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Testing Apple’s New M2 MacBook Pro and Mac Mini
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Sarawut Inthaphong
January 23, 2023 at 2:46 pm
It seem Apple plan to do something in the near future about Game Console (or maybe AR/VR) by reduce the price of Apple TV and Mac mini.
Dr Vinod Rajput
January 23, 2023 at 2:56 pm
Can I upgrade my MacBook Pro 13 inch 2018 i5 8/256 Gb Touch Bar
To
MacBook Air M2 16/512 ?
For performance & display with battery?
monstermini
January 23, 2023 at 3:02 pm
Yes, but your getting pretty close to the base model m1 pro /M2 pro 14 in
Mahesh Yadav
January 23, 2023 at 3:53 pm
I have used Intel and M1 Air. The m series is far better. You’ll notice and sorry appreciate the thermal and energy efficiency more than the performance with M2 than any thing else.
Given the performance of m series, you’ll also get that asking with the cooler operating temperature and insane battery life.
AKIS
January 23, 2023 at 3:05 pm
This is not reviews, but promotion and Apple Pro journalists.
Goobfilm cast
January 23, 2023 at 3:18 pm
clickbait…..where is the “testing” ?
disklamer
January 23, 2023 at 3:18 pm
I see zero tests.
Miguel Ibaceta
January 23, 2023 at 3:24 pm
Nothing different than reading what apple says on its own web. This is not a review at all.
Collin-Ricardo Campbell
January 23, 2023 at 3:40 pm
It’s seems to be the norm on American YouTube lying in the title to sucker people in to view there content so they can make money I am warm to to this and block people who sucker me in this way
BILLY
January 23, 2023 at 3:50 pm
CNET are liars, not a test video, they only care for clicks not people. Deception is the new norm…shameful
Honest News Network
January 23, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Hate these click bait videos.
krishnan srinivasan
January 23, 2023 at 4:01 pm
Nice & Thanks 🙂
ALI ESSA
January 23, 2023 at 4:28 pm
Wattage drawn compared to the m1 .. all I wanna know
T Farfolini
January 23, 2023 at 4:30 pm
What about the fan in Mini? Works like in mini M1 (only on heavy load) or like in Studio (non-stop)?
pete helme
January 23, 2023 at 6:56 pm
Yeah, this is what I’m waiting to hear. What happens if you really push the M2 Pro in the Mac Mini case, does it sound like the i7 version if the fans ramp up?
ICan'tGiveCredit
January 24, 2023 at 7:33 am
I also am curious to know if the internal speaker was upgraded in either model. I know that the internal speaker isn’t a selling point, but I’m still wondering about it.
Nick Sheppard
January 23, 2023 at 4:41 pm
Worst review ever what a joke 😂
Raphael
January 23, 2023 at 5:09 pm
Thanks to Apple’s Israeli engineers for these amazing chips.
Mo A
January 23, 2023 at 5:27 pm
I’m curious have you tried to connect the two Mac Minis together?
Kristof Deák
January 23, 2023 at 5:43 pm
Is the SDXC card reader still limited to UHS-II ?
Robert Marsh
January 24, 2023 at 12:39 am
it doesnt have a card reader
Indiana Jones
January 24, 2023 at 12:39 am
it doesnt have a card reader
Journey Stand
January 23, 2023 at 5:59 pm
I find it crazy that even with a PRO chip, the internals of the Mac Mini is still using half the space of the chassis.
Dark
January 23, 2023 at 11:33 pm
I hope is as silent as my mac mini m1, that thing is so sublime when you don’t hear a peep, a thing that my PC can’t match even at IDLE
Garrus Vakarian
January 24, 2023 at 1:46 am
@Dark my PC is just as quiet, you set the fan curve for your CPU fan and limit the max power (150W usually), buy a power supply with zero rpm fan mode, it really isn’t that hard
Dark
January 24, 2023 at 6:06 am
@Garrus Vakarian same story, you have to use a mac mini to know what I’m talking about
Garrus Vakarian
January 24, 2023 at 6:34 am
@Dark you can make your PC silent if you want to, that’s all I’m saying
Ashley Paul
January 24, 2023 at 4:38 pm
@Garrus Vakarian Even small form factor builds are like 10 times the size of a Mac mini. A Mac mini with its built in power supply occupies less space than a lot of gaming laptops, which tend to have massive power bricks. The few PCs that are actually compact, like Minisforum minis or Alienware X series laptops, sound like leaf blowers when doing real work. It’s easy to build a silent computer when you have that much space. Only Mac mini gives you small size, basically silent operation even at high load, and very good performance for most things. You can get some of those things in PCs, but not all.
Garrus Vakarian
January 24, 2023 at 11:12 pm
@Ashley Paul It’s not hard to have a silent pc like the Mac Mini. Just buy the Noctua L9 cooler and set a wattage limit. Works great. I build them all the time. The problem is the shortages killed the mini ITX market.
Cælen
January 23, 2023 at 6:02 pm
They don’t have the machines. Jeesh
xxnike0629xx
January 23, 2023 at 6:10 pm
This is great and all. But when will Apple include the M chip on their iPhone line up along with things like USB-C, Mini LED display, finger print reader on the power button, under display camera, etc? At the least they should do it on their Pro and Pro Max line of iPhones.
Ginkgo Biloba
January 23, 2023 at 9:18 pm
The M chips are basically bigger iPhone A chips.
Garrus Vakarian
January 24, 2023 at 1:47 am
@Ginkgo Biloba An iPhone with the M2, USB-C, and a dock, that would be sweet.
besweeeet2
January 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm
I’d return to MacBooks once they get rid of that notch.
R Collinge
January 23, 2023 at 6:24 pm
Apple this,Apple that. Is Apple the main sponsor for CNET. CNET used to look neutral in the Apple vs. Android products war.
Mukuka Kondowe
January 23, 2023 at 8:10 pm
Like the way you say new mac chips. It sounds like delicious food
KRUSTYskates
January 23, 2023 at 8:34 pm
Where are the tests?? Clickbait video
🇷🇺Andrei
January 24, 2023 at 12:18 am
Click bait title. The guy just rambles
XRP REVOLUTION
January 24, 2023 at 1:46 am
Click bait
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January 24, 2023 at 2:03 am
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jajjakajja
January 24, 2023 at 3:44 am
I love the fact that when the M1 chips were released three years ago, the press was all over themselves about how capable the machines were, demonstrating how you could do multi-layered 4k video editing with ease and easily replacing big laptops. Now that the updated M2 version has been released, they tell you that you can barely use these machines for podcasts, reading e-mail, and some light surfing. You are instead being told to spend twice the amount for pro-versions of the machines if you want to get any serious work done at all.
Wtf happened?
Ashley Paul
January 24, 2023 at 6:27 am
Most reviewers are in video production. In 2020, many people were still on 1080P and the people that used ultra high def often struggled to do anything with it. When groundbreaking cameras like the Canon R5 and Sony A7S III (which basically came to dominate YouTube) came out, their highest-quality video files barely played on most computers. CPUs in 2020 were far behind the newest video workflows. The M1 came out with some of the highest single-core performance we had ever seen on a desktop CPU, and the media engine could handle all those 10-bit 4:2:2 HVEC files. Eventually, the nVidia RTX 30 series and new generation Intel/AMD came out, and Windows could handle those files, too, though much less efficiently in terms of power. Regardless, people upgraded their cameras and upped their production quality and wanted to use the highest quality files, and affordable computers like the M1 mini made ultra high def editing performance accessible to many. In 2023, many more YouTube channels upload in 4K, and the overall video production quality has gone way up, and some even use 6K, 8K, and 12K during production. Channels with 500 subscribers today often have better video quality than top channels from early 2020. It’s 2023 now, and the workload has increased, and so has the level of performance from competitors, though even today, nobody else really strikes that balance of affordability, efficiency, and performance. Workloads other than video haven’t changed as much in the last three years. Pro audio resolution hasn’t changed for like 10 years, for instance. All this is a very video-centric viewpoint, but that’s what YouTube reviewers will tend to offer. That said, you’ll notice that reviewers are relatively tepid about the jump in performance between 2021 and 2022/23, and that’s probably because video workloads increase in big jumps, and we’ll probably remain at 4K for streaming video for the next 5+ years, if not more.
ICan'tGiveCredit
January 24, 2023 at 7:32 am
@Ashley Paul What an awesome answer to a great question! The only thing that I am left wondering is whether or not it’s become increasingly valueless to upload 4K video to YouTube: their video encoding process has supposedly become much more difficult to bypass, and I’m sure it’s very selective with channel type / popularity. Perhaps channels willing to upload in 4K have simultaneously become popular enough in Google’s eyes to be allowed less compression — in turn, leading to more properly encoded 4K videos on YouTube(?)
Ashley Paul
January 24, 2023 at 4:30 pm
@ICan’tGiveCredit while few people watch in 4K, it’s become a standard to record and edit in it. Even if you watch in 1080P, you still get better quality by uploading in 4K.
jajjakajja
January 24, 2023 at 4:52 pm
@Ashley Paul Thank you, I appreciate your detailed and thoughtful response.
It is surprising to me that individuals who primarily produce YouTube content may not consider their own biases when providing recommendations to a broader audience. If this is the reason behind the recent shift in how Mac computers are being reviewed and recommended, then we have a problem. One issue is that this group of users, who I contend do not accurately represent the typical Mac user, unduly influence the priorities of chip designers. Lack of hardware support for ray-tracing may be an example of this.
It is important to note that Apple closely works with these reviewers, providing them with early access to their products. This effectively creates a feedback loop. Additionally, it is worth considering that the capabilities of computers also influence what we expect from them and how they are used. If computers are primarily geared towards video/camera production, fewer people may explore other domains of creative work, such as 3D modeling, rendering, and VFX.
It is important for reviewers to be aware of their own biases and to broaden their perspective on what computers can be used for.
Juan Matus
January 24, 2023 at 4:10 am
I urge everyone to send a repport on this video. It’s not a test!! It’s just an Ad of apple’s products
Alvaro Sandoval
January 24, 2023 at 4:49 am
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In 2 Minutes Or Less
January 24, 2023 at 11:27 am
Thanks for the review … helped me to decided. I’m also interested in the mic you are using. Please supply brand and model. Thanks.
Camera Prepper
January 24, 2023 at 11:53 am
MacBooks are stupid or photo and video editing, much too small screens. Mac Minis needs more development !!!
Steve Rix
January 24, 2023 at 1:29 pm
Where is the testing in this video?
J4ckCr0w
January 24, 2023 at 8:01 pm
Famous reviewer who does not test anything and tests it closed. Complete garbage video.
lovesmallbusiness
January 24, 2023 at 11:20 pm
It’s interesting how all the big company youtube’s use Premiere and all the new media creators use FCP or Davinci. I can’t believe people still use Premiere it is soooooo slow. I guess if getting stuff done quickly isn’t a big deal Premiere is your thing.
Smarter Than You
January 24, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Can this mini be equipped to replace a PS5 and apple TV?