Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands for deals, including promoted items.
This Deal Has Expired We can notify you when similar deals are posted. Set up Deal Alert
expired
expired
LucianoBressan 9.8K Views
Oct 13, 2023 1:37 PM

Apple Mac mini (M2) - $499

$499

B&H Photo Video
Visit B&H Photo Video

Why are you downvoting this deal?

Good Deal?
20Comments
Save
Share
Deal Details
New Apple Mac mini Early 2023
Highlights
Apple M2 8-Core CPU
8GB Unified RAM | 256GB SSD
10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
2 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 Ports
USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 | HDMI | 3.5mm
1 x Gigabit Ethernet Port
macOS

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...th_m2.html
Community Notes
About the Poster
Deal Details
Community Notes
About the Poster
New Apple Mac mini Early 2023
Highlights
Apple M2 8-Core CPU
8GB Unified RAM | 256GB SSD
10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
2 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 Ports
USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 | HDMI | 3.5mm
1 x Gigabit Ethernet Port
macOS

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...th_m2.html

Community Voting

Deal Score
-2
Good Deal
Bad Deal

Why are you downvoting this deal?

Visit B&H Photo Video

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!

20 Comments

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Oct 13, 2023 1:52 PM
191 Comments
Joined Nov 2017
Adam1813Oct 13, 2023 1:52 PM
191 Comments
Same price at Best Buy
Oct 13, 2023 4:55 PM
499 Comments
Joined Sep 2007
yanksno1Oct 13, 2023 4:55 PM
499 Comments
Tempting. Kinda wanted 10GB Ethernet built in, but know it won't be for this price. Any of you guys have a 10GB USB-C Adapter working well for you? Might just be better to have it built in heh.
Oct 13, 2023 7:22 PM
22 Comments
Joined Jun 2013
NeilS4957Oct 13, 2023 7:22 PM
22 Comments
Costco has the same price of $499.00
1
Oct 14, 2023 2:33 AM
6.4K Comments
Joined Mar 2008
dcliveOct 14, 2023 2:33 AM
6.4K Comments
Quote from yanksno1 View quoted comment :
Tempting. Kinda wanted 10GB Ethernet built in, but know it won't be for this price. Any of you guys have a 10GB USB-C Adapter working well for you? Might just be better to have it built in heh.
Just go to Apple edu and build one. The base is the same $499 price.
2
Oct 14, 2023 3:32 AM
599 Comments
Joined Oct 2011

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users.

Oct 14, 2023 4:02 AM
5.5K Comments
Joined Dec 2007
HY-SDOct 14, 2023 4:02 AM
5.5K Comments
Quote from bulletban View quoted comment :
another tik tok watching machine
Like your phone.
Oct 14, 2023 3:37 PM
111 Comments
Joined Jul 2017
bestkindofbrownOct 14, 2023 3:37 PM
111 Comments
Quote from bulletban View quoted comment :
another tik tok watching machine
Who tf is watching TikToks using a keyboard and a mouse?
2
1

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Oct 14, 2023 7:29 PM
499 Comments
Joined Sep 2007
yanksno1Oct 14, 2023 7:29 PM
499 Comments
Quote from dclive View quoted comment :
Just go to Apple edu and build one. The base is the same $499 price.
Wished I could get the edu one heh, that's a great price.
Oct 14, 2023 8:50 PM
6.4K Comments
Joined Mar 2008
dcliveOct 14, 2023 8:50 PM
6.4K Comments
Quote from yanksno1 View quoted comment :
Wished I could get the edu one heh, that's a great price.
Anyone (in the USA) can. Just click on the web page.
Oct 15, 2023 4:25 AM
2.5K Comments
Joined Feb 2014
elefante72Oct 15, 2023 4:25 AM
2.5K Comments
Quote from dclive View quoted comment :
Just go to Apple edu and build one. The base is the same $499 price.
if you want 10 gig it $100. For 10 gig only thunderbolt adapters and they are like $300. You can get a good 2.5 for $10 tho. Your choice--personally they should have 2.5gig its 2023 a $150 minipc can get one. Apple sucks that way but if you must have one spend the $100 because you will regret it later. Its one of the more "reasonable" up-charges.
Oct 15, 2023 5:33 AM
653 Comments
Joined Jan 2005
illimiterOct 15, 2023 5:33 AM
653 Comments
Is this good enough for iPhone app development?
I have an external 4TB SSD that can be used for development tools, etc. Not sure if the CPU and RAM are sufficient.

EDIT:
I found a blog that says this machine would work for app development, but with many limitations:
https://www.fline.dev/hardware-re...-may-2022/
Last edited by illimiter October 15, 2023 at 02:33 AM.
Oct 15, 2023 10:26 PM
499 Comments
Joined Sep 2007
yanksno1Oct 15, 2023 10:26 PM
499 Comments
Quote from dclive View quoted comment :
Anyone (in the USA) can. Just click on the web page.
So you don't need a edu email to buy it? Looked and built a base model for $589. How do you get it for $499 with the 10GB in it? Might upgrade to 16GB of ram and 512SSD, but that's another story haha.
1
Oct 16, 2023 1:38 AM
6.4K Comments
Joined Mar 2008
dcliveOct 16, 2023 1:38 AM
6.4K Comments
Quote from yanksno1 View quoted comment :
So you don't need a edu email to buy it? Looked and built a base model for $589. How do you get it for $499 with the 10GB in it? Might upgrade to 16GB of ram and 512SSD, but that's another story haha.
The base model is $499. Once you add 10GBe it's $589.
Oct 16, 2023 1:30 PM
499 Comments
Joined Sep 2007
yanksno1Oct 16, 2023 1:30 PM
499 Comments
Quote from dclive View quoted comment :
The base model is $499. Once you add 10GBe it's $589.
Thanks, thought you meant you could get it built in for $499 on the edu price. My mistake there.

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Oct 16, 2023 8:48 PM
136 Comments
Joined Aug 2013
kociubinOct 16, 2023 8:48 PM
136 Comments
Quote from illimiter View quoted comment :
Is this good enough for iPhone app development?
I have an external 4TB SSD that can be used for development tools, etc. Not sure if the CPU and RAM are sufficient.

EDIT:
I found a blog that says this machine would work for app development, but with many limitations:
https://www.fline.dev/hardware-re...-may-2022/ [fline.dev]
It will work but it won't be efficient.

I had a Macbook M1 with 8GB/256GB that I used for Flutter development (iOS/Android) as well as for Office tasks. I constantly had to close Outlook/Teams/Firefox and other apps just to move things along as builds would sometimes take forever. The machine would run out of RAM and would keep swapping to disk which would bring everything to a crawl. After a few months of this I couldn't take it anymore and upgraded to a 16GB/500GB Macbook Air. It's been great ever since.

So, unless you're really strapped for cash and are willing to trade a lot of your own time for a few hundred bucks then get one with at least 16GB.

Storage is a bit easier. It depends on what you're storing and whether you're willing offload big files to an external device. But keep in mind that XCode can quickly grow to several hundered GB's so it will be a tight fit with 256GB. You can clean things periodically but it also becomes a constant nuisance. 500GB is the least I would recommend for a long term XCode development.

1

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!

Related Searches

ComputersB&H Photo Video