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M2 Apple Mac Mini 2023 with 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU 256GB SSD £610.62 + £3.49 @ BT Shop

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Posted 30 January 2023

M2 Apple Mac Mini 2023 with 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU 256GB SSD £610.62 + £3.49 @ BT Shop

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Now with M2, Mac mini packs the speed you need. From rich presentations to immersive gaming, M2 flies through work and play. And with a wide array of ports to connect all your favourite peripherals, Mac mini is up for anything.

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M2 chip for exceptional speed and performance
8-core CPU packs up to 18 percent faster performance to fly through everyday
tasks1
10-core GPU with up to 35 percent faster performance for graphics-intensive
apps and games1
16-core Neural Engine for advanced machine learning
8GB unified memory, so everything you do is fast and fluid
Superfast SSD storage launches apps and opens files in an instant
Supports up to two displays
Advanced cooling system sustains outstanding performance
Fast Wi-Fi 6E wireless connectivity2
Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one HDMI port, two USB-A ports, headphone jack, Gigabit Ethernet
Ultracompact 7.7-inch-square design in silver
macOS Ventura gives you powerful new ways to get more done, share, and collaborate—across all your Apple devices

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jonboy5000
30th Jan
Just be aware that the 256GB model has a lot slower SSD read write speeds than the 512GB model and even the previous M1 model. If you can afford it the 512GB will be the better buy. Especially with only 8GB memory as the system may end up using the SSD for memory swaps.
BrianButterfield
30th Jan
Just upgrade the SSD yourself.... Oh wait you cannot lol.
Stageshoot
30th Jan
Good Price if you cant get the apple student price of £539 from the Apple Store, always worth a cheeky ask, picked one up yesterday from Meadowhall, Wife had left her student card at home but they still gave her the student price with just a screenshot of the Edu Store price.

Very cheap upgrade from our 2020 Mac Mini M1 (Sold on Facebook for just a few quid less than this one cost).. (edited)
Mebster
31st Jan
Any idea how much with student discount it would cost if you upgraded the ram or HDD or both?
StevieITBoy
31st Jan
Was thinking of getting an upgraded one of these on the student deal but I read that they are not as fast as the new intel chips.
anyone got any genuine experience with both?
matlock67
31st Jan
You can get quicker intel CPU’s but the inbuilt graphics are much slower
at £600 or so the base model is hard to beat, once you pay extra for more ram and/or storage then you can possibly build your own PC cheaper
Dr_lovegod
31st Jan
I keep seeing these. Not really sure what they are apart from a small desktop computer which you plug in monitor keyboard and mouse. Is that right. I’m not looking at how good they are bla bla.
Guppeth
31st Jan
Spot on, yep.
crack_shot
31st Jan
CPU and power efficency is mind blowing
the rest of the box is specc'd from 2008
MAc OS is an abomination
gaming and emulators are a joke considering the CPU

only consider if you are planning on working in video editing
for the rest of us who need a PC to do more than photoshop, hopefully AMD and intel will get their CPU acts together
taxboy
31st Jan
The perennial Mac Vs PC debate. I think the best way to look at this is to try and be dispassionate and treat the computer like any other tool. If you want to game and like illuminated cases, tweaking the performance and spending money upgrading then obviously the PC is a better choice.
If you want a small form desktop that runs Photoshop / Video editing really well and you're not bothered by playing games then the Mac would be your preferred choice.
I fall into the latter category so will be purchasing the Mini. However I have no fan boy affiliation to either OS but I am aware it does exist for some reason. I would speculate for a lot of people it's an insecurity and the need to vehemently support one or the other to justify their spending ?
gabesdad
30th Jan
That’s 6% discount approx.

M2 Pro @ £1,316.25, which is probably the best bang for your buck in the Mac range at present.

Not sure whether to go for that now or wait until the WWDC in June to see if an updated Studio Max appears with an unchanged price point?

Then again, they may finally push out the new Mac Pro for the whooping WWDC people who need that extra time saving for the thousands they pay Apple for a Mac Pro and get screwed later at trade-in?
Pyr0bi
30th Jan
I’ve personally gone for the upgraded M2 Mini base model with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD to future proof, quite a bit cheaper than base M2 Pro which is more computing power than I need, too.
chuffedfox
31st Jan
Whilst I'd love to upgrade from my 10 year old i5, there doesn't really seem to be much point.
Arguably much slower, but still perfectly functional, it puts me off that I have more RAM and a bigger SSD for the fact that you are allowed to install them yourself...

TomBoyNI
31st Jan
I’m in the same boat. I have a late 2012 i7 with 24GB of RAM and the upgraded 4GB graphics card.

The only issue I have is it is not on the latest MacOS but it struggles with nothing.

Was a great purchase. Fancy getting a 4K / 5K screen but struggling to justify the upgrade.
weiran
31st Jan
Funny how half the comments here are about SSD speed… no one buying 256GB is going to notice the reduction in write speed, especially as at that size it’s gonna fill up within a couple minutes anyway.
Stageshoot
31st Jan
Yep. a 2Tb external SSD on one of the Thunderbolt 4 ports for just over £100 and you are sorted
AntAwesome
31st Jan
MAc OS is an abomination

You spelt Windows wrong (edited)
gobble_bobble
18th Feb
You missed off the number 11 at the end
bravo2zero1
30th Jan
The base model M2 has half the SSD speed of the M1 base model , M1 is RAID SSD where M2 is single chipped, You need to get the minimum of 512gb model to outdo the M1 as they come with 2x256 chips.
PeacePipe
31st Jan
It's not RAID but uses multi channel NAND packages.
It's usually been the case that lowest capacity drives offer lower performance as they use fewer channels.
But it varies between designs and as the NAND gets denser it becomes an issue unless the bandwidth increases at the same rate as density.
CASFAN73
1st Feb
I've enjoyed reading the comments on this one. The usual raft of 'it's not user upgradable' criticisms. I'm still using my 2015 iMac 27" 5K, which has worked flawlessly since purchase almost 8 years ago. It still works pretty well, which is surprising given its age. I tend to have Chrome (numerous tabs), Safari (numerous tabs), Mail, at least 1 Finder, PDF Expert, Preview, Powerpoint, Excel and Word running at the very least and whilst the fans ramp up a little from time to time, it still deals with everything well.

I have recently started to pay a little more attention to upgrade options though and am looking mainly at Mac Studio, Mac Mini or Macbook Pro. Whichever I pick will be attached to some form of new display (probably an ultrawide as I currently have numerous windows stacked on top op each other and keep having to move them around).

As I understand it from my research so far, the sweetspot of the Mini is to upgrade the ram & SSD a bit, but you can pick up the Studio M1 Max for around £1,800, so that becomes a great option around that level. On the other hand, with a macbook pro, you get the benefits of portability. Sometimes it's great to be able to take what you are working on into another room or if you go out.

Still, good deal this and the level of performance you are getting for the price is superb, so heat added.
Matthew.N
2nd Feb
If you’re finding your screen cluttered with open applications then ‘spaces’ may help organise them;

support.apple.com/en-…mac
EricStrongman
31st Jan
The only model worth buying is the base model.
Once you upgrade the price become less attractive.

For example for 1399 you can found 4070ti build in here..
AntAwesome
31st Jan
To the contrary, the base model is quite flawed. Only 1 NAND cell rather than 2 which means disk throughput is half and only 8GB RAM which means virtual memory swap will be much heavier which is where you'll notice the slower SSD.

If all one is doing is a few Safari tabs and Pages I would say the base model would suffice. For anything more, you need more if its to last its full lifecycle.
kwl147
31st Jan
Probably the most portable machine you could ask for that’s got the full capability of a desktop and longevity.
N_Bb65
1st Feb
8GB RAM really isn't a great deal these days, especially in terms of future proofing. I'd strongly recommend if anyone were to buy one to look at the 16GB version.

It's a shame they aren't user upgradeable anymore.
matlock67
1st Feb
Another buzzword “future proof” , most people never upgrade IT equipment as they don’t know how to do it, thing is plenty of your so called none futureproofed apple equipment from more than 3 years ago is still going strong.

also you omit to actually back up why? (edited)