{"id":38164,"date":"2023-01-17T16:54:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38164"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:13:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:13:18","slug":"mac-mini-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/mac-mini-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac mini 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2023\/01\/apple-introduces-new-mac-mini-with-m2-and-m2-pro-more-powerful-capable-and-versatile-than-ever\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=34412671\">Hacker News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/01\/17\/new-m2-m2-pro-mac-mini\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2023\/01\/apple-introduces-new-mac-mini-with-m2-and-m2-pro-more-powerful-capable-and-versatile-than-ever\/\">\n<p>Mac mini with M2 features an 8-core CPU with four high-performance and four high-efficiency cores, along with a 10-core GPU &mdash; perfect for users looking for superfast performance and incredible productivity at an even more affordable starting price of $599.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>M2 Pro brings pro-level performance to Mac mini for the first time. Featuring up to a 12-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, along with up to a 19-core GPU, M2 Pro has 200GB\/s of memory bandwidth &mdash; double the amount in M2 &mdash; and supports up to 32GB of memory.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Mac mini continues to deliver extensive connectivity with a wide range of ports. The M2 model features two Thunderbolt 4 ports and support for up to two displays. The M2 Pro model includes four Thunderbolt 4 ports and support for up to three displays. Additionally, the M2 Pro model can support one 8K display, a first for the Mac. Both models feature two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, a Gigabit Ethernet port with a 10GB option, and an upgraded headphone jack to support high-impedance headphones. For wireless connectivity, both new models also feature the latest standards with Wi-Fi 6E5 for up to 2x faster throughput than before, as well as Bluetooth 5.3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.macstories.net\/@viticci\/109705138343404519\">Federico Viticci<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.macstories.net\/@viticci\/109705138343404519\">\n<p>My favorite announcement: four Thunderbolt ports on the M2 Pro mini &#x1F60D;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/01\/17\/apple-stops-selling-intel-mac-mini\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/01\/17\/apple-stops-selling-intel-mac-mini\/\">\n<p>Apple has stopped offering Intel-powered Mac mini models following the launch of new Apple silicon models featuring its new M2 and M2 Pro chips.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The Mac Pro is now the only Intel-powered machine that Apple sells, as the company continues with its transition to Apple silicon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/macbook-pro-2023\/\">MacBook Pro 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/apple-m2-pro-and-m2-max\/\">Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/14\/apples-2022-deadlines\/\">Apple&rsquo;s 2022 Deadlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/one-more-thing-apple-silicon-macs\/\">One More Thing: Apple Silicon Macs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"mac-mini-2023-update-2023-01-18\">Update (2023-01-18): <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/mac-studio\/vs\/m2-pro-mac-mini-versus-mac-studio---compared\">Wesley Hilliard<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/mac-studio\/vs\/m2-pro-mac-mini-versus-mac-studio---compared\"><p>The M2 Pro Mac mini bridges the gap between entry-level and high-end. Here&rsquo;s how it compares to the baseline Mac Studio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meekgeek\/status\/1615727953169776642\">Meek Geek<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meekgeek\/status\/1615727953169776642\">\n<p>Agree that the Mac mini&rsquo;s $100 price drop to $599 is nice. Alas, 8GB RAM is criminal on such a powerful desktop computer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freerunnering\/status\/1615686561495977984\">Kyle Howells<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freerunnering\/status\/1615686561495977984\">\n<p>The MacBook Pro AR files were compiled on October 11th 2022! Mac mini was October 18th 2022. \n@markgurman\n was right. November event was canceled.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"mac-mini-2023-update-2023-01-25\">Update (2023-01-25): <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/01\/m2-mac-mini-review-whatever-you-want-it-to-be\/\">Dan Moren<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/01\/m2-mac-mini-review-whatever-you-want-it-to-be\/\"><p>However, upgrading the stock configuration of the M2 Pro Mac mini can close that price gap in a hurry. Move up to 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, and you&rsquo;re just $100 shy of the Studio&rsquo;s introductory price&mdash;and that&rsquo;s not even including that more powerful CPU and GPU option. All in all, a maxed-out M2 Pro mini will run you $4,499, surpassing the cost of the Studio&rsquo;s standard M1 <em>Ultra<\/em> configuration&mdash;heck, now you&rsquo;re in Mac Pro territory.<\/p><p>In short, the Mac mini is really <em>two<\/em> products. The base level $599 M2 mini is basically the equivalent of the MacBook Air: a pretty affordable machine that&rsquo;s capable of handling almost any daily task thrown at it. The M2 Pro mini, on the other hand, is a mid-range Mac desktop that&rsquo;s aimed at what you might have once called the prosumer market: a powerful Mac that can go the extra mile&mdash;for a price.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>If there&rsquo;s a disappointment with the design of this latest revision, it&rsquo;s that Apple seems to believe ports on the front of its machines are a luxury to be reserved for those who want to spend two thousand dollars on a Mac.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/01\/24\/m2-mac-mini-256gb-slower-ssd\/\">Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/01\/24\/m2-mac-mini-256gb-slower-ssd\/\">\n<p>A teardown of the new Mac mini shared by YouTube channel Brandon Geekabit reveals that the 256GB model is equipped with only a single 256GB storage chip, while the same configuration with the M1 chip has two 128GB chips. This difference explains why the new model has a slower SSD, as multiple NAND chips allow for faster speeds.<\/p>\n<p>We have confirmed with the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test benchmarking app that SSD read and write speeds for the new 256GB Mac mini are each around 1,500 MB\/s, which is anywhere from 30% to 50% slower than read and write speeds for the equivalent previous-generation model, although benchmark results and real-world performance can vary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"mac-mini-2023-update-2023-02-14\">Update (2023-02-14): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@helge\/109812707757102362\">Helge He&szlig;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@helge\/109812707757102362\">\n<p>Ran some perf tests M1 vs M2 Pro (16\/512GB vs 32\/2TB), building SwiftBlocksUI (which also builds SwiftNIO, Macro etc). There is improvement, but relatively minor, I think primarily because Swift continues to fail making use of multiple cores (very little activity).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"mac-mini-2023-update-2023-03-22\">Update (2023-03-22): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremymorgan.com\/blog\/tech\/why-i-returned-mac-mini-m2\/\">Jeremy Morgan<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=35249654\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.jeremymorgan.com\/blog\/tech\/why-i-returned-mac-mini-m2\/\">\n<p>I returned my Mac Mini M2 Pro, and this is why.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>According to this [benchmark], it should be marginally faster than the Digital Storm machine, yet less fast than my laptop (with an NVidia RTX 3060 Card in it). It turns out it&rsquo;s slower than <em>both<\/em> when rendering.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Every tutorial said to do something different and something has changed since each of them were published, so I <strong>never did get Tensorflow to recognize my GPU<\/strong>. CPU only training was meh.<\/p><p>Now, I could have spent more time on it, but many people got the GPU to work with Tensorflow, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/75495143\/tensorflow-why-is-the-training-of-an-rnn-too-slow-on-apple-silicon-m2\">apparently, it&rsquo;s super slow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>So, all things considered, the performance above is acceptable. I expected more, but it&rsquo;s alright. If it were my only machine, I might be able to live with it all at this price point, especially if it were as reliable as my M1 has been.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He ran into lots of problems that are likely due to Ventura, but with the M2 Mac mini it&rsquo;s no longer possible to run Monterey.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@dangrover\/110048423225779343\">Dan Grover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@dangrover\/110048423225779343\"><p>At first, I was excited that my M1 MacBook was powerful to do a lot of machine learning stuff. But so many of the libraries have bugs that only occur when using MPS\/Metal that it&rsquo;s better to just do it on Linux.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/27\/ventura-issues\/\">Ventura Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (Hacker News, MacRumors): Mac mini with M2 features an 8-core CPU with four high-performance and four high-efficiency cores, along with a 10-core GPU &mdash; perfect for users looking for superfast performance and incredible productivity at an even more affordable starting price of $599. 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