Apple launches the all-new Mac mini with the M2 and M2 Pro

Apple today announced the new Mac mini, powered by the M2 and the brand new M2 Pro. Mac mini now offers even more value while offering faster performance and superior connectivity with the M2 and the all-new M2 Pro. The device supports up to two displays on the M2 model and up to three displays on the M2 Pro model.

The all-new Mac mini with M2 comes with a starting price of Rs 59,999 and Rs 49,900 for education. in India. While Mac mini with M2 Pro starts at Rs 129900 and Rs 119900 for education. Customers can pre-order the new Mac mini models now and they will start shipping on January 24th.

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Function

The Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro offers excellent performance and both models feature a superior thermal system for excellent sustained performance. Users looking for lightning-fast performance and exceptional productivity will appreciate the Mac mini with an 8-core M2 CPU, 10-core GPU, and four high-performance and four high-efficiency cores. Mac mini with M2 also handles even more demanding workloads for users with more intensive responsibilities. Activities such as image retouching in Adobe Photoshop run up to 50% faster1 with up to 24GB of unified memory and 100GB/s bandwidth than the previous generation.

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ProRes acceleration also adds M2 to the Mac mini, doubling the speed of applications such as video editing in Final Cut Pro. 1 Additionally, the M2 can play up to 12 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video at 30fps or up to two streams of 8K ProRes 422 video at 30fps. With all this power, Mac mini is up to 5 times faster than the most popular Windows desktop.

On the other hand, the Mac Mini with M2 Pro offers 200GB/s of memory bandwidth, double that of the M2, and supports up to 32GB of memory. It features a 12-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, as well as a 19-core GPU. ML operations such as video analysis and image processing are accelerated by the next-generation Neural Engine, which is 40% faster than M1.

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The robust media engine offered by the M2 Pro can play up to five streams of 8K ProRes 422 video at 30 frames per second or up to 23 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video at 30 frames per second while quickly switching between the most popular video codecs. The fastest Mac mini is up to 14x slower than the M2 Pro model.

Also read: Introducing MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max: Pricing and availability details

Without skipping a beat, musicians can create music using extremely powerful plug-ins and effects, while photographers can quickly edit huge photos. Gamers can play demanding console-quality titles, and creators can work in multicam with multiple camera formats, including ProRes video. Performance for video games is up to 15 times faster than the fastest Intel-based Mac mini.

The M2 variant provides two Thunderbolt 4 connections and compatibility for up to two screens. The M2 Pro model supports up to three screens and has four Thunderbolt 4 connections. The M2 Pro variant can also handle one 8K monitor, which is new for a Mac. Both variants have a Gigabit Ethernet connector with 10GB capability, an HDMI port, two USB-A ports and an improved headphone jack that supports high-impedance headphones. Both new models have Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E5, both of which offer up to twice as fast throughput as previous models.

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