The PERFECT Mac? M2 Pro Mac mini 3-month review!

I’ve been using the M2 Pro Mac mini for three months now and I’ve got lots of thoughts. In this video, I reveal who it’s for, whether or not the Mac mini Bluetooth issues have been fixed, and why I think the M2 Pro Mac mini is the best you can buy today.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Who is the M2 Pro Mac mini for?
04:05 - Sanebox
05:27 - My experience
06:55 - M2 Pro Mac mini bluetooth
07:55 - Conclusion

[MarkEllisReviews]

What do you think is the best Mac you can buy today, and why?

[Miledodo]

i spend over 6 months watching all MacMini M2 videos all around Youtube, and i must say, you are the one who actually give legit information that will help me to purchase one that i want. I appreciate your videos.

[youperspective]

I went with the M2 Pro mac mini with 32 GB of RAM and 1TB. I know it’s a bit unreasonable but I just wanted to have extra room to work with on the internal storage going forward. Also I like that the mac mini is small and the idea that I can take it in a backpack as opposed to the studio.
I also paired with the Apple studio display. This setup was the culmination of years of hoping to get that kind of setup one day.

[johnathanbeats]

I Got the m1 mini 16 ram for making music with logic 2 years ago, and still happy with it. I plan to wait a few more years before upgrading.

[iamtheai]

I’m buying mine today, after researching and buying all the peripherals ….that was a lot of work

[chedubetcha]

I bought a used maxed or pretty close to maxed out M1 Mac Mini. It’s been stellar. I switched from a 2010 Mac book pro that was on its last leg. Very happy with my purchase. Let’s see if it lasts 11 years!

[pauljazzman]

I think you are right, the M2 pro Mac mini is a perfect Mac for the price. The extra ports, Blutooth, the speed is great. I did go for the 1TB ssd as the 500GB was a bit slower on access speeds (probably not noticeable for most people). Paired with an Apple Studio monitor, it's like the replacement for the 27inch iMac which I had for many years.

[kaneclements]

Bought the base M2 Pro a few weeks ago plus a refurb Apple Studio display.

Cracking set up.

Well pleased.

I also sold my Intel Air and got a refurbed M1 MB Air with base SSD and 16 GB of RAM.

Two machines that are going to last me a long time I think.

[curtiskupferschmid]

I absolutely love my M2 Mac Mini. The price is unbelievable for the performance.

[RSV]

I am using a Mac mini M2 Pro/16GB and I see the famous beach ball in routine work. Even in Finder marking and copying 100 files takes a while to "initialize" the copy, before copying the files.

[torb-no]

Recently ordered this (based on info from your others videos about it). I did upgrade mine to 32GB ram, but as you say, if you know, you know.

I don't understand people who compare it to, the MacBook Pro 14. Agree so much regard it being a desktop and SSDs. I hate pluging in/out things of laptops, but with desktops that's noe issue, so I'll just be bringing over my old external SSDs from my 2019 iMac.

Thanks for all the videos!

[outthereJCH]

You convinced me. I was ready to pull the trigger on a M1 Max Studio base spec, but I think I'll save a couple hundred and go with this base spec. New/aspiring YouTuber who's still in the early stages of figuring all this out, so I really appreciate your channel. I've come to rely on your content quite a bit. Thanks a lot for all that you do!

[iahorvath]

Great review! I am a graphic designer who is still working with a 27” mac and I am ready to upgrade. I don't do video editing, only Adobe Creative Suite apps for now. I hope the M2 Pro Mac mini will do the trick for me.

[Kevint]

Great little machine! i just wish it was in Space Gray to distinguish it from the regular Mac Mini, like the Intel version was. Other than that, it's no contest in comparing it to the Studio thanks to HDMI 2.1 which the Studio currently doesn't have.

[stjames]

Not sure if you use it on wifi, but I bought a MacMini M2 16/256gb and the wifi is terrible. There is forums on the Apple site of everyone complaining about poor wifi. I agree it loads apps and works very quick. My wifi was so bad I took it to Apple and they are replacing the logic board after 4 weeks of use. Not sure if it’s going to fix the problem, 7 days before I get it back.

[montaguebarnabasltd]

Really nice video style. Glad to see your channel doing well!

[louiseseidel]

Thank you, Mark. Exactly the information I needed exactly when I needed it. I need the extra ports but didn't want to spend the extra money to get a Macbook Pro M2 Max. I'm glad I waited for this.

[willm]

Collecting mine soon, went for 32gb ram over 16 because it is good futureproofing (even if the price is staggering).

[PolluxChung]

Mac Studio still has a place. Look at the price gap between the base Mini and base Mac Pro, it's as wide as Pacific Ocean.

And the fully spec'ed up Mini Pro is still stuck at the M-Pro level processor, Not Max or Ultra.

[wouterkolkman]

I bought one a couple of weeks ago to replace my 2013 iMac 27”. It keeps amazing me - brilliant performance:-)