• Mac Mini M2 Review

    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 24 19:30:02 2023
    ... part Deux of the prior review (Macbook).

    https://youtu.be/cneoANZKBGk

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    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 25 08:32:00 2023
    Am 25.01.23 um 01:30 schrieb Alan Browne:

    ... part Deux of the prior review (Macbook).

    https://youtu.be/cneoANZKBGk

    Interesting review. Thanks for the link.

    This is a completely different product than the Intel-predecessors.
    That triggered my decision to switch from my MBP 15" to this super tiny
    super performant powerpack for the everyday use. The very positive
    experience with my wife's MBAir M2 also contributed.

    My M2pro will arrive today.

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    Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Joerg Lorenz on Wed Jan 25 12:41:42 2023
    On 2023-01-25 02:32, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 25.01.23 um 01:30 schrieb Alan Browne:

    ... part Deux of the prior review (Macbook).

    https://youtu.be/cneoANZKBGk

    Interesting review. Thanks for the link.

    This is a completely different product than the Intel-predecessors.
    That triggered my decision to switch from my MBP 15" to this super tiny
    super performant powerpack for the everyday use. The very positive
    experience with my wife's MBAir M2 also contributed.

    My M2pro will arrive today.

    CPU?
    Mem?
    Storage?

    Tell us more once you get it.

    I'm waiting for the next round of the iMac before deciding. Similar in
    spec to the M2 Pro - maybe a touch higher spec?

    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 25 19:10:34 2023
    Am 25.01.23 um 18:41 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-01-25 02:32, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 25.01.23 um 01:30 schrieb Alan Browne:

    ... part Deux of the prior review (Macbook).

    https://youtu.be/cneoANZKBGk

    Interesting review. Thanks for the link.

    This is a completely different product than the Intel-predecessors.
    That triggered my decision to switch from my MBP 15" to this super tiny
    super performant powerpack for the everyday use. The very positive
    experience with my wife's MBAir M2 also contributed.

    My M2pro will arrive today.

    CPU?
    Mem?
    Storage?

    Modellname: Mac mini
    Modell-Identifizierung: Mac14,12
    Modellnummer: MNH73SM/A
    Chip: Apple M2 Pro
    Gesamtanzahl der Kerne: 10 (6 Leistung und 4 Effizienz)
    Speicher: 16 GB
    Systemfirmwareversion: 8419.80.7
    OS-Ladeprogrammversion: 8419.80.7

    Verfügbar: 319.42 GB (319’420’424’192 Byte)
    Kapazität: 494.38 GB (494’384’795’648 Byte)
    Mount-Point: /System/Volumes/Data
    Dateisystem: APFS

    Works absolutely smoothly. That little powerhouse allows a a very clean
    working desk. I simply love to work. Together with the Magickeyboard, a MacicMouse, a Dell 4K 27" screen simply a dream.

    Tell us more once you get it.

    I'm waiting for the next round of the iMac before deciding. Similar in
    spec to the M2 Pro - maybe a touch higher spec?

    Can you wait?


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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Joerg Lorenz on Wed Jan 25 13:36:35 2023
    On 2023-01-25 13:10, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 25.01.23 um 18:41 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-01-25 02:32, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
    Am 25.01.23 um 01:30 schrieb Alan Browne:

    ... part Deux of the prior review (Macbook).

    https://youtu.be/cneoANZKBGk

    Interesting review. Thanks for the link.

    This is a completely different product than the Intel-predecessors.
    That triggered my decision to switch from my MBP 15" to this super tiny
    super performant powerpack for the everyday use. The very positive
    experience with my wife's MBAir M2 also contributed.

    My M2pro will arrive today.

    CPU?
    Mem?
    Storage?

    Gesamtanzahl der Kerne: 10 (6 Leistung und 4 Effizienz)
    Speicher: 16 GB
    Kapazität: 494.38 GB (494’384’795’648 Byte)

    Works absolutely smoothly. That little powerhouse allows a a very clean working desk. I simply love to work. Together with the Magickeyboard, a MacicMouse, a Dell 4K 27" screen simply a dream.

    Tell us more once you get it.

    I'm waiting for the next round of the iMac before deciding. Similar in
    spec to the M2 Pro - maybe a touch higher spec?

    Can you wait?

    Sure. This iMac is a 2012 model - i7 quad core/HT with 24 GB of RAM so
    for most of what I do it is more than adequate.

    Where it falls down is in video rendering and video re-encodes. My SO's
    M1 MBA is 2 - 3 times faster for that.

    So - while I had hoped for a higher spec iMac (Mx) by now, I can still
    wait another year if need be. And then I'll have another 10+ year Mac.

    If the iMac they spec out is not to my taste, then I'll take a closer
    look at the Mini or Studio. I may (shocker) even re-visit the notion of
    a laptop.

    But in an M2 Mini I would have spec'd everything higher than you did ...
    for that extended life use argument. I'll also want to run legacy intel Windows on it - so Fusion (intel) under Rosetta II + Win XP - don't ask
    - If that doesn't work - then I'll buy an old cheap Windows box for that
    and VNC it to the Mac with a dummy HDMI on the Windows end.

    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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