More: How to preorder Apple’s new Macs and ultimately skip the line Hot off the press, the M2-equipped Mac Mini is said to offer up to 50 percent faster speeds in services like Adobe Photoshop compared to its two-year-old M1 predecessor, and up to 35 percent faster gameplay in titles like Resident Evil Village. Basically, you’re getting a more capable compact desktop PC this time around – and for a starting price of $599. That’s right, the M2 Mac Mini, though clearly faster and more performant than its $699 predecessor, is being sold for $100 less right off the gate. Starting today you can preorder from the following configurations:
Mac Mini with M2 chip, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports for $599Mac Mini with M2 chip, 8GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports for $799Mac Mini with M2 Pro chip, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD, and four Thunderbolt 4 ports for $1,299
Should you be adventurous and opt for the fully specced-out Mac Mini, it’ll come with the M2 Pro chip with 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 8TB of SSD, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and set you back $4,099. No matter which model you buy, the Mac Mini will come with two additional USB-A ports, an HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet support, a headphone jack, and in Silver. There’s no Space Gray this time around. And thanks to the new M2 chip, the Macs can support up to two displays at a time, with the M2 Pro capable of extending to a full-on 8K monitor, a first for any Mac computer. The new Mac Mini is available for preorder today, with open sales starting on Tuesday, January 24. Also: This $75 dock turns your Mac Mini into a Mac Studio (sort of)
