M2 Mac Studio VS M2 Mac mini - DON'T BE FOOLED! 

He didn't compared exactly the base models because the mini was upgraded both in ram and storage and that actually impacts how the softwares utilize resources. The Mac mini he is comparing even has two more thunderbolt USB-C ports that the base model.

@@DavidRiano95 Yes he did compare two base models. He compared the base Mac Studio to the base model Mac Mini Pro, not the base model Mac Mini.

@@DavidRiano95 The base M2 Pro Mac Mini has 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD and 4 Thunderbolt ports, what are you talking about lol

Poor people always complaining instead of working.

thank this idiot for highly misleading the people watching his channel.. One of these are the "BASE MODEL" they are in fact the top tier model just with out the extra storage which cost an arm and a leg... thats like saying the Iphone 15 pro, and Iphone 15 pro max are the base models.. the only thing basic about these are the storage. The real base model of the Mac Mini is $599... thats over twice as cheap as what you are claiming. and the base model of the Mac studio is in fact 1999 dollars. so your compairing the Best Mac mini too the worst Mac studio.. and Just FYI if your thinking about getting a Mac dont forget that the monitor they sell for these is 1300 dollars... more then a current Imac.. do yourself a favor if yoru going to buy a mac mini.. and buy last gens Imac that still has the intell chip in it and the dedicated graphcis card its faster, cheaper and includes a monitor a good one at that.. the New colorfull ones are essentially Large Ipads on stands.. same processor in them check it out... its sad they got rid of the real Imacs.. becase now they can pull this BS and charge 1300 dollars for their base monitor.. and I think the Pro monitor is over 5000 dollars.

is mac studio good for atmos mixing mastering??

@@siddantsharma3681most definitely

Howdy 🤠 I mean… you’re welcome

@@GregsGadgets hy. here the mini base is 300 thousand forints, studio base 980 thousand forints.

You and me both...I am literally looking these two platforms with different configs. all week. The ultra is too much horsepower for me, but the mini as mentioned with 16GB is ideal for a business profesional and academic. Thanks for putting this together !

😂😂😂😂😂 thought I was the only one who noticed this

@@exavion3364 He was thinking "relative" comparison.

looool that threw me off - a little easter egg there

PSA: If you want to use it for work and future proof the machine (>4 years) - pick a model with a minimum of 16GB ram. It doesn't matter how fancy the OSX memory management is, having more capacity is always beneficial to the machines performance. Being limited by memory capacity will result in crashes, freezes and a bad experience.

I don’t need more power, so I’m taking mini with 16GB, not mini pro.

8GB is not enough. Excessive swapping eventually kills your SSD.

@@briancharamuga2907you are so right my IMac Pro is starting to give out of memory messages. It came with a 1TB drive and 32GB of Physical RAM. The problem is constant memory swaps has degraded the SSD Drive. I keep archiving and running minimal items on the internal SSD drive. I am really tired of sealed cases and soldered on drives. Great point you brought up.

@@inspiredartphotosI forgot iMac Pros existed. Have you tried workarounds?

you like losing money to apple?

Studio M2 base model. If it is too much, 32gb M2 Mac Mini Pro

Lool

only if you put 2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, pickles, and onion between them. LOL

Just get the ultra and you’ll end up with a whopper.😂😂😂

What do you use the studio for? How are you dealing with 512GB of storage?

@@emilsecker7881 I use it mostly for video editing, image editing, typical prosumer usage, in addition to the usual day-to-day stuff. It's more than I really need but I like having the additional overhead. 512GB of storage has been plenty because I have it connected to a 2TB NAS.

@@bryans8656 gotcha. Nice

Same here. I had a 16GB M1 Mini and needed more RAM as well as native support for 3 displays. I was hoping for an M1 Pro Mini, but the Studio came out instead. I don't regret buying it one bit, this thing has been an absolute beast!

Same here. My 2018 Intel i7 mini did what I needed but I wanted more ports than the M1 mini. Lost my mind and no need at present to buy a Studio Ultra but I did anyway. Refurbished M1 Ultra base model (64Gb ram, 1 Tb SSD), military/student discount kind thing. When they came out with the M2 Ultra it was like don't bother, I'm covered for a very long time. Refurb Studio display with the fancy covering but found it with the VESA no stand option. Should fit inside my roll top desk when I get it back to the house. I work overseas, maybe another year or so.

Why don’t you get a new iMac and use your old one as secondary monitor. Call Apple and see if it’ll work. I’ve seen some videos of people using their iMacs as screens. For what you need - you don’t need anything more than an imac

Haha it would be ok if games were optimized for mac 😢

​@@GregsGadgets What are you talking about Greg? We have a record number of blockbuster AAA games native on Apple Silicon. Last count was 9, give or take a few, but it is still a record. 👍🏼 I am now wearing sunglasses too, as the future is looking oh so bright!😎

Yeah for 4K $$

@@alphagodvon base M2 Max Mac Studio is $1,799 in the education store or $1,999 otherwise.

Good input - I too have the 27" from 2013 and it's crawling. I was going to get the m2 w/16 and was concerned about the same, although I won't be pushing it other then drone videos and marketing papers & Microsoft 365. The only concern I have is I won't have a monitor for the Studio or something similar.

That’s what I did!

Think at the price point, the base Mac Studio should have always came with a 1Tb SSD as standard.

I think either one of those is going to be much better than your 2018 Intel, but personally I would go with the Studio. Granted, that may be because I have unnecessary anxiety about buyers regret later 😅.

@@kevinkrause5798 Ahah I guess yeah switching to an M chip Mac would be a huge difference and I would be blown even by an M1 Pro ^^ Seems like finding an M1 Max Studio is kinda tough right now, I'll need to check that a bit deeper lol but I get the anxiety I have the same one like "yeah a Mini M2 Pro could be enough now but ... what if I change workflow in like 2 years" ^^

Omg if he actually just needed the M2 Mac he got scammed reeeeeeally bad holy hell

Only if you need macOS exclusive apps. For $2k you can easily build a pc that is way more powerful. The true advantage of Apple silicon is low power draw which mainly applies to laptops tablets and phones as it means incredible battery life. On desktop that advantage is almost pointless

@@SteveDonevno you can’t lmao. You need a 3k pc to compete with the Mac m2 pro mini

@@eth.n154 uh no. A ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the m2 pro by a massive margin and any gpu over a rtx 3060ti will outperform the mac’s gpu and a pc with those 2 will be around $1500. If you go up to 2k you can get a rtx 4070 which will literally run circles around the m2 pro’s gpu. The only huge win apple has is power efficiency, which who cares, it’s a desktop. It doesn’t run out of battery

@@SteveDonev where are you finding a 4090 for under 2k ?

4070*

Well, you may be right. Because, for my needs if the base M-2 "mac mini" came with four (4) thunderbolt ports, I might be looking to buy that model instead of the M-2 "mac mini" Pro version (smile...smile).

I've never needed more than 8GB of system memory with the M1 even with loads of plug-ins using Logic Pro X. This largely due to how efficient and fast the memory is as unified system compared to a traditional motherboard. This would be entirely different with CGI or very GPU demanding applications in which your average Apple user doesn't even know what that means outside of "gaming". The reality is that most Apple users are completely ignorant to what really makes a computer a complete workstation all-around in which Apple has yet to provide due the companies lack of native applications that actually benefit from GPU acceleration. Personally, i love Mac but only for audio work, at least for now.

Get a PC and feel like you didnt get ripped off!

​@@johnh383 I grew up on non-Apple PCs and I've given it more than my share of chances and the UI of the operating systems generally drive me up a wall. Additionally the kind of computer I want would typically make the kind of tradeoffs Apple make anyway. I want something small, I want something quiet, I dont' need the most graphics performance (but I do need good single perf CPU). As for value, I think the Mac mini specifically is fairly good value actually (this is backed up by other reviews as well), it's more when you get into Mac Studio or you need graphics performance the value proposition falls apart. That said, I *am* looking to get a PC specifically for gaming, but since I don't want a big tower PC but something more compact yet still powerful enough for gaming that's probably going to be kinda expensive too (which is why I'll probably have to save up for a long time).

⁠@@johnh383Until your pc takes a crap and you find out you really did😂😂

The memory is the big differentiator.