Apple has already cut off support for older Intel-based models like the Intel MacBook Air and Mac mini, which can’t run macOS ...

I took a chance on a used Mac mini for this very purpose and in the process discovered a few things I wish I’d have known ...

Mac mini models with early Apple silicon chips are hitting bargain prices on the used market. The M1 chip still offers great ...

You can still pick up an M1 Max Mac Studio for around $1,400, if you know where to look. A new Mac buyer seeking a Mac Studio may potentially find the latest Mac mini to be a better purchase.

The Mac mini has a fan inside and in the M2 Pro configurations ... that came when Apple switched from Intel silicon to its own M1 chip, it still showcases a decent improvement.

In HandBrake, for example, we see that the M2 Pro (inside the 2023 Apple Mac mini) actually comes in faster than the M1 Max (inside both the 2021 Apple MacBook Pro 16 and Apple Mac Studio).

The new Mac mini from the outside looks identical to the M1 version from 2020 ... there is now plenty of room inside, so it could go smaller. This would of course affect the thermal dynamics ...

Given that the Mac Mini M1 is a last-gen product ... Unlike the previous generation, Apple is offering its M2 Pro inside the Mac Mini, as well. This model starts at $1,300 for 10 CPU cores ...

They may be hidden away inside the inscrutable aluminum slab ... and it nearly tripled the score of the previous Mac mini with M1. And it did the same in Rise of the Tomb Raider, delivering ...

Mac mini M1. If you like the design of the existing ... The M2 Pro chip also offers more cores than we've ever seen inside a Mac mini, as you can configure it with up to a 12-core CPU (8 ...