Testing conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using pre-production Mac mini systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of RAM and 8TB SSD, pre-production Mac mini systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 24GB of RAM and 2TB SSD, production Mac mini systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD, and production 3.8GHz 8-core Intel Core i7–based iMac systems with AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT with 8GB of GDDR6, 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD, as well as production 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7–based Mac mini systems with Intel Iris UHD Graphics 630, 64GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Tested with Pixelmator Pro 3.1.1 using a 216KB image. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini and iMac.

Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and by 2030, plans to be 100 percent carbon neutral across the entire manufacturing supply chain and all product life cycles. This means that every Apple device sold, from component manufacturing, assembly, transport, customer use, charging, all the way to recycling and material recovery, will have net-zero climate impact. A few different aspects of this design deserve special mention. The case has been specially designed to fit the Mac mini perfectly, so you won’t have to worry about the case being too big or small for your computer. It also has enough room to store small accessories like a USB keyboard, mouse, flash drive, and even an Apple TV remote control. Testing conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using pre-production Mac mini systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of RAM and 8TB SSD, pre-production Mac mini systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 24GB of RAM and 2TB SSD, production Mac mini systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD, and production 3.8GHz 8-core Intel Core i7–based iMac systems with AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT with 8GB of GDDR6, 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD, as well as production 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7–based Mac mini systems with Intel Iris UHD Graphics 630, 64GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Final Cut Pro 10.6.5 tested using a complex 2-minute clip with 4K Apple ProRes RAW media. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini and iMac.Every customer who buys a Mac from Apple can enjoy a free Online Personal Session with an Apple Specialist; get their product set up in select stores, including help with data transfer; and receive guidance on how to make their new Mac work the way they want. Until I replaced it with a new M1 mini, I used a 2010 iMac every day for a decade. The iMac has received a few new SSDs, a couple memory upgrades, and had its optical drive swapped out for a second internal SSD. Thanks to iFixit’s guides, this was all pretty easy. I kept a computer in a perfectly usable (and fast) condition for a good long time.

Also, if there’s a task that’s using up a lot of memory on the graphical side of things, that could have repercussions for CPU performance. My more-than-a-decade-old iMac is worth almost nothing. But if you must, or can’t stop yourself, from updating your computer every few years, you can get a decent trade-in deal from Apple or third-party trade-in companies. Better is to sell it, then use the proceeds to offset the cost of a new one. Selling it to another person also means the computer will continue to be used, instead of recycled. Another reason to get the Logitech keyboard + mouse combo is the multi-device flow support. As such, if you also happen to have a Windows PC, then you can switch between your Mac and the PC seamlessly.The real benefit is that the M2 Mac Mini has access to the M2 Pro, allowing it to reach much higher performance levels than previously possible. And given the price of the M2 Mac Mini, it’s hard to argue with extra performance regardless of how minor it is. Should you buy the Mac Mini M2 or M1? Meanwhile, in good news for graphics designers and videographers, rendering in Final Cut Pro is also promised to be up to six times faster than on previous models.