And then there was one. With the introduction of the new Mac mini, Apple officially sells only one Mac that still uses an Intel chip—the Mac Pro. While the low-end Mac mini got an upgrade to the M1 processor just over two years ago, Apple continued to sell the 2018 Intel-based model as a more expensive option. Apple has now updated the low-end model to the M2 and replaced that Intel-based model with a new M2 Pro Mac mini.
The M2 model gained Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 and has been reduced in price from $699 to $599. It’s a fine entry-level system. The M2 Pro model adds two additional Thunderbolt 4 ports (for a total of four), upgrades the HDMI port to HDMI 2.1 (bringing support 4K at 240Hz and 8K at 60Hz), and of course has a more powerful processor. It starts at $1,299, a $200 increase over the outdated and now-obsolete Intel-based model.
That $1,299 entry-level price gets you a cut-back version of the M2 Pro that has only a 10-core M2 Pro with 12 CPU cores (eight performance, four efficiency) and 19 GPU cores, you have to pay an extra $300.
