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expiredDC52NV posted Feb 25, 2023 07:48 AM

Active Military/Vets: Apple Mac Mini w/ M2 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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$499

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ShopMyExchange has for Active Military or Veterans: Apple Mac Mini w/ M2 Chip on sale for $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member DC52NV for sharing this deal.

Note, must login to AAFES/Shop My Exchange account w/ an active Military/Veterans status/Military Star Card to purchase

Specs:
  • Apple M2 Octa-Core Processor
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 8GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB Type-A
    • 2x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Headphone Jack
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

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  • About this product:
    • Mac mini with M2 supports up to two displays.

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ShopMyExchange has for Active Military or Veterans: Apple Mac Mini w/ M2 Chip on sale for $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member DC52NV for sharing this deal.

Note, must login to AAFES/Shop My Exchange account w/ an active Military/Veterans status/Military Star Card to purchase

Specs:
  • Apple M2 Octa-Core Processor
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 8GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB Type-A
    • 2x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Headphone Jack
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • Mac mini with M2 supports up to two displays.

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trpt4him
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The vast majority of users will not notice that difference in performance.
astro26
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A lot of misinformation on this. Lots of clickbait making people pay for for stuff they don't need.
Did you see the videos on real world usage? 99% of the people can barely tell the m2 256 has a slower drive. It only shows up if you regularly move 50gb files daily. This guy shows it from a graphics design or photography perspective.

If you do regular dev builds as a programmer then you aren't using macOS, Linux instead and a have a different setup so you don't have macOS overhead. Alex zeskind.

https://youtu.be/_rgeCXm5uwY


Of course there are many other YT influencers showing artificial benchmarks. But very few day in the life of videos which show the real difference.
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Feb 25, 2023 03:08 PM
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seanerdooskiFeb 25, 2023 03:08 PM
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I have the m1 Mm but it has 16GB ram but only 256GB SSD (I added an OWC Envoy with a WD black SN770 500 GB external M.2 NVME SSD inside) and it has been phenomenal. I'm super excited about these new ones.
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Feb 25, 2023 04:19 PM
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JayDee917Feb 25, 2023 04:19 PM
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I have the base M1 Mac Mini similar to this one. Probably not meant for doing serious professional work, (although I'm sure it could probably handle it) it runs extremely fast even with 8GB of RAM. I can easily have 15-20 tabs open in chrome, with Spotify and a few Office programs running without any slowdown or tabs having to reload.
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JudBen19Feb 25, 2023 04:26 PM
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https://www.shopmyexchange.com/ap...sd/3530776
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Feb 25, 2023 04:39 PM
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mikedjbFeb 25, 2023 04:39 PM
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Picked this up recently. Extremely happy.
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MrWheelNDealFeb 25, 2023 04:44 PM
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Keep in mind these take a HUGE hit on ssd speeds with the 256GB version because apple nerfed these by putting in one 256 stick instead of two 128s.

The minis with larger ssds use two sticks running in raid 0 which essentially doubles their speeds, meaning 2x faster transfer speeds, loading content, and more.

Probably not a big deal though if you're mainly browsing the internet and for general productivity.
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jwr28sFeb 25, 2023 05:05 PM
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Quote from MrWheelNDeal :
Keep in mind these take a HUGE hit on ssd speeds with the 256GB version because apple nerfed these by putting in one 256 stick instead of two 128s.

The minis with larger ssds use two sticks running in raid 0 which essentially doubles their speeds, meaning 2x faster transfer speeds, loading content, and more.

Probably not a big deal though if you're mainly browsing the internet and for general productivity.
Would you mind sharing links (or explaining in more detail) how the single stick versus a split into two 128s impacts performance? Would like to learn more and I'm not coming up with much on my own Google searches.
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UniqueSeagull3844Feb 25, 2023 05:13 PM
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Quote from jwr28s :
Would you mind sharing links (or explaining in more detail) how the single stick versus a split into two 128s impacts performance? Would like to learn more and I'm not coming up with much on my own Google searches.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news...-downgrade
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genaxFeb 25, 2023 05:42 PM
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Quote from UniqueSeagull3844 :
https://www.tomshardware.com/news...-downgrade [tomshardware.com]
Which one doesnt have the slower drives?
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trpt4himFeb 25, 2023 06:25 PM
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Quote from MrWheelNDeal :
Keep in mind these take a HUGE hit on ssd speeds with the 256GB version because apple nerfed these by putting in one 256 stick instead of two 128s.

The minis with larger ssds use two sticks running in raid 0 which essentially doubles their speeds, meaning 2x faster transfer speeds, loading content, and more.

Probably not a big deal though if you're mainly browsing the internet and for general productivity.
The vast majority of users will not notice that difference in performance.
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dweekieFeb 25, 2023 06:25 PM
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Quote from jwr28s :
Would you mind sharing links (or explaining in more detail) how the single stick versus a split into two 128s impacts performance? Would like to learn more and I'm not coming up with much on my own Google searches.
https://youtu.be/m1XWHFkHgp8
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Feb 25, 2023 06:29 PM
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UniqueSeagull3844Feb 25, 2023 06:29 PM
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Quote from genax :
Which one doesnt have the slower drives?
All the base 256gb m2 macs use a single NAND chip. All the higher capacity macs use faster dual chip setups. (512GB, 1TB, etc)
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flapjabbyFeb 25, 2023 06:37 PM
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do these 8GB M2 systems have the same mem swap performance issues as the M1 ? On my M1, 8GB of RAM simply isn't enough for multi-tab basic Chrome usage
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Daniel WoodFeb 25, 2023 06:46 PM
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Quote from flapjabby :
do these 8GB M2 systems have the same mem swap performance issues as the M1 ? On my M1, 8GB of RAM simply isn't enough for multi-tab basic Chrome usage
Yes. If 8GB is not enough for you, M1 vs M2 doesn't matter.
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clydesdalFeb 25, 2023 06:49 PM
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Quote from flapjabby :
do these 8GB M2 systems have the same mem swap performance issues as the M1 ? On my M1, 8GB of RAM simply isn't enough for multi-tab basic Chrome usage
If you are hitting problems with 8GB on the M1, you'll have similar issues with the M2. I didn't see those problems on chrome, but definitely had issues when running parallels or other heavy memory usage. 16GB was way better for me. I use both, but the 8gb beachballs more often.
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