Nobody’s Talking About the M2 Mac Mini

[pshufd]

Interest rates are still far too low.

Where would you like them? My first mortgage rate was 10.1%. Great time to buy a house as they were falling from the high teens as were prices.

 

[senttoschool]

Where would you like them? My first mortgage rate was 10.1%. Great time to buy a house as they were falling from the high teens as were prices.

Mortgage payment to income is at an all-time high right now so houses were probably dirt cheap when you bought at 10.1%.

 

[fakestrawberryflavor]

Locked in at 2.25% on my mortgage so idk what any of you are talking about being a good time to buy a house. That time was 2 or 3 years ago

 

[MayaUser]

Since Apple strategy based on present times i can see Apple offering M2 mac mini with 8gb Ram for $699 and for upgraded M2 Pro 3nm 16gb Ram for $1099

 

[thenewperson]

Since Apple strategy based on present times i can see Apple offering M2 mac mini with 8gb Ram for $699 and for upgraded M2 Pro 3nm 16gb Ram for $1099

I'd say 1299 for 16/512 Pro mini.

 

[DeepIn2U]

The 16” MacBook Pro - w/M1 Max chip And I will dry dock it in clamshell mode and use it as a multi-display desktop setup and have the portability when needed as a bonus…

I’m trying to see a setup like this work. Since Apple hasn’t made an external keyboard to power on the Mac (wish they would), in case of accidental shut down it would suck to stand and reach over or behind a monitor or under a desk to open the MBP to power it on. Is there any TB docks that can do that?

There's so much potential for the mini, I really hope Apple sees the demand, and adds more options.

Agreed.
Seems that somebody in Apple marketing or engineering hates anything mini lately.

As a M1 Mini owner/user I personally would see no point of upgrading from the M1 to an M2 where the main benefits of M2 are in power efficiency.

What I would like is an M# pro or max option in the Mini form factor. I bet (since there is so much empty space in the Mini) that it could handle cooling a more powerful chip.

Not in such an incremental benefit for power efficiency. But any little ads up over the course of the year paying for electricity. Big changes you notice in the bill : G5 tower > Intel Mac Pro / Mac Mini > ASi.

As all our household devices become much more poorer efficient that cost will drop to rewarding levels. I’ll bet in some countries right now since Feb any savings in any power consumption is significant to the end user.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Agree about the value of having a 5k 27", since I'm running that as my main monitor, and a 4k 27" as one of my two side monitors.


Not for me. My 2019 27" iMac can drive three displays, and that's what I'm using, while the M2 can drive only two. Plus I can install 128 GB RAM (which is what's in there now). The M2 is limited to 24 GB.

Thus to replicate the full capabilities of the 19/20 27" iMacs, you really need an ASD + Mac Studio.

Plus if you're spending all that money to replace the iMac with a new machine, you'd probably want something that's not merely equal to the iMac but exceeds it, and the M2's MC speed is about the same as the i9 iMac's.

Bottom line: You can't expect Apple's lowest-end AS Mac to act as a replacement for its highest-end Intel consumer desktop, at least for those that make full use of the latter's capabilities.

When the space grey Mac mini debuted did it have the same capabilities as the i9 iMac?

 

[theorist9]

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[theorist9]

When the space grey Mac mini debuted did it have the same capabilities as the i9 iMac?

Sorry, no idea (I don't even know what year the Mini was released in space grey), but I expect that's something you could readily research yourself.

 

[sam_dean]

When the space grey Mac mini debuted did it have the same capabilities as the i9 iMac?

Highest-end Mac mini "Core i7" 3.2 (Late 2018) 3.2 GHz Core i7 (I7-8700B)

 

[DeepIn2U]

I'm sure that the Fed will cut rates after tanking the US economy, probably starting in 2024.

It's easier in the US as the prices haven't changed and there are refurb models. I haven't seen Mac Studios in my area on Craigslist yet but they will get there eventually.

I’m already starting to see Mac Studio ads here in Toronto, ON, Canada. Our dollar is being hammered. Economy via GDP is strong but dollar and interest rates is both killing evening. Up until last week home prices yikes.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Yes, it seems people are just watching whats going on in their countries and doesnt care about anyone else and the truth of economics

Bruv

Even Ben Bernake couldn’t get the truth of economics, despite winning a Pulitzer 8-11 months prior to late 2008!

Please tell me you’ve seen that investigative special about the FCC etc all being involved with Housing market bubble and crash all because of a rule established back in 1930/31 to prevent exactly this issue in 2008.

Economics is are both local and macro. A countries dollar value alone isn’t reflected itself in product price variances in other countries. VAT also comes into play and it’s not the same everywhere. What you pay for anything out your pocket and how valuable that dollar is at any given time is the first economics anyone can fully relate to.