Ultra ASAP. Or at least give the base Studio the full 32-core GPU as standard.
One might prefer the Mini form factor, such as when mounting the Mini in the back of a VESA mounted monitor
Pretty close I'd say. The option for the 12-core M2 Pro CPU in the new Mac mini should be faster than the 10-core M1 Max for CPU tasks like you said, but the M1 Max is still likely faster for graphics given the 32-core GPU option (though a few hundred more expensive).
I'm guessing they can't/won't bump the Mac Studio to M2 until the M2 Ultra chips are ready.
I had to double check but yup we do get a power cord with the Mini.
Same here as I have a 64 GB Mac Studio. Even if/when the M2 Max chips get put into an updated Mac Studio, I'm still glad I went with the M1 version of the Mac Studio instead of waiting.
...but don't forget the GPU and CPU both have faster single-core performance as well. That will speed up all workloads, not just the ones that are optimised for multi-threading and make good use of all the cores. OTOH the CPU core count only differs in the number of efficiency cores so that might be more about power saving in laptops than desktop performance - still the M1 has 8 performance cores vs. 8 faster performance cores in the M2. Lots of applications (e.g. audio) that don't really trouble the GPU, let alone light up all 32 GPU cores.
With the base specs (8/256) endlessly unchanged, even with a starting price drop ... it does start to become effectively a price hike (in terms of real world actual value) at some point here.
I remain really irritated that they don't bump the base to at least 16/256
And if they are going to keep starting at 8/256, then stop gouging for upgrades.
The upgrade gouging remains my #1 complaint here