M2 Pro Mac mini review - 1 MONTH LATER

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I’ve been using the M2 Pro Mac mini for long enough now to provide an updated opinion on Apple’s latest desktop powerhouse.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Trend Micro
02:15 - How I’m using the M2 Pro Mac mini
03:34 - Bluetooth issues?
04:47 - What I love
06:52 - What I don’t love
08:57 - Should you buy it?

[johnannovisuals]

I picked a base model Mac Mini M2 Pro (16gb Mem, 512gb SSD) and it handles editing multiple 10 bit 4:2:2 videos with ease. Very speedy machine!

[ShaunSeahSG]

I think that despite you saying you will never buy, review, and return an Apple product, your returning of the M2 Mac Mini in favour of an M2 Pro Mac Mini is a perfect example of Apple’s return policy doing its job, to allow people to deduce if their purchase is suitable for them. I don’t think anyone should be calling you out for a legitimate return of an unsuitable product for something that is far more suitable.

[whafrog]

OMG, thank you so much! I stumbled across this by accident and you're the only person I can find who has mentioned the bluetooth issues. I have the M1, and it sometimes makes the computer unusable for long periods. I have to reboot completely when the keyboard starts to stutter, which can cause a lot of issues when editing anything (photos, docs, etc) because you end up with garbage in your file and then you have to clean it up after rebooting.
I have been tempted to just go for the Studio, which nobody has mentioned has issues, but maybe I don't need to...thanks again for mentioning it!

[murasakistudio]

I picked up a base model yesterday as a replacement for my i7 mini that purchased just before the M1 emerged and I've been kicking myself ever since. I haven't yet had time to test the M2 seriously but in the short time I've had this it is clear this is a much more refined machine that is whisper quiet and stays cool, even when exporting large 4K videos and retouching a large tiff in Affinity Photo.

I tried removing the background on a few images in Pixelmator Pro and this was something that would take 20+ seconds on the Intel, but done in a couple seconds on the M2. This is what I wanted and expected to see with a bug jump in performance for anything graphic related.

[frostkiss]

I just bought the M2 Pro with 32GB RAM and the 1TB SSD and I was HOLDING MY BREATH when you said there's a SSD issue 😂 Because I poured all my savings into this buy but eventually you said the 1TB SSD should get rid of the problem 😂😂 boy was I sweating. Great video, thank you!

[PatrickRambles]

Great vid, Mark. I too am pleasantly surprised by the little guy (TWSS).

[bendair]

Great review Mark and you have convinced me to go with the Mac Mini M2 Pro with extra RAM and SSD space. I was very impressed with the M1 Mac Mini when it first came out back and I hoping this will be great upgrade as I am topping out with application memory issues.

[TwangThang]

Just took delivery of my M2 Pro Mini 16GB/1TB earlier today. So far it's very impressive! It does seem to have a glitch in regard to home sharing, tho'.

[jameshancock]

Great video! Since the iMac I'd like won't be available for a very long time, I went for the Mini M2 Pro 16/512 with an LG 31½" 4k monitor with decent speakers, a Logitech MX keyboard and a Trackpad v3... for probably £1k less than the not-yet-available iMac would cost. I couldn't be happier, as I use the Adobe Creative Cloud often, render many 3D images and this beast flies through it all with ease!

[goobfilmcast]

The base M1 (all iterations) was a leap in performance (and overall efficiency) that rarely occurs in the modern tech space. While some buyers have likely "upgraded" to M2 units, I don't think they did it in the expectation that they would get exponential gains over the M1. Creative Professionals (particularly budget-conscious small shops) worth their salt will make buying decisions based on the same Price/Performance calculation that helped them platform their business on Apple and Macs in the first place. For the other 90+ percent of Mac Users, even the base M2 Mini is a beast... let alone the M2 Pro Mini.

[sharonb.]

Great video. I’ve said it before, the vast majority of “prosumers” and professionals praying for the M1 Mac Mini Pro/Max bought the MacBook or Studio. The Studio was more machine than they needed, but regular M1 wasn’t enough and they were tired of waiting. The good news is the Mac Mini lineup is now complete for new semi professionals interested in a desktop setup.

[Chi_Town]

Great video again, top of the pyramid when it comes to Mac info, first place I come for information.
One question, could you recommend a Mac Mini spec for a college student? Video editing isn’t something that would need to be completed, more research, papers, excel, ppt along with basic email and of course YouTube to watch your content

[maheenm]

Another great video! Just got my M2 Pro Mac Mini and its pretty dam good. Really like it so far. Just wish it had SD/USB ports on the front.

[SanderE]

Excellent video, just wanted to add to your point with my experience as a software developer dabbling in some game development and 3D modeling. I have been doing these things on a M1 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and really the only thing that is sometimes a bit awkward is the 256GB SSD. For the rest this machine has been plowing through everything I have been throwing at it. I was going to switch to a MBP when they came out and then again when the M2 came out but there just isn't a rational reason for me to do so. People don't be fooled you can get A LOT done with just even the base M1 with 16GB of memory, that M2 pro Mac mini might come to my desk but I won't sell my MBA.

[kevinmathewstudios]

Who actually needs a 32gigs ram, will there be massive speed bumps or should I upgrade the chip

[bajamedic]

I just ordered the 12/19 16 core with 32gb of UM and bright studio display

[alanjones]

"why on earth is the Mac mini still powered by a walkie-talkie speaker....???" 🤣 #classic

[atcod]

I got the base M2 pro Mac mini. Only thing that I would have done different is to upgrade to 1T SSD. I added an external 1T SSD and it is just not the same. My old Mac was a 27" iMac with a 1 T HDD. My Time Machine backups won't restore. Not enough space! I did install home-brew and moved it to the external dive, but most people won't know how to do that. Also the SSD speed is much faster with 1T instead of the base 512M. The external SSD is pretty slow as well.

Don't get me wrong, this machine is a real beast. I cannot believe how responsive it is. I am using it for Xcode and I also have surveillance camera software running with 4 cameras (sercurityspy). The cameras are full HD(1080P) at 30FPS. I don't even know the system is running. I will be able to add more cameras easily. All in all no buyers remorse here.

[JourneyStand]

It would me nice if we would get an option to have the MAX chips with the Mac Mini.

[techtipsuk]

Not had any BT issues with mine either. I have the M2 Pro Mac Mini and M1 Max Mac Studio and in day to day use the Mac Mini feels snappier to me. Really happy with it.