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expiredbrollpixel posted Apr 05, 2023 06:45 PM
Apple Mac Mini Desktop Computer w/ M2 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2023 Model)
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256GB version:
2018 Intel Write: 1627
2018 Intel Read: 2485
2020 Base M1 Write: 2733
2020 Base M1 Read: 2854
2023 Base M2 Write: 1431
2023 Base M2 Read: 1482
2023 512GB M2 Write: 3417
2023 512GB M2 Read: 2987
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Never thought we'd dump Windows but our mobile stuff - phones and tablets - are already Apple and we have one MacBook Air M1. October 2025 (end of Win10) is coming fast and these Mac Mini M2's at $499 are looking very tempting.
Bonus 1: Loving the automatic - and 100% complete - seamless back up of all Apple devices as well as the seamless cross platform texting, internet, copy/pasting, photos, Find me, AirTags, etc…
Bonus 2: With Windows 11, Microsoft went all in with Google Android mobile integration, providing another reason for Apple mobile folks to leave Microsoft.
[EDIT:] I'm old enough to not be defensive about down flags on the anonymous Internet, but having a large number of Windows 10 machines in our home, I am sincerely interested in the specific counter arguments to my comment. Where, specifically, is the comment flawed, particularly for mainstream Internet browsing, streaming, email, etc…? Are the down flaggers gamers? I'd totally understand that but please say so.
So they use this gimped version as the "loss leader" in hopes you pay for upgrades that have margins 80% or more and folks like you "wonder" how Apple does it at this price point.
Also its not all roses. Earlier this week I read that Apple shut down m2 production 100% so projections are not what they thought and m1 still around. So it seems that in this economy that price sensitivity is returning.
Full disclosure I have an m2 pro mini and I love it but I had to drop $1200 on it (I also had to buy an external SSD thunderbolt for real storage) and sadly it does not have AV1 encode/decode acceleration which I think is a travesty beyond all since Apple is a founding member and AV1 will surely take over in the next few years.
https://forums.macrumor
256GB version:
2018 Intel Write: 1627
2018 Intel Read: 2485
2020 Base M1 Write: 2733
2020 Base M1 Read: 2854
2023 Base M2 Write: 1431
2023 Base M2 Read: 1482
2023 512GB M2 Write: 3417
2023 512GB M2 Read: 2987
So they use this gimped version as the "loss leader" in hopes you pay for upgrades that have margins 80% or more and folks like you "wonder" how Apple does it at this price point.
Also its not all roses. Earlier this week I read that Apple shut down m2 production 100% so projections are not what they thought and m1 still around. So it seems that in this economy that price sensitivity is returning.
Full disclosure I have an m2 pro mini and I love it but I had to drop $1200 on it (I also had to buy an external SSD thunderbolt for real storage) and sadly it does not have AV1 encode/decode acceleration which I think is a travesty beyond all since Apple is a founding member and AV1 will surely take over in the next few years.
apple products are not selling look it up. So yes the prices are coming down. Apple halted its production especially now the m3 has been leaked
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Never thought we'd dump Windows but our mobile stuff - phones and tablets - are already Apple and we have one MacBook Air M1. October 2025 (end of Win10) is coming fast and these Mac Mini M2's at $499 are looking very tempting.
Bonus 1: Loving the automatic - and 100% complete - seamless back up of all Apple devices as well as the seamless cross platform texting, internet, copy/pasting, photos, Find me, AirTags, etc…
Bonus 2: With Windows 11, Microsoft went all in with Google Android mobile integration, providing another reason for Apple mobile folks to leave Microsoft.
[EDIT:] I'm old enough to not be defensive about down flags on the anonymous Internet, but having a large number of Windows 10 machines in our home, I am sincerely interested in the specific counter arguments to my comment. Where, specifically, is the comment flawed, particularly for mainstream Internet browsing, streaming, email, etc…? Are the down flaggers gamers? I'd totally understand that but please say so.
still lacking for people that need it on these M2s? Parallels subscription the only solution?
still lacking for people that need it on these M2s? Parallels subscription the only solution?
I moved my Windows VM to my x86 server and now remote in to them, works perfectly fine and don't have to worry about bugs, interactions or slow-downs.
If this is really true, game developers should really be porting more games to MacOS.
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