The Base M2 Mac Mini - Here's What They're Not Telling You..

Is the M2 Mac Mini the computer you have been dreaming of? Do you think you could get by on 8gb of ram or should Apple make 16gb the standard?

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[rajatsehgal]

Precise, crisp and to the point. What every review should be like.

[mattsanchez]

Picked up a two month old m2 on eBay for $350, and I’m loving it. First Mac PC I’ve used in forever. It’s sleek oh so quiet, and blazingly fast, just what I needed for photo editing !

[mpark]

As a lifetime pc user, it's getting harder to resist

[toonman]

At home, I have been using my M1 MacMinii for a few years. It *tears* through video and photo editing. For comparison, I still use a 2015, 4K iMac at work. It is slow compared to the M1 Mac. I think I'll stay with the M1 for now. The upgrade to M2 just isn't enough of a change for me at this time. Great video btw.

[px]

Finally, an unbiased opinion about the Mac mini 2 bare model. No, you do not need to upgrade to 16Gb memory unless you are someone that can't bargain its time. Simply connect an external SSD and use the internal storage for applications and memory swap. Besides, you are going to need to purchase a $100 hub to replicate ports in the front and of course for us photographers and video editors, we need an SD card slot.
Apple is always very smart in pricing their equipment to make you think you should go one up. The bare bone offer is 600 dollars. If you upgrade the memory, is becomes 800 dollars. So why not pick the 512Gb one, and upgrade it to 16Gb of memory. Now you are at 1000 dollars. Getting in M2 Pro territory.
This is the reason you should go with the M2 8Gb and 256Gb. This is the reasonable choice for all of use who can have a slightly slower computer. I am currently using a Mac Book Pro late 2013, 8Gb of memory and a 2.4 Ghz dual-core intel Core i5 to edit my videos and photographies. I easily manage with a 10 years old computer.

[stanhry]

I haven’t upgraded my computers from about ten years. This looks like an awesome upgrade for me. Even the entry level one. I have upgrade my iPads twice and phones four times since then. My computers are really showing there age.

[gsindar]

I've just bought M2 with 16gb ram. I think I made the best choice.

[matthewscott]

Thank you for making this video! I just bought a base Mac Mini M2 8/256 and all of the critics and reviews out there are basically saying how the base model is essentially worthless unless you add another $600+ in upgrades. It’s refreshing to hear a review in favor of the base mini and geared towards the average user. I’m fully aware of the limitations of the base mini and while I’d prefer better specs (like you also mentioned) I’m not the type of person that is going to use this Mac for photo and video editing or gaming. I’m just looking for a reliable and affordable desktop computer to do general things with. I feel like I’d rather get the base model, which will be fine for a few years, rather than spec out a $1900 Mac Mini that’s “future proof.” The base model should be perfect for my needs and in a few years when it’s too slow to do anything, I’ll upgrade to whatever is the latest and greatest at that time (M3 or M4). I paid less than $499 for a 2023 Mac Mini M2… it’s hard to complain about that.

[victorventura]

Very nice review. Direct to the point without any fluff. Great job !

[Clindian]

Great review! I'm glad you included the tip on the external ssd, I might have to get one of those. I wish 16gb ram was standard, but if that means other's won't be able to get it at the $599 price then I'm sorta ok with that. For me the real problem is with Apple expecting so much money for such little upgraded internal storage at those speeds ($200 from 256gb to 512gb geez!). Like you said, external ssd is a good play to make. I'm replacing my 2015 Macbook pro with a 16gb ram and 256gb storage M2 Mac mini and hoping that I can squeeze a lot of life out of this.

[thebusinessfirm]

Well done, mate. Great review video. I appreciate the absence of hyperbole, childish yelling and fluff. Very useful content. Regards from sunny South Australia.

[KevinMillard]

i have the mini m1 and have had no bluetooth or wireless problems at all keep in mind collisions happen more so when you have alot of that stuff active in the area you are so anyone that does not have that going on will not experience any of the problems at all, also big sur was a problem os for the m1s and monterey solved that and i have no big sur experience as mine came with monterey only and the systems cant go backwards from what they are shipped with, iam now running ventura and it made alot of improvements over even monterey

[andreasbuder]

You are certainly right, the last gen M1 Mac Mini, either refurb or with rebate, is the better deal because of the dual Nand SSD, much better for swap. I will buy one used for my matte display 4k-TV.

[mgaming]

Not sure what camera you used to film this, but you the color and lighting on this video is amazing. spot on 100% accurate. skins tones, the color of the mac mini etc. great video quality. good work.
that said. i bought the M2 Pro mac mini with 12 core cpu just because. I love it. stupid fast.

[MegaSickcat]

I had purchased the new 2023 Mac Mini M2 to replace a late November 2012 Mac Mini. Unfortunately after almost 2 weeks on the phone with different AppleCare people every day....the problem is simple: The M2 2023 Mac Mini has LESS memory than my 2012 Mac mini...You can say I was really pissed off that I had to go through all the BS trying to get the migration done...End result: Tomorrow (Monday) I take a ride to the closest Apple store (which isn't that close) and return this 2023 model. Then figure out my next best option to buy. Thankfully I kept my 'obsolete 2012'...

[seansean]

great video. u said the 1tb ssd is faster than the 256 gb model, but the 512 is also faster than the 256 gb for the same reason. just clarifying for anyone curious.

[therecycledpirate]

I want a whole video, on repeat, on how delightful you pronounced fluidity. That deserves a remix!

[svenk]

I watched plenty of reviews. You finally sold the M2 to me. I will pick it up tomorrow.

[imAndrewRussell]

Lifetime PC person here… have built 6 high end editing/gaming computers over the past 30 years of my life.

I just bought the mid grade version of the Mac mini m2, I’m quite sad to say I’m slowly become a “mac” guy. For work at least.

I primarily use mine for adobe suite and work stuff (which is all creative related) and this dang computer is UNREAL for the price point. It’s just incredible.

[clarknova]

Would you say the base M2 Mini is good enough to act as a media hub for the living room (given the reduced SSD speeds on the 256GB model)? Mainly playing video from an external hard drive, streaming audio and video from the web and maybe some Steam/retro game emulation? No one else seems to have mentioned this use case but I think it would make perfect sense.