I don't use the full power of the M2 Mac mini, just photo editing, web browsing, social etc. But I want to keep up to date. Should I change now? Any advice.
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Mac mini, macOS 14.6
Personally, if the M2 is doing what you want at a level of performance that you like, I would say hold off on updating. It will likely be several more years before Apple will drop any OS support for it so it will still be fine in that respect for a good while. So, until such time as the M2 performance no longer meets you needs or Apple finally drops OS support for it, I would stick with it.
However, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket that you don't know what to do with, by all means upgrade.
Personally, if the M2 is doing what you want at a level of performance that you like, I would say hold off on updating. It will likely be several more years before Apple will drop any OS support for it so it will still be fine in that respect for a good while. So, until such time as the M2 performance no longer meets you needs or Apple finally drops OS support for it, I would stick with it.
However, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket that you don't know what to do with, by all means upgrade.
Ditto to the above 2 replies.
I would argue that you would not be "up to date" with the M4 as there is the M4 Pro etc. etc. and in any case there will be an M5 not very far away!
So save your money for another year or two and get a really big improvement in performance.
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+3 woodmeister50 is spot on.
If money is burning a hole in your pocket, invest in some accessories like a better display or a second display and another external drive to help protect your photos.
And an M6, M7, etc. My Mac will always be out of date within a few months no matter what. I guess that is the short life with technology.
Good advice , thanks.
Should I upgrade my M2 Mac mini to the M4 model?
