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It's reasonable to assume there will be Pro and Max versions of the M2 as well, and they'll have different capabilities across the line like the M1 variants do.

It's reasonable to assume there will be Pro and Max versions of the M2 as well, and they'll have different capabilities across the line like the M1 variants do. My guess is that there is going to be a Mac mini available with a Pro or Max chip at some point, but it's a weakly held guess. It's possible that we're going to just see the Mac mini as the "regular" headless desktop and a Mac pro as the more powerful one, so we get a matrix something like: | | Regular | Pro | | ---------------- | ----------- | ----------- | | Laptop | MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | | Headless Desktop | Mac mini | Mac Pro | | All-in-One | iMac | iMac Pro |

Hamuko 5y ago
Would require the Mac Pro to get significantly cheaper on the low end. Starting price difference between M1 MacBook Air and M1 Pro MacBook Pro is 2x, but the difference in starting price between M1 Mac Mini and the cheapest x86 Mac Pro is 8.5x. If not, the matrix would look something more like this: | | Regular | Pro | Corporate | | ---------------- | ----------- | ----------- | --------- | | Laptop | MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | | | Headless Desktop | Mac mini | | Mac Pro | | All-in-One | iMac | iMac Pro | |
- chipotle_coyote 5y ago
  I'm amused at your third column, and it's arguably not wrong currently, although it's almost more niche than "corporate" in its current form. :) The "pre-trashcan" Mac Pro models were considerably less expensive, even adjusted for inflation, than what came afterward. (The first Intel Mac Pros started at $2299, and IIRC I bought a PowerMac G5 in the early 2000s for something like $1599.) So Apple might lower their introductory pricing down to something that, if not cheap, is at least less expensive than the current Mac Pro. I wouldn't bet money on that, to be sure -- but it's possible. There's also the possibility of a "Mac Mini Pro," though, maybe? In a sense they kind of did that with the last update to the Intel model; I could see them making this a more deliberate bifurcation in the lineup.

Hamuko 5y ago

Would require the Mac Pro to get significantly cheaper on the low end. Starting price difference between M1 MacBook Air and M1 Pro MacBook Pro is 2x, but the difference in starting price between M1 Mac Mini and the cheapest x86 Mac Pro is 8.5x. If not, the matrix would look something more like this: | | Regular | Pro | Corporate | | ---------------- | ----------- | ----------- | --------- | | Laptop | MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | | | Headless Desktop | Mac mini | | Mac Pro | | All-in-One | iMac | iMac Pro | |

chipotle_coyote 5y ago
I'm amused at your third column, and it's arguably not wrong currently, although it's almost more niche than "corporate" in its current form. :) The "pre-trashcan" Mac Pro models were considerably less expensive, even adjusted for inflation, than what came afterward. (The first Intel Mac Pros started at $2299, and IIRC I bought a PowerMac G5 in the early 2000s for something like $1599.) So Apple might lower their introductory pricing down to something that, if not cheap, is at least less expensive than the current Mac Pro. I wouldn't bet money on that, to be sure -- but it's possible. There's also the possibility of a "Mac Mini Pro," though, maybe? In a sense they kind of did that with the last update to the Intel model; I could see them making this a more deliberate bifurcation in the lineup.