Apple's New M2-powered Mac Mini Is Its Cheapest Yet

Applerefreshed itsMac Minilineup with the late generation of Apple silicon . Along with the next - gen Mac Mini , Apple also announced new 14 and 16 - in MacBooks , powered by the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips . Before today ’s announcement , Apple extend an Intel - powered Mac Mini option and M1 - power framework . The company has discontinued the Intel - power variant , meaning the only Mac with an Intel flake is the Mac Pro . However , that is also carry to change before long , with the Apple Si - powered Mac Pro expected to debut in March .

The M2 and M2 Pro french fries powerApple’snew Mac Mini . While the base M2 is already found in a number of Macs and iPads , the M2 Pro is the Modern chip here , pack a 12 - core central processor and 19 - core GPU for the top - end framework . However , another M2 Pro modelis useable with a 10 - core group CPU and 16 - core GPU . The M2 Mac Mini can be configure with up to 24 GB of RAM and 2 TB of SSD memory board , while the M2 Pro model comes with up to 32 GB of RAM and a whopping 8 TB of SSD storage .

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New M2 And M2 Pro-Powered Mac Mini

Apple state the new Mac Mini is importantly more powerful than its M1 - power precursor . The M2 Pro offer up to 2.5x fast operation in Affinity Photo , 4.2x faster ProRes transcode in Final Cut Pro , and up to 2.8x faster gameplay inResident Evil Village . The Mac Mini with the baseM2 also brings impressive performance , tender up to 2.4x faster ProRes transcode in Final Cut Pro , up to 50 percent faster filter and function carrying into action in Adobe Photoshop , and up to 35 percent faster gameplay .

The M2 Mac miniskirt occur with a muckle of I / O ports , including two Thunderbolt 4 port , two USB - A ports , an HDMI porthole , a 10Gbps Ethernet larboard , and a phone diddly . The M2 Pro version comes with two additional HDMI 4 ports . Wireless connectivity selection let in Wi - Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 . However , while the Mac Mini with M2 supports only up to two display , the M2 Pro models simultaneously support up to three .

The M2 Mac Mini starts at $ 599 , making it tawdry than the$699 starting monetary value of its predecessor . It ’s a base example , so it only come with 8 GB of unified memory and a 256 GB SSD . The M2 Pro Mac Mini start out at $ 1299 for the base model with the 10 - core C.P.U. and 16 - core GPU and also includes 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of SSD store . Meanwhile , Apple is offering a $ 100 education discount for shoal and students , meaning the base Mac Mini can be had for as slight as $ 499 . The newMac Minilineup can be order onApple ’s online depot .

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