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CTOnews.com January 17 news, Apple today released the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, at the same time launched two new products: the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini, of which the Bank of China Mac mini price from 4499 yuan. The new Mac mini will be available to order from January 19 and will be available on Friday, February 3.

According to the official introduction, the new Mac mini, powered by the M2 and the new M2 Pro chip, is more powerful and practical than ever, starting at 4499 yuan. The new M2 Pro brings professional performance to Mac mini for the first time. Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro brings faster performance, more unified memory and advanced connectivity. M2 models support up to 2 monitors at the same time. M2 Pro models support up to 3 monitors at the same time.

The M2 and M2 Pro chips bring a new generation of faster CPUs and graphics processors, higher memory bandwidth, and a more powerful media engine to the Mac mini than previous generations of Mac mini chips for superior performance and industry-leading energy efficiency. Both Mac mini models feature advanced cooling for sustained high-performance output.

Mac mini with M2 Mac mini with M2 comes with an 8-core CPU (including 4 high-performance cores and 4 energy-efficient cores) and a 10-core graphics processor, starting at RMB4, 499. Thanks to up to 24GB of unified memory and 100GB / s memory bandwidth, tasks such as editing images with Adobe Photoshop can be up to 50% faster than previous models. The M2 also brings ProRes acceleration to the Mac mini, allowing tasks like Final Cut Pro video editing to double. The M2 model supports up to two simultaneous streams of 8K ProRes 422 at 30 fps or up to 12 simultaneous streams of 4K ProRes 422 at 30 fps. Apple says the Mac mini's overall performance is up to five times better than the best-selling Windows desktop, making it a great value for first-time PC buyers, device upgrades and customers switching from other PCs to Macs.

Compared to Mac mini with Intel Core i7, Mac mini with M2 has the following performance:

Machine Learning (ML) with Pixelmator Pro Image Optimization Zoom performance up to 22x faster.

Complex timeline rendering with Final Cut Pro is up to 9.8x faster.

Compared to the Mac mini with the M1, the Mac mini with the M2 has the following performance:

Use Final Cut Pro for ProRes transcoding up to 2.4x faster.

In Adobe Photoshop, filters and features appear up to 50% faster.

Mac miniM2 Pro with M2 Pro brings professional performance to Mac mini for the first time, starting at 9999 yuan. The M2 Pro is equipped with up to 10-core CPU (including 6 high-performance cores and 4 energy-efficient cores) and 19-core graphics processor. The memory bandwidth is double that of the M2, reaching 200GB / s and supporting up to 32GB of memory. The new generation of neural network engines is 40% faster than the M1 and speeds up machine learning tasks such as video parsing and image processing. M2 Pro's powerful media engine handles common video codecs at high speeds, supporting simultaneous playback of up to 5 8K ProRes 422 streams at 30 fps or up to 23 4K ProRes 422 streams at 30 fps, dramatically improving video playback and encoding speeds while maintaining extremely low power consumption. Compared to Mac mini with the most powerful Intel chip, M2 Pro model is up to 14 times faster.

Compared to a 27-inch iMac with Intel Core i7 chips and Radeon Pro 5500 XT graphics, Mac mini with M2 Pro offers the following performance:

In Adobe Photoshop, filters and features appear up to 50% faster.

Use Adobe Lightroom Classic to stitch panoramic photos up to 5.5 times faster.

Object tracking with Final Cut Pro is up to 4.4x faster.

Compared to the Mac mini with the M1, the Mac mini with the M2 Pro has the following performance:

Affinity Photo graphics performance up to 2.5x faster.

ProRes transcoding with Final Cut Pro speeds up to 4.2 times faster.

Apple claims up to 15 times better gaming performance than the Mac mini with the most powerful Intel chip.

CTOnews.com learned that in terms of connectivity, the Mac mini M2 model comes with 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports and supports up to 2 simultaneous monitors. The M2 Pro model is equipped with 4 Thunderbolt ports and supports simultaneous connection of up to 3 monitors. In addition, the M2 Pro model also supports connecting an 8K monitor, which is the first time for Mac mini. Both models feature two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one Gigabit Ethernet port (optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet port), and an upgraded headphone jack that supports high-impedance headphones. In terms of wireless connectivity, both models support the latest standard high-speed Wi-Fi 6E (not yet supported in the mainland of China), up to twice as fast as the previous generation, and support Bluetooth 5.3.

The M2 model is equipped with 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports and supports simultaneous connection of up to 2 monitors

The Mac mini is designed to minimize environmental impact, including the use of 100% recycled materials: aluminum in the case, rare earth elements in all magnets, tin in motherboard solder, and gold in multiple printed circuit board plating layers. 35% more recycled plastic is used in multiple parts than in previous models. Mac mini meets Apple's high standards for energy efficiency and is free of many harmful substances. 97% of packaging is fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of eliminating plastic completely from packaging by the end of 2025.

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