
The memory, storage, and other controllers are all soldered on a single board. To make everything run faster and more reliable, Apple soldered everything on the circuit board. However, the M2 Mac Mini is not without faults. The only way to tell between a M2 and M2 Pro Mac Mini is the number of ports available. This will ensure that you can expect steady performance in long-running workloads. The M2 is designed to work with no fan and Apple put a beefy cooling fan on the Mac Mini. With the specialized Media Engine on the chip, you can do heavy lifting workloads like 8K video editing, something that almost no sub-$600 computer can do just a few years ago. Although this is a base chip in Apple’s lineup, it still packs a punch. The M2 chip is as basic as you can get from Apple. In other words, there are many Mac Mini in the world, you can make this one yours. And with that small box, you can customize your setup to your own liking. The beauty of the Mac Mini, other than the lowest price to get a macOS device that you have a small box. The M2 Mac Mini starts at a low base price, but the add-ons can really push the price up to the M2 Pro Mac Mini territory. Apple also put a “professional” chip the M2 Pro in the Mac Mini chassis replacing the aging 2018 Space Grey Mac Mini. If you are a student, you can even get a $100 discount making the Mac Mini a sub $500 computer which can do 8K video editing. Apple not only spec bump the Mac Mini to include the M2 chip, but also lowered the base price by $100 to $599. Apple updated the Mac Mini in January 202 and made a lot of improvements. Small, value for money, and low barrier to entry. The Mac Mini is one of Apple’s best product.
