Mac Mini M2 in 2024 | General Use & Programmers Review (A Year Later)

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00:00 | Intro
00:59 | Base Model Experience
04:03 | Need to upgrade?
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09:46 | Desk Setup Use
11:21 | Performance degradation
14:06 | Mac Mini Pro vs M3 Mac Mini vs Mac Studio
15:37 | Buying Refurbished + Final Thoughts
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Time to get my coffee and enjoy the show

[@andresvidoza]

hahah happy Sunday brother

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Exactly what I did😅

[@EnyoAbraham]

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[@leget_daniel]

Bro… Excellent video, i love you videos, They’re incredible.

[@andresvidoza]

thank you so much my guy!!

[@Mark23Martin]

As always bro when im feeling down about something you come through with a post that says keep going appreciate that 🙏

[@gourish2]

what an video man, the tension between macmini and my my add to cart is getting tense

[@semajm85]

other video's feel like reviews, your videos feel like a story is being told. Its also ingenious how you weave ad spots in. never once did i fast forward or skip to certain parts, always watching from start to finish. kudos man!

[@Siviqs]

the quality of these videos are astronomically great! god if only you would post more than just Sunday's! I mean it's understandable, the time and effort to bring this type of quality and editing does take time! but nevertheless i enjoy waking up and getting my morning hot chocolate or tea and enjoy watching!

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[@user-bc5yw3cj9y]

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[@andresvidoza]

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[@tokkyor]

Yep im definetly buy a 16 or 18 go mac, thank you sir. And again, editing is fire . Much love from France bro

[@andresvidoza]

Merci beaucoup frere!!

[@sshreyaspathak]

thankyou andres vidoza for uploding today's video

[@Ashishvatsav]

great content!!! like always 🔥

[@andresvidoza]

much love man

[@mirko230670]

Great video as always...🙂

[@HappyStep96]

Amazing vid, I bought the base m2 mac mini a couple months ago. Use it for light coding, admin work, lots of entertainment (youtube) and studying on Udemy/Notetaking on notion. No hiccups, love my mac!

[@komolafetunji2152]

Loving yr video

[@andresvidoza]

thanks mann

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ah time for a break between a study session and the other and what is better than you're video man.... I was really waiting

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You deserve 1 mil ASAP man!! ❤

[@andresvidoza]

thank you man!!

[@superheroesarelove8631]

just bought this yesterday. Should have waited a day to see this review haha

[@ckubes3389]

Yo bro first.....love your vids...you really are one of the best laptop reviewer in my opinion....

[@andresvidoza]

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[@brickfury6985]

🔥 video bro I’m looking forward to buy one anyway

[@StevenDeeven]

A good day gets even better when you see a new video from Andres. Much love!

[@MinimalisTech]

Dope video ma brotha. I’ll probably going Mac Studio M4 or even iMac Pro if they launch it

[@anthonylindt6819]

Lmao I just sold mine like 2 hours ago😭😭😭

[@andresvidoza]

lmaooo no way haha... the odds

[@saikrisb2852]

Why did you sell?

[@Niramay-ff2uy]

Not the right time to watch this video 😂

[@shashikantsuman1659]

It doesn’t matter whether the video is relevant to me or not but the entire production value and voice is a treat to watch..I dont have macmini but still i watched the entire video

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You post so many good stuff...

[@andresvidoza]

thank you brothie

[@MrMengAnn]

To be honest 8G 256 is enough for daily use, more powerful than 700-1k$ window pc. Never regret to own one

[@erichill414]

I just do basic stuff and 8gb on my M1 has been great.

[@AdityaaChouksey]

The Amount of work you put in, shows in your craft!

[@ssaaffuu]

i come hear to lean and be inspired the tech is just icing on top and insane production like always

[@StaticPlaya]

Good video as usual. Hope you do a video on the new Snapdragon X Elite devices.

[@andresvidoza]

im excited to get one tbh

[@silverwolf6236]

Interesting video, I've been thinking of getting a mini to play around with the swift language in general. Seeing it can handle what you were doing, which would be 4x what I'd be doing learning the language, makes me feel like it'll be a safe investment to later on get something that packs a bit more of a punch like the m2 Pro.

[@berend109]

This is the reason why I didn't cheap out on ram and rom when I bought my m1 pro machine, I tend to use my machine for many years.

[@andresvidoza]

yup yup

[@AlexandreGovea]

Thanks bro. I really enjoy the review. New subscriber here.

[@stevenmorgan2530]

Nice content.

[@unei_xx]

Loved the video. The M2 Pro Mini has been my daily PC for most things after switching from Windows. I’ll be keeping an eye on what Apple does for the next refresh because I was interested in the Mac Studio before I settled on the Mini.

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i come back from church to see this!!!!!!!!!! you make my day buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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love the videos man

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much love brother!! I appreciate it

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Sunday therapy 🔥

[@ndcreations5913]

I had been using my M1 base mac book for a while and have recently upgrade to a mac studio. The extra ram and ssd space makes a huge difference.

[@dexmark5]

Nice video. I am looking to get a mac computer any tips about it? Is it true that a M4 mac mini is coming out? How good is the mac mini with conplining code is it fast? Is it good at rendering videos any good or is there problims with it? Would it be good for game devlempet ?

[@eliezeralvesmartins]

Realmente o que estou fazendo Andres bebendo um café Melitta e assistindo, sanou minha dúvida sobre somente 8GB...excelente video abraços

[@GreenBeanEditZ]

Nice vid

[@danieljmildren]

I've got the m2 pro 32gb ram and love it, does everything I need it to do

[@hajjihaydarhussin]

If I had to prioritize upgrading ram or rom and could only choose one because of budget which would you recommend?

[@Professor-eu1ll]

btw, also waiting for the m4. perfect timing haha. I think the mac mini really shines in the value for money perspective

[@andresvidoza]

im excited to see what the M4 brings to us

[@Jimmyfly215]

waiting on the M4. that should be a really solid expiernce with the base model.

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[@MJ_HTX]

Excellent review. I battled with the idea of getting a Mac Mini a while back. I considered future proofing and ultimately ended up getting the M1 Max Mac Studio 1TB. Then like a month later, the M2 Mac Studio came out. My M1 Mac Studio is still performing excellently.

[@Black_Ghost24]

Just grabbed a cup of coffee and some snacks to enjoy ur video And wanted to ask u something else too do u own a discord channel if u do I am not able to find the link pls share it would be great

[@69qwerty]

hey andres! had a budget of ~500. which monitor should I get (i'm a photographer and a coder) so was confused between the u2723qe and the m28u

[@hanksimon1023]

I like the feedback and the experience! I have a 2017 27" 16GB iMac for everyday desktop use - no gaming, streaming, or movies, with only Photoshop Elements photo-editting, and I'm considering upgrading to an M2 mini with 16GB Ram, 256 GB storage, and a Satechi NVME Hub with 2Tb SSD storage. I haven't figured out the best [or best value] monitor [speakers if needed], mouse and keyboard yet. I'll also need to get a router that can provide 2.4GHz WiFi as an option. Suggestions for trade-off and costs?

[@arjosburner]

I mainly use mine for programming, took it into deep waters, especially for my last year of uni. keeping loads apps open for long periods of time (days and weeks), even when im not using it, its a very good machine in terms of performance, but only problem is it crashes quite frequently. id take a break or wake up and come back to it having a full restart saying its crashed which was just frustrating. -base m2 pro

[@andresvidoza]

yeah thats kind off my experience with it as well haha

[@Balintfrank2010]

what lightroom presets are you using? I’m really intrested in that

[@hafuridotus]

Still rocking the M2 Mac Mini with 16 GB, grabbed it on sale through B&H. It's the best value Mac you can buy imo. I still have my Windows Desktop as a min rig, but my partner loves it for their schooling. PS, thanks for doing the LC C2 video, grabbed an LG C3 and it's perfect for my PC as a monitor!

[@andresvidoza]

It really is a great computer honestly. Did you get the 512gb ssd?

[@hafuridotus]

@@andresvidoza Nahhh, I thought Apple was smoking something heavy with those storage prices. I ended up doing the latest Satechi Mac Mini Hub, and grabbed an Western Digital SN770 M.2 SSD 1 TB and set it up as an external SSD drive. (Storage was enough for my SO and was cheaper, got it for $58.04 off Mercari brand new)

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the colors!!!!

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[@bryans8656]

My first M series computer was the base M1 mini when it released. Ultimately I ended up with a base M3 Pro MBP 14, and for me it's the best all around computer. I've used external storage for years, with Windows and Mac, and still am with the MBP.

[@andresvidoza]

Niiiice!! A lot of people also rock M1 Base Mac Minis for home servers and stuff. It actually works really well...

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@@andresvidoza Apple really killed it with the M chips.

[@semperick]

I have an m1 16gb and it’s a beast. Bought it for like 400 and some change a while ago

[@andresvidoza]

its wild lol.. so much performance for little money imo.

[@mask4436]

Will it be good for Android development? Gonna use a physical android device for testing

[@stephenvalente3296]

I'm always of the opinion that you buy with the future in mind, especially with the extortionate upgrade prices on the M-series machines. I've got external TB4 storage for my base M1 Max Mac Studio. If I was buying the M2 Mini, I'd feel going for the model with 16GB and 512Gb (to avoid the single NAND chip issue) would be the most basic purchase with external storage.

[@jeevanjain]

Its time to enjoy some cinematic reviews ❤

[@andresvidoza]

haha thank you man

[@Garnett.]

Mac mini or mac studio? I just plan on editing youtube videos in the future. Storage is my only concern.

[@Milo_the_chonk]

I bought myself an m2 16gb ram/256 gb rom , mainly because the storage can be expanded externally, but not the ram. My experience has been very good since I’m coming from a 2019 intel MacBook pro The 8gb ram variant will constantly rely on swap memory when it runs out which tends to degrade the ssd very quickly. If you can pick one upgrade for the base model (extra ram or extra storage), get the extra RAM

[@tawsifraad8173]

Hey bro can you please make vedio about apple ecosystem, waiting for your reply

[@n03l30]

I want to see a video showing how you edit your videos

[@ralphcarter3261]

I’ve never owned a Mac but I think I’m gonna wait until they drop an m4 Mac mini. I’m starting to dabble in art 3D modeling and coding. I think a Mac mini would be perfect companion to my iPad Pro

[@Bobblehead09]

Would you rather filly’s spect Mac Studio (or pro) , OR fully spect windows PC. W VID BRO LOVING THE CONTENT

[@andresvidoza]

umm depends bro.. you wanna game ???

[@Bobblehead09]

@@andresvidoza light gaming, mostly productivity and programming

[@SarathKumarTM]

I am actually confused between macmini vs custom windows cpu.. I can't ignore the performance of mac.. But I can't unsee the wide possibilities cracked software availability for windows..

[@alishalove]

Can you do an updated how you plan and organize?

[@andresvidoza]

haha maybe yes! but at the office, we actually use Notion a lot.

[@steftech.visuals]

Hey bro, i have mine ( M2Pro 16Go ) since now 1 year ( bought on the Appel Refurb with a good price )... i switched after 20 years of custom PC and it's my best decision ever ! i'm very happy with this mac mini. Waiting now for your video about how to optimize and configure it !

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🔥🔥🔥

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[@lukasbarz2666]

What is the name of your MSI Monitor?

[@Reducer]

Still perfectly happy with my M1 Mac Mini with 16 gigs RAM for the kind of software engineering I do.

[@elaironen8592]

what monitor is that?

[@leventebartha2952]

I actually see potential in the 16 512 M4 mac mini from apple as base model. First they upgraded the base model iphone storage at the 14, then they upgraded the base model iPad Air 6 now… Anyways, it would be interesting and understandable, nearly essential to upgrade the base model mac mini. Great video as always, and congrats on growing man, you deserve it!

[@United_Wings]

Nice

[@user-yd3rg4cf8i]

A Mac mini redesign is overdue. It should look like the Apple TV.

[@stephenvalente3296]

I'd wait for M4 now, but not convinced Apple won't still try to con us that 8Gb of memory and 256Gb of storage is still a good base configuration in 2024/25.

[@ordazgustavo]

You cannot expect to have VSCode, IntelliJ and XCode open and everything run smoothly haha

[@cbee402]

Still using M1 Mac Mini, 16gb. Perfect daily for xcode etc

[@andresvidoza]

niiiice

[@95muhdfaizal]

I upgraded mine to 2TB by installing new nand on the board

[@Aruns_daily]

bro make a video on Project IDX

[@SamFigueroa]

If I were you I’d be waiting out a M3/M4 MacMini or MacStudio and go for 32 GB RAM for sure.

[@Eric-qi9us]

Summery: Yes. Saved you 16 mins.

[@sonsysquarehead4118]

Thanks, I'll still watch the vid

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@@sonsysquarehead4118 this is the way fans should be!

[@belong2her]

Did you use iphone screen mirroring on your mac?

[@andresvidoza]

nah its my xcode emulator

[@erinvincent126]

Waiting for another vlog 😢

[@smgumbycat]

I would suggest the Mac mini M2 PRO.

[@ColeCaccamise]

andres casually living in 2025

[@luisvigo3777]

If you’re never using your computer outside of your desk at home, the mini makes perfect sense

[@andresvidoza]

1000%. And if you EVER need to bring it somewhere else, its SO easy to do so. Its nothing like having a massive windows computer lol

[@siddhantchuroria791]

Man how do manage with that monitor wobble ? Use a monitor arm.

[@andresvidoza]

tbh I barely notice it lol

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Yo the back songs were to loud for me to hear the video.fix that!

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cool

[@e7234]

taking into account that every 2 years there is a new software that takes much more ram i rather put more than 8 if not that is not gonna be usable in 2 years

[@yippiecalle421]

I feel like m2 Mac mini is worth it now especially since you can find a 16gb Apple refurbished or Best Buy refurbished for the price of a base brand new.

[@andresvidoza]

yeeeeee! I always push people to buy refurb too. Its SO worth it imo

[@madarauchiha4298]

I think its about time IOS and Windows optimize their OS. Bunsen labs uses 1gb on boot. I have stripped my installation down to less than 500mb RAM usage on boot on a 20gb partition 😂

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selling a apple like toothbrush but then not using an iphone 😂

[@andresvidoza]

lmao

[@amritop8235]

Can you store apps in ssd

[@andresvidoza]

yeah you can but im not sure how complex apps like davinci and Photoshop for example, how that would work...

[@lox3ya]

yoo what app do you use to mirror your iphone???