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Opinion: Mac mini upgrade pricing makes no sense next to the Mac Studio

Apple finally updated the Mac mini, with the new high-end M2 Pro version replacing an absolutely ancient Intel model.

It fills an important gap in Apple’s Mac desktop line-up. The M1 Mac mini was cheap and got even cheaper with its M2 upgrade and the Mac Studio is powerful but expensive, starting at £1,999. Then there’s the good iMac for £1,599, which is really just an M1 built into a colourful 24-inch display.

So if you want a desktop Mac, you were forced to go low-end or high-end. With the Mac mini (M2 Pro), there’s finally something in-between. It starts at £1,399 for a cut-back version of the M2 Pro with a 10-core CPU and

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