Regarding the M2 *PRO* Mac Mini:
I think most of us expect to upgrade the compute portion more often than the display portion. An AIO forces you to either keep a computer longer than you want to or to discard the whole thing, including montor, sooner than you would want. Yes, an AIO is more convenient in some ways but it does force you in an all or nothing upgrade cycle.
In future, please post your purchases so that we can make plans for upgraded products, Pinky. 😊
I kid you not, I treat Ross Young's claims as essentially facts lol.I am rather confused with the amount of hate for Gurman. He is overall more reliable than most leakers.
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Top Apple Sources in 2022 # Name Accuracy 1 🐟 Ross Young 92.9% 2 🏀 Mark Gurman 86.5% 3 📉 Trendforce 84.5% 4 🎧 52audio 83.3% 5 🕘 9to5Mac 82.8% 6 ❓ MacRumors 72.7% 7 🇨🇳 China Times 72.7% 8 👨💻 Ming-Chi Kuo 72.5% 9 🧻 Jon Prosser 69.1% 10 🍍 Max Weinbach 69% 11 […]appletrack.com
Only behind Ross Young.
Same. Unfortunately his leaks are isolated to screen tech as far as I know so we don't get much from him. But when we do get it, its good.
IMO your forecast may be too ambitious, given that the M1 Mini only has two TB ports and only supports two external displays. I will be very surprised if Apple configures Mini to drive more than two displays, since the Studio now exists to fill that role.
I agree. A Mx Pro chip hits a sweet spot for me in terms of RAM and CPU core count. For my workload I don't really need GPU cores and I don't really need the added expense of a laptop. Desktop machine is all I need.
Maybe he knows exactly what he wants to see! 😂Sorry to be that type of guy but its "silicon" not "silicone" (material iPhone cases are made of)
As long as there are a handful of USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, then there are going to be a bunch of fast and flexible ports. I'm sure there will be at least four of those and that is enough. Also I would not be shocked at all if there were still legacy USB-A ports and/or a headphone jack. Apple seems to have pivoted away from killing ports. Though both of those types of ports are very long in the tooth. I've got a mini on my desk and nothing plugged into the USB-A or the headphone jack. Though now that you mentioned it and I looked at it, I've got a scanner that uses USB-A, which is plugged into an adapter to use the USB-C. I'm going to change that right now though it works fine either way.
Oh, I was ONLY intending to talk about the M2 Pro Mini.
M2 Max have to be architected with enough bandwidth off package to interconnect with another Ultra package. While it is possible, wiring up two sockets (which will be slower anyway) seems just more complicated, and not something we've even heard hinted at. I would assume 4 chiplets on package using an improved Fusion interconnect.
Agreed an M2 Pro Mac Mini probably could as well. The reason it might not would be about engineering, marketing and product placement. Does Apple want to encourage heavier users driving 3 displays to do it with a Mini, or does Apple think those users should move up a tier to the Studio? It probably has to do with how much heat Apple expects M2 Pro chips driving 3-display workflows to be creating.
Oh wow, that brings back horrible memories. I was bitten by the Mac IIcx, having bought it for over $6000, and a few months later Apple comes out with the IIci. Yes, this was during the days when Apple computers cost well over $5000 for their consumer computers. I think that might have been the shortest time between Mac releases ever.
