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Apple Had M1 Mac Pro Ready to Ship Months Ago, Mac Mini Redesign Unlikely
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No one wants their Mac to be obsolete six months later. Remember the fourth-gen iPad?
I found Apples naming convention inspiration, Arm and Hammer should sue Apple.
I just don't think there is enough pricing headroom for an M2 Pro Mac mini with the port layout of the current Intel Space Grey model and a base Mac Studio.
Realistically, an M2 Pro mini would start at around $1499 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD. The M2 Max upgrade would be another $200 and going to 32GB would be $400 so you'd be at $2099 for a mini vs. $1999 for a Studio and you would be short two USB-C ports (4 vs. 6).
Realistically, an M2 Pro mini would start at around $1499 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD. The M2 Max upgrade would be another $200 and going to 32GB would be $400 so you'd be at $2099 for a mini vs. $1999 for a Studio and you would be short two USB-C ports (4 vs. 6).
I'm skipping Ludicrous, and waiting for M2 Plaid.
Exactly.
Pro, Max, Ultra, and now Extreme?
I’m sure there’s someone in charge…right?
John Ternus said the Ultra is the final edition in the family of M series SoC's, there was no mention of anything beyond that expected. He did say the Mac Pro is the final one to be updated, but thats for another day. Why is Gurman making stuff up? Obviously the Mac Pro will be powered by dual and Quadro variants of M2 Ultra. I suspect they might have an entry level model of the Mac Pro with the M2 Max starting around $4,999.
Does that mean we should expect the M2 Pro and Max to launch towards the end of the year?
I dont know why but I was expecting that to happen in early 2023. That seems more in line with the 18 month chip upgrade cycle Ive heard discussed before.
I was waiting for the M2 Air reviews before I decided between that and the 14in Pro. After the reviews I was going to go with the 14in Pro. Guess Ill be waiting to see what could drop in the fall then 🙃
I dont know why but I was expecting that to happen in early 2023. That seems more in line with the 18 month chip upgrade cycle Ive heard discussed before.
I was waiting for the M2 Air reviews before I decided between that and the 14in Pro. After the reviews I was going to go with the 14in Pro. Guess Ill be waiting to see what could drop in the fall then 🙃
I'm fine on the same Mac mini footprint, the form factor is perfect for under my TV, I'd just like a pro chip in it.
Or at least the M2 and the M2 pro for the higher end model. Shoot, that Max mini was designed to cool a 65 watt chip, albeit with high temps.
I think in terms of value for money, the Mac Pro has had a good run, launch in 2019, by 2023, thats 5 years. Yeah, it sucks if you buy one this year, but I can bet by 2025, it will be the only Intel Mac still getting macOS releases.
Seriously I will believe it when I see it. Apple has no AS Mac that is modular yet.
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It want an M1 pro / ultra hybrid.
I don’t care about gpu cores from the max, but 20 cpu cores without all the media stuff yes please
I don’t care about gpu cores from the max, but 20 cpu cores without all the media stuff yes please
For the Mac Pro, they need a SATA chip in there, which they don't really have at this point. Even if it handles multiple NVMe drives, they'll still need SATA for bulk storage.
If the new Mini is just a spec bump to the M2, why has it taken so long for it to come out? It should have been ready at the same time as the Air and the 13" Pro.
They need PCIe. Sadly, I think adding that would be far too much of a performance hit.
What's with these naming schemes? Pro? Max? Extreme? You can't quantify these, or sort them just by name alone. Very unprofessional.
You want a Mac Pro without the media encoders/decoders?
M2 Outrageous
M2 Batsh*t
M2 WTF
All with the exact-same single core performance.
M2 Batsh*t
M2 WTF
All with the exact-same single core performance.
My guess is they wanted to give some space for the pro users to buy up M1 Ultra Mac Studio's. Spend $7-8k on a top end config, then next year release the more expandable M2 mac pro for $10k and upsell them again.
Just got an exclusive image from my contact in Apple of the upcoming Pro
