M2 Mac Mini Review - $600

My review of the Base Model M2 Mac Mini and upgraded M2 Pro Mac Mini

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[PentoolistaTV]

I really like the comparison between the $1000 metal stand vs the $600 computer LMAO

[dandiesel]

The way those 2 macs are stacked is like something they should make in the future and vent the hot air through tubes out of the gaps to double up as a heater for your room.

[mplovecraft]

I've had the base MBA M1 for two years now and it's still blazing fast - I couldn't be happier to be honest. It would have been "nice" to have 16/512, but like Dave said: the moment you upgrade the value proposition melts away.

[ko-biko]

I'm so glad you are highlighting music production. These apple chips are incredibly good for those applications and deliver crazy value, especially considering that, storage-wise, many things can be done from external SSDs.

[TheShawMustGoOn]

+1 for RAM upgrade. You can easily attach an external SSD and more or less get the same speed of the internal. But RAM isn't something you can just stick up via an expansion port.

[Yipii]

I must applaud you for having the most balanced take on the SSD issue and the last advice on upgrading RAM vs. SSD is really helpful. Thank you so much!

[mikem]

Another benefit of the M2 Mac Mini is it made the M1 Mac Mini go down in price.

A refurbished base model M1 Mac Mini directly from Apple is $469. With a 10% veterans discount, it’s $422 and that’s what I bought.

Awesome deal, especially coming from directly from Apple!

[Penpaper]

My guy has a whole other serious career and still swoops in and produces cool reviews like this

[AlexRaptakis]

Drive speed in music production is VERY important due to the immense sizes of sample library files. These don't only need to load up fast, but you also need good and consistent speeds, otherwise you might get playback hickups. Music composers, especially those who write orchestral music, should have drive speed as a third priority, right after CPU and RAM.

To be honest though, the flagship string library from Spitfire Audio is around 260GB, so I doubt you will be putting that on the main drive anyway.

[JayMatthewblack]

The honesty when you said for 3d work go for windows is EPIC 👌👍

[alexandrgarlock]

Replaced my Mac mini 2014 with the base. Killer value and killer upgrade.

[Mark.Taylor.]

I always am excited to see your content!

[juskim]

I honestly cannot believe the price per performance on the new Mac Minis! I convinced my company to buy one for iOS/Android development using Flutter and I'm so excited to try it! It's been a while since Apple got me this excited for any of their products.

[GFourGadget]

Why is nobody talking about that thumbnail, it's fire 🔥

[oceanghose]

brilliant video. absolutely clear and addressed every essential question i had. thank you!

[alexisa]

As you said, that's the best value Mac you can have, it's amazing how a computer a that price can work just fine for most people

[sheldonwong]

Always comprehensive yet concise, really appreciate the high quality reviews that don't eat up my time.

[Jasper_]

Great review, one of the few actually useful for a normal user looking for a PC. Almost all tech channels focus on how fast it can render a video and other useless metrics. Honesty about what you will and will not notice is always greatly appreciated!

[OTechnology]

3:34 the labels for the heatsinks are reversed. The Pro heatsink is on the right.

[sagarnandi]

$600 price is just another bait to get you into the Apple ecosystem