Mac Mini2 or Mac Mini 2 Pro

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8-Core CPU
10-Core GPU
8GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage¹

• 16-core Neural Engine
• Two Thunderbolt 4 ports
• Two USB-A ports, HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet, headphone jack

$799.00

16GB unified memory+ $200.00
24GB unified memory+ $400.00

Storage
512GB SSD storage
1TB SSD storage+ $200.00
2TB SSD storage+ $600.00

Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Ethernet+ $100.00

• Apple M2 Pro with 10‑core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
• 16GB unified memory
• 512GB SSD storage
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI port, two USB‑A ports, headphone jack

10-Core CPU
16-Core GPU
16GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage¹

• 16-core Neural Engine
• Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
• Two USB-A ports, HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet, headphone jack

$1,299.00
Apple M2 Pro with 10‑core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
Apple M2 Pro with 12‑core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine+ $300.00
Memory
16GB unified memory
32GB unified memory+ $400.00
Storage
512GB SSD storage
1TB SSD storage+ $200.00
2TB SSD storage+ $600.00
4TB SSD storage+ $1,200.00
8TB SSD storage+ $2,400.00
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Ethernet+ $100.00

 

[Big Tex]

Unless you're doing 4k video editing, just get the base model.

 

[1warrior]

I'd go with M2,16GB ram,10 Gigabit Ethernet+ unless you need more than two monitors.

 

[Big Tex]

I'd go with M2,16GB ram,10 Gigabit Ethernet+ unless you need more than two monitors.

Unless he has a full 10GBe infrastructure (cables, switches, and other computers and servers using 10GBE) he doesn't need it. Regular 1Gig is fine.