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M2 mini at WWDC?
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Fall seems more likely for the rest of the Mac line. I for one, wasn't expecting the M2 or new MBA as rumors were too conflicting.
A Fall Mac event would be a logical place to announce the M2 24" iMac and a revised Mac mini that matches the various mock-ups.
I think the only reason they released the new MacBook Air M2 and MacBook 13 inch M2 at the WWDC was to give something exciting to the day. The OS announcements were all pretty boring IMO, a smattering of new features I really don’t care about for the most part. The two new M2s are only incremental updates, but they distracted us from how little we got with the updated OSes. They spent a long time showing us almost nothing of merit. Their Hollywood style presentations can’t mask the lack of anything truly exciting in their updates to the OSes.
I think they refreshed those specifically for back-to-school season.
If we believe the reports, Apple has been trying to launch the M2 MacBook Air for some six months now, so I presume they finally have enough supply to get it out the door to customers and Apple has launched new Macs at a number of WWDCs (including consumer models).
Debatable as Apple usually states actual release date and pre-order dates with new product releases. Right now we got neither, just a rough release date. Apple usually does this when inventory is low and manufacturing isn't where it's supposed to be.
Well they have to be in at least initial serial production, otherwise they would wait until the Fall when we will likely see the 24" iMac and Mac mini move to M2.
I mean I expect it to sell out almost instantly like the 14" and 16" MBPs and Mac Studio did at launch, but they should still be able to get a few tens of thousands shipped in the first wave and then it gets more and more progressively back-ordered (like the MBPs and Mac Studio did).
I mean I expect it to sell out almost instantly like the 14" and 16" MBPs and Mac Studio did at launch, but they should still be able to get a few tens of thousands shipped in the first wave and then it gets more and more progressively back-ordered (like the MBPs and Mac Studio did).
M2 mac mini is expected at the latest event of this year, along side with Mac pro and M2 ipads pro
If today's event is anything to go by, the M2 mini won't replace the M1 mini. It will most likely be added to the lineup at $899 for 8/256 M2.
I get the feeling Apple kept the M1 MBA because of the number of first time buyers to the ecosystem. At $999, it continues to attract new users.
I suspect the mini is largely targeted at those who are already familiar with Mac. They’ll still buy without a cheap entry level model.
the Mac Mini is a cheap entry into the MacOS ecosystem just like the Air. here the cheapest Air (m1) is £999. cheapest Mac Mini is £699.
sure, you need to buy a monitor/keyboard/mouse etc for a Mac Mini so it's not for everyone but it's still the cheapest option for some people. i'm one of those people. i want to use MacOS but i already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse so the Mini is perfect for me. I don't want to buy a MacBook Air, iMac, etc. I just want to get rid of my Windows PC tower and replace it with a Mac Mini
I could pay just £699 and I'm in. So I think it makes sense to keep around a cheap option.The current Mac Mini line up here is:
M1 Mini w/256GB - £699
M1 Mini w/516GB - £899
Intel Mini - £1,099
I think Apple will change it to:
M1 Mini w/256GB - £699
M2 Mini w/256GB - £899
M2 Mini Pro - £1,099
It's possible - but it's also possible that the M1 Air is just there for the US "Back To School" season, because, otherwise, it would be disastrous if the M2 Air didn't ship in time.
Yeah the mini was a bit of a bummer. IMHO the next wave for the fall will be imac M2, mac mini M2. Maybe an announcement regarding the mac pro but I would expect the pro stuff to all roll out next year.
Maybe. But it might be that they have a large supply of them since it is the best selling laptop in the industry right now. Once that supply dwindles the MacBook Air M1 might disappear.
Even when Apple launched the Intel Retina MacBook Air at $1099, they still sold more of the non-Retina model because it was a couple hundred dollars cheaper. I would not at all be surprised if the M1 Air sticks around for at least another year to anchor the bottom end until component pricing for the new Air allows a $200 price drop to reach $999 (perhaps when the Air moves to the M3).
It'll be a while then cause inflation is too dang high. Also, the supply chain crunch isn't helping.