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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 £649. 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 has a more powerful processor. It starts at £1,399.
That £1,399 entry-level price gets you a cut-back version of the M2 Pro that has only a 10-core CPU (6 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores) and a 16-core GPU. To get the full M2 Pro with 12 CPU cores (eight performance, four efficiency) and 19 GPU cores, you have to pay an extra £300. You’ll also get only 512GB of storage in that £1,399 model, which is a bit on the low side for
