looking for a mac mini with 512GB space? me too..
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Apple Mac Mini M2 Pro 10C CPU 16C GPU 16/512GB Silver $1244 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ OnePass/ C&C/ In-Store) @ Officeworks
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ilove on 04/03/2025 - 08:34 officeworks.com.au (229 clicks)
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Last edited 04/03/2025 - 09:19 by 1 other user
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Their memory upgrade pricing through!!!!!
Yes but both the Officeworks one and the Apple Direct one have 16GB of RAM :/
Only $1065.90 for 1.744 TB extra storage.
but OW model has 16 GPU cores as it's m2 pro. the one you linked only has 10. will make a difference video editing AFAIK
$288.xx for 8GB ram… mmm is this special ram?
While I find the upgrade cost atrocious and I am sure that most of it is the Apple tax, it kind of is a special ram. It is fast enough to be used for the GPU, that does make it special.
M2's the newest model with Asahi support
This is based on video and doesn't even tell the true story. Overall the M2 pro is better than the base M4 for developers, gamers and editors. But there is more into the story of why. While the base M4 does deliver better single-core performance than M2 Pro, they are almost equal in multi-core. M4 base does have ray-tracing and AV1 decoding.
Now here is where it gets complicated. Yes M4 base is better as an everyday computer for most users. But for Pro users, you would need to upgrade to M4 Pro for the 'upgrade' from M2 Pro.
M2 Pro has 10 cores that you were able to upgrade to a 12 core version. But the 10 cores are 6 performance and 4 efficiency, whereas the new M4 base is the opposite with 4 performance and 6 efficiency.
Memory bandwidth is 200 (M2 Pro) vs 120 (M4 base).
GPU performance is all the way M2 pro over M4 base. That is where the Pro processor will shine.
So that is where these articles and review videos are misleading. They are reviewing a product that most of the time Apple sends them. The truth is the M4 is better for most everyday users but if you bought an M2 Pro is because you needed the extra power and GPU and that is where the M4 is actually a downgrade. Not to mention you are actually losing ports because M2 Pro has 4 TB4 ports whereas M4 base only has 3 TB4 ports and 2 USB-C 10gbps ports.
And this article is only showing you 2 charts, watch the full video he linked to and you will see that it's very close between M2 Pro and M4 base and yes M2 Pro beats it in everything I mentioned above. So those with an M2 Pro mini needs to wait for M5 or M6 for an actual upgrade if you ant to go to a base version chip.
M4 Mac Mini has a nicer design though.
Can you share the video link?
(I have the M2 Pro and am very happy with the performance.)
Why pay so much money for a mere 256GB extra storage, when you can put 2TB of NVMe on the Thunderbolt port for less?
Is Apple somehow crippling external storage in software?
New model runs fantastic with a external SSD.
No need to get a lower model or pay for the Apple tax on a storage upgrade.After the warranty or whenever really finishes you can literally open it up if you really want to and replace the SSD with one from AliExpress. As opposed to the M2 the M4 has removable storage. Obviously I don't know the usage case for OP but if it's just due to the storage I would not bother with the old model.
Just get the m4, it’s so much faster. Even the standard m4 chip is likely better in most cases than the old m2 pro due to increased performance.
If you can go for the m4 pro then do that.
Or buy this newer model for less https://www.apple.com/au_edu_5000447/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini/a… just select 512gb storage