However, for people who want a productivity machine, the fact that the Mac mini no longer supports eGPUs will be a major disappointment. In many ways it continues to offer what we love so much about the Mac mini: it has a compact, attractive design, with some great components inside, and the ability to run legacy Intel apps, along with M1 apps and iOS apps, is genuinely exciting. It’s great to see Apple embracing its quirky little PC, and using it as a showcase for its M1 hardware in a desktop PC. Overall, the Mac mini (M1, 2020) is an impressive bit of kit, with Apple’s latest hardware and software taking center stage. This will disappoint anyone who needed to upgrade their Mac mini. However, we should note that the move to the M1 chip means the memory is capped at 16GB, and you can no longer use external graphic cards (eGPUs). This tiny little PC feels fast and responsive, and it was able to punch above its weight when it came to intensive video rendering tasks.
Even though the M1 chip that powers the Mac mini is Apple's first chip for a desktop PC, it's really knocked it out of the park. But if you consider upgrading anything else-the processor or the RAM-I think most users would be happier and get more for their money, with the $1,999 Mac Studio.And, it really has got a performance boost. Assuming the Mac Studio updates this spring with the Mac mini’s HDMI 2.1 and Wi-FI 6E upgrades, and Apple doesn’t increase the price, there will be no reason whatsoever to recommend an upgraded M2 Pro Mac mini at all.īut for now, if you’re looking for a Mac desktop a bit more powerful than the regular M2 model, grit your teeth and grab the $1,299 Mac mini, possibly with a 1TB storage upgrade if you can swing the $200.
We haven’t heard much about an upcoming M2 Max M2 Ultra-based Mac Studio, but the M1 version is almost a year old, and with the M2 Max now available in the MacBook Pro, we’re only waiting on an M2 Ultra. So, which would you rather have for $1,999: an M2 Pro with 32GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, Wi-Fi 6E and HDMI 2, or an M1 Max with 32GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, and front-facing USB-C ports and an SDXC card slot? The Mac mini with M2 Pro should really start at $1,099 like the Intel model it displaced, and of course, Apple’s long-standing ridiculous prices on upgraded RAM and storage are to blame here, too.Īnd then there’s the next generation of the Mac Studio.
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