Apple’s March 8 event is going to roll out a lot of new products, and we really hope that an Apple M2 Mac Mini is among them.
With the Apple March 8 event right around the corner, there’s understandably a lot of attention being paid to the MacBooks, iPad, and the iPhone SE that might be revealed. It’s possible, however, that a new M2-powered Mac Mini could be a star in the product show. The Apple Mac Mini (M1,2020) breathed some much-needed life into this fan-favorite mini PC, thanks to the powerful new Apple M1 chip that allowed it to punch way above its previous Intel-powered weight, easily earning it a spot on our best computers list after it debuted. It wasn’t a perfect device by any means. However, it was a great step in the right direction toward converting those long-time Windows users who might be Apple-curious but wary of making too big a financial commitment. An M2 Mac Mini might be an offer they can’t refuse. The M1 Mac Mini was no slouch when it came to performance but it was essentially a MacBook Air processor powering a whole PC. It impressed us when we benchmarked it, and we’ve since become believers, but it was nudging up close to the limits of what the M1 chip could do. The Apple M2 should clear that hurdle pretty handily. Even if the M2 features the same number of performance and efficiency cores as the M1, which is expected, those aren’t the only things on the chip. A more robust GPU could make the Mac Mini a competent gamer, since many of the best Mac games are pretty demanding, graphically. And while the catalog of games still has a way to go, the number of Mac-ports of popular AAA games over the past few years has been steadily growing.
