I got a Mac mini 2012 full specs few months ago, It’s doing great for my music production .. cant wait to get the new ones but after my iMac 2015 stop getting updates
One tip : Make sure you get 16GB of RAM, you may think you don't need it now but you will need it later. It's also easier to sell it in the future to fund your next Mac.
Don’t listen to this tip, 8gb goes a very long way in the MAC realm and resell value wouldnt mean anything when every generation is improving quickly. 16gb is really needed when your an insane editor with a whole of apps opened at once. This future proof gimmick is nonsense.
@@mza2001 8GB of RAM does go a very long way, which is true. Extra 8GB of RAM is not going to make your Mac Mini suitable for an insane editor. "Resell value " only mean something when someone need the budget and can actually sell what they are selling.
I’d say don’t buy a mac mini at all, the things a giant waste of money. That thing costs more than my pc yet my pc can destroy the M2 ultra, and I don’t have to get a new computer to upgrade… anything that costs more than a $1000 from apple is a waste of money, they don’t build their computers like they used to
I bought the base model M2 mini and it’s great. Everyone is saying to upgrade it, but if you’re just doing everyday thing with it it’s fine. And if it sucks in 2-3 years just get the newest entry level mac. Price is right where you can just keep upgrading every few years instead of dumping a ton of money now and having something obsolete in a few years. You only need to upgrade if you’re doing crazy amounts of video or photo editing or massive high speed transfers. For the normal person, the base model is fine.
This is all relative as you could say this for any Mac configuration. But in my experience the best strategy is get a Mac that meets your needs today and will still be competitively powerful in 5-8 years so you get maximum value out of your purchase. You’ll save way more money long term this way as these Mac updates and apps are getting way more power hungry every year. I’m still using my 2015 5K iMac and 2017 MacBook Pro which I maxed out to the highest configuration and they still outperform these base M1/M2/M3 Macs not only in the Core i7 processing power but they have 4GB discrete GPUs which Mac Silicon doesn’t have. Plus they’re both running MacOS Sonoma using OCLP and the iMac has the best 5K display that Apple sells and you can install a custom chip into it to use it as a standalone monitor. Now I’ll get the Mac Studio once it gets the M3 chip and continue using my iMac 5K display with it. So I’ve gotten 8 years out of my purchase and I’m also saving a fortune not having to buy a new monitor.
Atleast they should provide and m.2 slot for storage upgrade. They are charging $250 from 256gb to 512gb upgrade and it's not even fast, I can get 1tb gen4 SSD for $85 that is 4x faster.
Does look good tbh but if I’m gonna buy a Mac mini it’s gonna be a mid 2010 model with 16GB ram and 512gb ssd as it’s enough for me as I don’t game (outside of some occasional terraria or Minecraft) and I’m not gonna use it as my main computer. It also has the cd/DVD drive, which I like, and it’s not expensive (I found one for €110🗿)
Great tips I’m on an old iMac 2012 on catalina. Planning to get a new one soon. Waiting to see what comes out in May & June. Was looking at iMac M3 with 24 GB memory 1 TB storage or Mac Studio M2 Max w/ 32 GB memory 1TB storage (hear new one is coming) with Studio Display. Now wondering if the mini is a better option.
Is it good for 3d and most design programs? Any suggestion for screens that is good with the mac mini? I'm still researching, currently using a macbook pro and looking to upgrade my work setup. Thanks in advance!
If I have a 24 “ full hd monitor should I buy Mac mini or MacBook Air.? I will use either with external monitor only and I only browse Internet and watch videos. I can get both with comparable prices and configurations in seconds market. Please advise
For those with an Iphone, in front-end website development, or video/photo editing industry it makes the most sense for a home setup. This assumes you don't travel much.
Hey! I'm a frontend dev and I was wondering how this mac mini performs under a pressure? If I open like 10 tabs and open a heavy react.js project what happens?
@@melihtopal9188 It should be fine if you have 16GB of RAM or more. Don't do professional work with other apps/browser tabs open with less than 16GB of RAM.
does it have virtual ram? if yes does that mean 8gbram 512gb ssd would run god of war, spiderman, and call of duty atleast high settings and over 60fps?
You can but you have to do a weird workaround. Bc for sidecar, the ipad is treated as a 2nd display. Which means you need a first display before connecting to the ipad. Some people do this, then make a keyboard shortcut that automatically sets up sidecar for the 2nd time.
@@yephindiangamersm if you are referring to blender for 3d software probably not. I would suggest going with 16gb of ram even with this it will still struggle depending how much resolution and effects you are trying to create. Just take my opinion a grain of salt.
can mac mini m2 base model output a 4K 120Hz via the TB4/USB4 port? i have DP to USBC cable together with dell G3223Q 4k 144Hz 32" monitor or i should get 16GB/512GB SSD version?
I have m1 mini, and its so slow when making music...try to record your screen when in session and its impossible.. forget about streaming...I bought it cause of missleading videos like this one.
the thing i dont get is why you wouldnt just get a macbook pro, and then get a monitor. Im not sure in the comparison in price but then you can bring your laptop anywhere and use it on the go.
The comments are confusing me about what’s best.. do I want 8 or 16gb? Do I need the m2 or is m1 okay? I want to be able to edit long and short form videos ❤ feel free to help me if you see this 😅
Hey guys, what do you think is better M1 8/512gb or M2 8/256gb? I want to use it for video editing and besides that, I also wanted to play league, so which one of these will have more FPS?
I'm doing some research on this now but I can use this with any monitor right?? I don't have to have an apple one (idk nothing about technology so be easy on me lol)
@@hape3862 some company requirements especially with remote work can't work on a virtual machine especially when its using its own virtual machine and need to know your exact peripherals specs to work. parallels is for the casual user and if its not that important why use it in the first place? so if your Job requires you to work in windows for some of its security apps and allows Mac only if you can dual boot.. this is not the computer to buy.
These days one can find windows pc box much smaller than Mac mini and cheaper in price as well, and with more connectivity and memory or disk space!. But of course you don't have the big apple logo on it 😅.
And of course, if you used your brain for once, you would realize that they run hot, don’t have thunderbolt, have a Celeron, and no GPU! But hey, apple bad, so this little windows box must be good!
How it is perfom so far bro? Is it great? I'm doing much photo editing activites using Lr and Ps .. I'm looking for a new device with a value.. does it run smoothly with the newer version of Ps ? Thank youu (sry bad english)
@@LORDdikaa I mostly do video editing with FCPX on it. I seldom use it for photo editing. I used to have an M1 macbook air and this is significantly faster than it in video editing thanks to it video encoders. I’m not sure about photo editing though….
@@Chimpify Displaylink will cause copyrighted videos to be blocked from playback on ANY display hooked up to your computer. Like you are prevented from even streaming videos from Apple Music.
I have M1 Mini. It's still going great and does really well with whatever I'm doing on it.
The m1 will be powerful for years and years, so will the m2. Apple knocked it out the park with these.
@@SneakyCalebm2 is more powerfull
Me too
I got a Mac mini 2012 full specs few months ago,
It’s doing great for my music production ..
cant wait to get the new ones but after my iMac 2015 stop getting updates
@@hzalk4952I haven’t looked back, go for it when it’s time, and it makes financial sense, if the intel chip MacBook is still going stron, keep it
One tip : Make sure you get 16GB of RAM, you may think you don't need it now but you will need it later. It's also easier to sell it in the future to fund your next Mac.
Yes, but it comes with $200> extra
Don’t listen to this tip,
8gb goes a very long way in the MAC realm and resell value wouldnt mean anything when every generation is improving quickly. 16gb is really needed when your an insane editor with a whole of apps opened at once.
This future proof gimmick is nonsense.
@@mza2001 8GB of RAM does go a very long way, which is true.
Extra 8GB of RAM is not going to make your Mac Mini suitable for an insane editor.
"Resell value " only mean something when someone need the budget and can actually sell what they are selling.
I’d say don’t buy a mac mini at all, the things a giant waste of money. That thing costs more than my pc yet my pc can destroy the M2 ultra, and I don’t have to get a new computer to upgrade… anything that costs more than a $1000 from apple is a waste of money, they don’t build their computers like they used to
@@seriessplayer62747 it’s is much cheaper than 1000$
I bought the base model M2 mini and it’s great. Everyone is saying to upgrade it, but if you’re just doing everyday thing with it it’s fine. And if it sucks in 2-3 years just get the newest entry level mac. Price is right where you can just keep upgrading every few years instead of dumping a ton of money now and having something obsolete in a few years.
You only need to upgrade if you’re doing crazy amounts of video or photo editing or massive high speed transfers. For the normal person, the base model is fine.
This is all relative as you could say this for any Mac configuration.
But in my experience the best strategy is get a Mac that meets your needs today and will still be competitively powerful in 5-8 years so you get maximum value out of your purchase. You’ll save way more money long term this way as these Mac updates and apps are getting way more power hungry every year.
I’m still using my 2015 5K iMac and 2017 MacBook Pro which I maxed out to the highest configuration and they still outperform these base M1/M2/M3 Macs not only in the Core i7 processing power but they have 4GB discrete GPUs which Mac Silicon doesn’t have.
Plus they’re both running MacOS Sonoma using OCLP and the iMac has the best 5K display that Apple sells and you can install a custom chip into it to use it as a standalone monitor.
Now I’ll get the Mac Studio once it gets the M3 chip and continue using my iMac 5K display with it.
So I’ve gotten 8 years out of my purchase and I’m also saving a fortune not having to buy a new monitor.
@LOSSLESSOFFICIAL still using 2010 macbook pro....still works great....just bought m2 mac mini...I'll be fine
Gaming works on it?
@@nqpzz I don’t play games on my computer. If you’re planning to run games, you should probably pick up a gaming pc.
@@LOSSLESSOFFICIALthe core i7 actually loses to apple silicon in raw cpu processing power, although your correct the gpu and ram is better
Atleast they should provide and m.2 slot for storage upgrade. They are charging $250 from 256gb to 512gb upgrade and it's not even fast, I can get 1tb gen4 SSD for $85 that is 4x faster.
Once the developers of Asahi Linux get it fully compatible with these m2 Mac minis I’m definitely buying one
whats the stand for that mac mini
"Eyecandy" bro just slap the apple sticker on your wall at that point
Eyecandy? Nah, we got iCandy
Does look good tbh but if I’m gonna buy a Mac mini it’s gonna be a mid 2010 model with 16GB ram and 512gb ssd as it’s enough for me as I don’t game (outside of some occasional terraria or Minecraft) and I’m not gonna use it as my main computer. It also has the cd/DVD drive, which I like, and it’s not expensive (I found one for €110🗿)
Can i add linux in this.Can i do heavy coding in this one
im thinking to buy m2 mini to hook it on my 65inch TV 😊
Expand idea further….when traveling take Mac mini and an iPad for “monitor”. There’s you tube videos describing how
Or a MacBook? Lol
@@awesomebush8711not as powerful and it’s limited on what it can do compared to the Mac mini which is a fully functioning desktop
I'm able to do all my music production on my m2 flawlessly.
still rockin the M1 mac mini 🤘🏾
Great tips I’m on an old iMac 2012 on catalina. Planning to get a new one soon. Waiting to see what comes out in May & June. Was looking at iMac M3 with 24 GB memory 1 TB storage or Mac Studio M2 Max w/ 32 GB memory 1TB storage (hear new one is coming) with Studio Display. Now wondering if the mini is a better option.
I got the M2 Mac mini with 8/518 specs. It works great for me as a home office setup.
256gb Is enough?
where did you get the stqnd
Is it good for designing
Is it good for 3d and most design programs? Any suggestion for screens that is good with the mac mini? I'm still researching, currently using a macbook pro and looking to upgrade my work setup. Thanks in advance!
For 3D I’ll suggest getting the M2 Mac Mini pro, slightly more cores and the base model has 16gb of ram
Is a refurbished one for $500 from apple good?
What monitor are you using?
If I have a 24 “ full hd monitor should I buy Mac mini or MacBook Air.? I will use either with external monitor only and I only browse Internet and watch videos. I can get both with comparable prices and configurations in seconds market. Please advise
Can you use an iMac without Mac mini?
Can you use a imac24 as your monitor? Or what monitors do you guys recommend with the m2?
Can a Mac Mini M2 connect to a tablet or Chromebook as a primary monitor?
Be cool if there was a gaming competitor to this, it would be a cool combo having both
MinisForum has some pretty good offerings for powerful mini PCs.
How about its electricity bill?
I might get a Mac mini because it’s small and there’s some features windows don’t have so I might just buy a Mac and keep my pc for gaming
For those with an Iphone, in front-end website development, or video/photo editing industry it makes the most sense for a home setup. This assumes you don't travel much.
Hey! I'm a frontend dev and I was wondering how this mac mini performs under a pressure? If I open like 10 tabs and open a heavy react.js project what happens?
@@melihtopal9188 It should be fine if you have 16GB of RAM or more. Don't do professional work with other apps/browser tabs open with less than 16GB of RAM.
i think you can also plug in the mac mini to gaming monitors
One problem bro display text small
Did you shoot your video in 8 bit or 10bit?
What was that silver thing you docked you mini on to ?
I primarily play PC video games, so it isn't for me. But for other reasons, it's a decent buy.
Wait what the h is that and where is the monitor??? And also is this thing like a cpu or sumn??? Lmk in the comments
does it have virtual ram? if yes does that mean 8gbram 512gb ssd would run god of war, spiderman, and call of duty atleast high settings and over 60fps?
How long did it took you to render this video.
Any failures reported on the soldered on ssds?
its actually great computer
Just ordered the Mac studio because it was about the same price to upgrade the Mac mini pro
How can people use trackpad on the side? to me it has to be centered.
What display is this?
What stand is that?
What monitor does he have a video?
I'm waiting for the M3
Can I use m1 iPad Pro 12.9 as an external display with this mac mini
Yes you can. It’s called sidecar
You can but you have to do a weird workaround. Bc for sidecar, the ipad is treated as a 2nd display. Which means you need a first display before connecting to the ipad.
Some people do this, then make a keyboard shortcut that automatically sets up sidecar for the 2nd time.
@@joemreviews6059can I use blender software in 8gb ram mac mini m2
@@yephindiangamersm if you are referring to blender for 3d software probably not. I would suggest going with 16gb of ram even with this it will still struggle depending how much resolution and effects you are trying to create. Just take my opinion a grain of salt.
can mac mini m2 base model output a 4K 120Hz via the TB4/USB4 port? i have DP to USBC cable together with dell G3223Q 4k 144Hz 32" monitor
or i should get 16GB/512GB SSD version?
how do I connect my air pods to it???
Does it compatible with Nvidia codec or Cinema 4D? Is it enough capable to handle 6k footages and 3D rendering?
Sure, why not
Just got a mini m2 pro 16gb ram 512 gb SSD off Amazon for a 100 dollar discounto go with a new drawing tablet. Basically 1200 power house 👏🏽
I got the m2 pro Mac mini
Just got one
m1 its best choice and 2 times speed sdd vs m1 ssd
Will this product work properly with monitors from HP or samsung
?
Of course!
and gaming like on steam??
If i have money i will get it for sure😢
i want but how ?????
How do you connect to your monitor? No Need of HDMI?
HDMI, there is one port in back.
I have m1 mini, and its so slow when making music...try to record your screen when in session and its impossible.. forget about streaming...I bought it cause of missleading videos like this one.
Wait you're Malaysian?
the thing i dont get is why you wouldnt just get a macbook pro, and then get a monitor. Im not sure in the comparison in price but then you can bring your laptop anywhere and use it on the go.
MacBook Pro: expensive, unnecessary display, buggy keyboard, no proper cooling system
are you in Malaysia
Could you share typr of the monitor pls?
Use any monitor, connects with HDMI cable
What keyboard you use?
You can use any keyboard but only 2 USB ports are in back so you may have to use a doggle for added ports.
A mac mini m2 256gb ssd is slow as snail, if you’re getting mini m2 get atleast 512 gb or buy a m1 instead
Just got a 256gb one and not sure what ya talking about. Works smooth af
Buy 3 x ser 7 32/1tb for the price of 1 x m2 pro mac mini
Can you connect 2 monitors by USB C?
nop
I wanted something with windows but the I mac is showing up as the cheapest one I could afford 😭
Do u have to get specific monitors?
No.
The comments are confusing me about what’s best.. do I want 8 or 16gb? Do I need the m2 or is m1 okay? I want to be able to edit long and short form videos ❤ feel free to help me if you see this 😅
Can we use it on samsung monitor
Yes.
Hey guys, what do you think is better M1 8/512gb or M2 8/256gb?
I want to use it for video editing and besides that, I also wanted to play league, so which one of these will have more FPS?
2.5k it can do basic tasks
🤣🤣🤣🤣
so can my 250$ 2012 macbook pro and my 62$ 2008 mac pro! and my monitor for the mac pro only cost me 8$ at goodwill! i dont need no fancy a$$ setup!
@@dylanlindsay1993 out dated tho
@@tenkoalaking5696 it’s not outdated if you can do what you need
@@dylanlindsay1993nice!
2499 what did you say?
the fact that you didn’t put it underneath the monitor stand is bugging me
Went to the comments just to see if anybody agreed with me lol it would be much more of a hassle to use the I/o?
I had the same question but That space is reserved for the keyboard I suppose.
Yep
So it has the specs of a $300 mini pc but the only difference is itbhas an apple logo on it?
Connectivity is pretty poor vs the 2018 model. 2 USB-C vs 4.
Ok.. can anyone tell me that how to build this i mac?🙂
I'm doing some research on this now but I can use this with any monitor right?? I don't have to have an apple one (idk nothing about technology so be easy on me lol)
Yes you can use it on any monitor hdmi at least or thunderbolt
Ye u can use every monitor, via hdmi or thundervolt
@user-bj9ef1rk2q @SoeZ- thanks for the info yall!!
Is the editing good
Thats fine, but the monitor is $1400 because you cant use your current Mac monitor with it unless its 2012 or older! Great stuff Apple.
Why does it have to be 2012 or older?
@@manoharmeka999 because apple wants to squeeze as much money they can outta the stupid mfs that buy their products
im just going use my lg gaming monitor. you dont have to use apple studio monitor.
@@sly2792004 does it work with Prism+ monitor?
what the hell you smoking
can I be a pro editor with the base model?
yep, I can edit anything on a school laptop. youll need the 16gb ram though
What do you think, should I buy new Mac mini m2 8/256 for 650$ or 3years old M1 16/528 for 850$?
M2
@@xf0f0f0 I receive a discount and I bought a brand new m1 16/256 for less than $1000 :D
Can it play ultrakill? no
Yes you can
I need
i have a dell 9020 micro and it sucks it gets extremely hot when i use discord
It’s just,,, when I hear it in an Irish accent, it just makes me want to invade Ireland?! 🤷♂️👀
you can't dual boot. I have one that's the only critique I have other than that its a smooth operator
Use "Parallels".
@@hape3862 some company requirements especially with remote work can't work on a virtual machine especially when its using its own virtual machine and need to know your exact peripherals specs to work. parallels is for the casual user and if its not that important why use it in the first place? so if your Job requires you to work in windows for some of its security apps and allows Mac only if you can dual boot.. this is not the computer to buy.
These days one can find windows pc box much smaller than Mac mini and cheaper in price as well, and with more connectivity and memory or disk space!. But of course you don't have the big apple logo on it 😅.
And of course, if you used your brain for once, you would realize that they run hot, don’t have thunderbolt, have a Celeron, and no GPU! But hey, apple bad, so this little windows box must be good!
I live in a country where we cant buy apple things
I’m getting one $599, I can’t say no.
Got it already..hehehe. It's good enough already if you are a youtube content creator. Just get the 16GB version and external storage...a lot of it
How it is perfom so far bro? Is it great? I'm doing much photo editing activites using Lr and Ps .. I'm looking for a new device with a value.. does it run smoothly with the newer version of Ps ? Thank youu (sry bad english)
@@LORDdikaa I mostly do video editing with FCPX on it. I seldom use it for photo editing. I used to have an M1 macbook air and this is significantly faster than it in video editing thanks to it video encoders. I’m not sure about photo editing though….
@@TheUrbanRebelwhat is FCPX though?
@@miss_pouty Final Cut Pro X, the Apple video editing software
can it use 5 monitors? I need that
It only supports 2 external displays but if u get a display link adapter (which in a way is an external graphics card) u can have more.
@@Chimpify Displaylink will cause copyrighted videos to be blocked from playback on ANY display hooked up to your computer. Like you are prevented from even streaming videos from Apple Music.
The Mac mini m2 does not function. You will it even be able to check emails
I think you’re referring to a Chromebook…
What is that monitor on that stand?
studio display
Roughly 600$ aud or 300$ usd
I have like 50 cords attached to mine lol
for what
1 reason not to; the common person can not afford it.
How? The M2 Mac mini costs $600 bucks & is faster than a $1,500 windows pc.
@@DustyKing Straight up lie but ok
@@chsi5420 how is it a lie? Have you watched Max Tech? Go watch Max Tech & you’ll know.
belikan aku satu
I want one ☝️