The M2 Mac mini was launched only a month in the past, and it’s a sexy purchase for longtime Intel Mac mini homeowners who didn’t make the soar to the M1. Because it’s new, nevertheless, it’s onerous to search out offers for it, however when you act now, you may get an M2 Mac Professional mini with 16GB of reminiscence and a 512GB SSD for $1,250 from Amazon–that’s a $49 financial savings and the bottom value we’ve seen to date. The commonplace M2 mannequin can also be on sale for $580, a extra modest $19 off.

The mannequin on sale is the high-end configuration of the Mac mini that we reviewed again in January. In our checks, we discovered that Apple’s declare of a 20 p.c and 30 p.c CPU and GPU (respectively) enhance over the M1 Professional held true and that the M2 Professional Mac mini “completely smokes the Intel-based Mac mini it replaces.” In any other case, it has the identical design because the Mac mini with 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, HDMI 2.1, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Gigabit Ethernet, and a headphone jack.

Our one gripe in regards to the M2 Professional Mac mini was its value–we expect it’s a bit on the excessive aspect. However this Amazon deal makes it a bit of simpler on the pockets for an excellent Mac.