#MAC MINI M1 MAX PRO#

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.

#MAC MINI M1 MAX PRO#

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. I used them regularly, and I immediately missed having them on the Mac mini. But it’s the two USB-C ports and SDXC card slot on the front that make me love the Mac Studio. The extra height doesn’t bother me…in fact, it makes a great monitor stand for the Studio Display. They’re just tiny by modern desktop computer standards and nearly silent.ĭesign-wise, I prefer the Mac Studio. But both machines have the same footprint. The Mac Studio is obviously bigger–it’s about 2.5 Mac minis stacked on top of one another. It’s not just the processorīut there’s more to these machines than the difference in processor power. There aren’t a lot of tasks whose bottleneck is the Neural Engine, but it’s considerably faster in the M2 Pro, at least on paper.Īt the end of the day, I’d take even the entry-level M1 Max with 24 CPU cores and 32GB of RAM over the full-strength M2 Pro, but it’s close. For sustained intensive CPU operations, the M2 Pro Mac mini can outperform the Mac Studio slightly, but even then only if you spend $300 on a CPU upgrade.

In other words, for everyday browsing and such you’re not likely to notice much difference with either machine.

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