$799.00 USD gets you the Mac mini with the same (maybe faster?) RAM and (slightly faster) SSD.
And it very comfortably beats the 7535U while consuming less energy & staying cooler.
Definitely a deal breaker [M2 Mac mini] for Windows x86 dependant workflows; not so much for Linux users tho.
I think AMD is the only one with a real chance at matching and maybe beating Apple in the mini PC space, but pricing and architectural differences still make it really challenging.
Yeah. I saw the Mac mini in a store not long ago. I don't know about the state of Linux support for the M2 platform. I somewhat dislike Apple for nowadays soldering everything and making things so they can't be updated or repaired. And they take a crazy amount of extra money to put in a proper amount of RAM and storage. Like Apple's price explodes from 700€ to ~2000€ once I put in 24GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD.
I agree that the Tuxedo Nano Pro is very expensive, but the Mac Mini is much more expensive. When you look at the comparable, German prices, it looks like this:
8GB/512GB: 849€ vs 929€
16GB/1TB: 924€ vs 1389€
32GB/2TB: 1044€ vs 2079€ (24 GB only)
The minimum config prices from Apple look quite good, but they fleece you for the RAM and SSD capacity. And of course you can't upgrade them on your own. And of course the Mac Mini doesn't support Linux (maybe Asahi Linux will get there in a few years, but Apple certainly isn't helping).
Yes, price goes off the roof for upgrads, buts it's Apple, they're literally known for scalping their own user base since the 80's. Nothing has changed.
Mac mini will never support Linux; is the other way around. Asahi is bootable.
$799.00 USD gets you the Mac mini with the same (maybe faster?) RAM and (slightly faster) SSD.
And it very comfortably beats the 7535U while consuming less energy & staying cooler.
Definitely a deal breaker [M2 Mac mini] for Windows x86 dependant workflows; not so much for Linux users tho.
I think AMD is the only one with a real chance at matching and maybe beating Apple in the mini PC space, but pricing and architectural differences still make it really challenging.
Yeah. I saw the Mac mini in a store not long ago. I don't know about the state of Linux support for the M2 platform. I somewhat dislike Apple for nowadays soldering everything and making things so they can't be updated or repaired. And they take a crazy amount of extra money to put in a proper amount of RAM and storage. Like Apple's price explodes from 700€ to ~2000€ once I put in 24GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD.
You can get the same specs as the machine in OP's post from Beelink for $480 on Amazon, so I'm not sure I would use his post as a good basis.
I agree that the Tuxedo Nano Pro is very expensive, but the Mac Mini is much more expensive. When you look at the comparable, German prices, it looks like this:
The minimum config prices from Apple look quite good, but they fleece you for the RAM and SSD capacity. And of course you can't upgrade them on your own. And of course the Mac Mini doesn't support Linux (maybe Asahi Linux will get there in a few years, but Apple certainly isn't helping).
Yes, price goes off the roof for upgrads, buts it's Apple, they're literally known for scalping their own user base since the 80's. Nothing has changed.
Mac mini will never support Linux; is the other way around. Asahi is bootable.