Apple on Tuesday unveiled the new Mac mini, supercharged by M2 and the all-new M2 Pro. With the M2 chip, Mac mini is even more powerful, capable, and affordable with a new starting price of just $599.
The company also announced M2 Pro and M2 Max, two next-generation SoCs (systems on a chip) that take the breakthrough power-efficient performance of Apple silicon to new heights. M2 Pro scales up the architecture of M2 to deliver an up to 12-core CPU and up to 19-core GPU, together with up to 32GB of fast unified memory.
Appel also unveiled the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users. With M2 Pro and M2 Max — the world’s most powerful and efficient chip for a pro laptop — MacBook Pro tackles demanding tasks, like effects rendering, which is up to 6x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro, and color grading, which is up to 2x faster.
Watch Apple’s announcement of the new M2 Pro, M2 Max, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro:
MacDailyNews Note: See also:
• Apple unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max with up to 96GB of unified memory – January 17, 2023
• Apple introduces new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro; starting at just $599 – January 17, 2023
• Apple unveils the new MacBook Pro powered by M2 Pro and M2 Max – January 17, 2023
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Too bad with all that power they couldn’t just have multiple logins and desktops, instead of only one user at a time. Unix my a$$.
Tell us more about how you don’t know how to use a Mac, Windoze PC Bob.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/switch-quickly-between-users-mchlp2439/13.0/mac/13.0
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/work-in-multiple-spaces-mh14112/13.0/mac/13.0
Excellent upgrade for the mini…M2Pro, is a perfect fit. The design is timeless, no need to change it.
Bob sounds like he’s a pro Mac user. Totally understands the current state of Mac
This launch of new MacBook Pros feels underwhelming . I know M2 are super fast but why the constant comparing to old intel Macs which is a pointless comparison as we all know how old that intel chip is in the old Macs vs Intels real world chips. Just felt like they were hinting a lot real data facts because it was not as great an update as it should have been so required unfair comparisons to sound good. 30 x faster than a zx spectrum from 1989?
It’s somewhat corny but do you really expect them to focus on performance compared to their own M1 Pro chips? They did those comparisons in a number of places, though I’d like to know under what conditions “up to X faster” really occurs. Keeping the pricing stable and bumping up the 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU as the base model, along with IO improvements and the surprise January launch isn’t bad. Obviously they were too late with a pre-Christmas launch and the improved 5nm chips aren’t the 3nm some were expecting, but its hard to see what more they could have done given the options available. If all goes well we’ll probably see the next MacBook Pro update with 3nm before the end of the year, maybe even with Center Stage and Face ID.
Agreed. it just felt (to me anyway) like they couldn’t do the things they planned like it over ran the deadline due to this and they just decided to pumped it out with what they could in January just to get it out. Nothin in the PR video stood out and the comparisons were not really like for like in the real world of computing /competition.
Yeah 3nm was going to really add huge value in speed and power longevity.
We all have super high expectations from such an achieving company and this just felt shoved out.
I know we will see real comparisons in the coming weeks vs new intel and old M1 for a true perspective of where this update sits. As for bang to buck.. that’s also unclear as we enter a recession where all budgets are tight and prices are getting shaved globally to keep big corporations rolling so yeah this update is more for less but its still in the highest priced products so must be able to stand up in performance with the competition as the competition has really stepped up since Apple left to do the M series.