ABSOLUTELY! It will be at least 10x faster than a 2012 Mini. I have a 2012, 2018 and an M2 Mini. The M2 mini is twice as fast as the 2018 mini and the 2018 mini is really quick.
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Apple Announces Redesigned Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, and More
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They’re charging 200 bucks to upgrade the ram by 8 GB?!
At least the base model comes with 16 standard now, but it’s still ridiculous to charge so much for upgrades…
At least the base model comes with 16 standard now, but it’s still ridiculous to charge so much for upgrades…
I'd honestly love that on a new Mac Studio. It's the only thing I'd have done different (I own the 2022 Max model).
Do any of you remember if Apple gives out Gift Cards during Black Friday sales? I'm tempted to trade in M2 mini if I can get one for $499 plus a gift card.
I’ve been waiting to replace an old Intel iMac and this mini looks perfect. That being said, specing up both an M4 Pro Mini and a comparable M2 Max Studio shows very similar pricing yet Studio has more GPU cores, more I/O, higher memory bandwidth. Mini wins comparison with 2 more CPU cores and Thunderbolt 5 but both are pretty much the same in all other regards.
Has me considering waiting a bit longer to see what changes on the next Studio considering the pricing is so close between similarly spec’d models. 🤔
yeah, it really is
$800 to go from 256GB (which is a size of NVMe that's nearly given away free on Amazon) to 2TB
But it looks so heavy. I don't know if I'll able to lift that massive box to access that button. *sigh*
To be honest, if your workflow needs 24GB RAM then you likely should getting the Pro model anyway that comes with it standard.
That's called "Cooking with Tim"
It's very very very much by design to get you thinking... "maybe I just go up to the Studio? hmmm..."
I will use mine as a headless home server and I wish it had no ugly front port 
Agreed. We use a secure VESA mount cage to fix the current model to the rear of our monitors. That is not going to work so well with that ill-conceived power button position.
Harder to secure, more pocket friendly, more sales?
Yes. External storage if necessary. My mom is running a base model M1 Mini with great happiness.
I will use mine as a headless home server and I wish it had no ugly front port
Put it in a drawer or closet?
Why have a headless home server out in the open anyhow?
I have basically the same set-up as you in terms of my external SSD drive. I opted for the 512 internal storage because, like you said the internal SSD seems to fill up fast with god knows what. That's why I chose against the 256. Yes it's STUPID Apple still offers 256 SDD internal storage. Absolutely RIDICULOUS
When I used to have a Mac mini, I use the power button a lot (multiple times a day) to put the computer to sleep
the keyboard shortcut for sleeping used to be cmd+shift+eject, but that doesn't work for keyboards without the eject button. I haven't figured out what's the combo for lock button/touch ID keyboards
Any mount made for this unit will turn it around so the bottom with the power button (and the fan vent) is facing out.
The question is, how important those "has left its dock maybe five times total" are. If only once every few months one needs to travel (clients, holidays or whatever) yet remain fully computer-equipped the mobile MBP remains necessary.
Set a display corner to initiate sleep when the cursor is moved to that corner.
10 Gbit network adapter units already shipping 2 weeks later. Damn, should have pulled that trigger a lot faster… Hope there are in-store units available next Friday.
Fully loaded Mini $4699...LOL Good luck with that. Mac Pro M2 Ultra can be found for $3599.