Apple unveiled new MacBook Pro and Mac mini models yesterday. The laptops have the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets, while the mini gets both the M2 base and M2 Pro. We checked several regions around the world for prices and shipping dates.
The shipping dates are easy – January 24th, except for the US, which lists the 23rd. However, the press release claimed January 24th as the start of shipping, so let’s go with that (ie Tuesday of next week).
Note that the prices in the tables below are for the base configurations only. Apple solders RAM and storage to the card, and the model with unified memory has minimum requirements, e.g. you cannot have an M2 Pro with less than 16 GB of RAM or an M2 Max with less than 32 GB.
Let’s start with the new MacBook Pro. These replace the 14″ and 16″ Pros with M1 chips from October 2021. The 13″ model remains unchanged.
Be careful when choosing a chipset – there are different CPU and GPU core configurations available
A note about the chipsets – the basic 14” configuration has an M2 Pro with a 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU. You can get the fully enabled 12/19 core M2 Pro for $300 extra. The 16” version only uses 12/19 core chips. The base 14″ M2 Max models start with a 30 core GPU, the 38 core GPU costs $200 extra (both have 12 core CPUs). The 16″ M2 Max model only comes with 38 core GPUs. Yes, it’s confusing, so be aware of the options.
| Model | Chipset | Memory | U.S | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | India |
| MacBook Pro 14″ | M2 Pro | 16/512GB | $2,000 | C$2,600 | £2,150 | €2,400 | 200,000 INR |
| M2 Max | 32GB/1TB | $3,100 | C$4,100 | £3,350 | €3,700 | 310,000 INR | |
| MacBook Pro 16″ | M2 Pro | 16/512GB | $2,500 | C$3,200 | £2,700 | €3,000 | 250,000 INR |
| M2 Max | 32GB/1TB | $3,500 | C$4,500 | £3,750 | €4,150 | 350,000 INR |
If you move on to the new Mac mini, you can have an M2 or an M2 Pro. There is no M2 Max option, Apple is probably saving that for the new Studio. As with the laptop, the M2 Pro-based mini comes with the 10/16-core chip as standard, and it’s a $300 upgrade to get the 12/19-core chip.
The new M2-powered Mac mini • M2 mac mini with 2 Thunderbolt ports • 4 ports on the M2 Pro mini
Another thing to note is that the M2 version only has 2 Thunderbolt ports, the M2 Pro version has four. Both can have 10GB Ethernet, but that’s an extra $100.
| Chipset | Memory | U.S | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | India | |
| Mac Mini | M2 | 8/256GB | $600 | C$800 | £650 | €700 | 60,000 INR |
| Mac Mini | M2 Pro | 16/512GB | $1,300 | C$1,700 | £1,400 | €1,550 | 130,000 INR |
The $600 Mac mini sounds like a steal. But you might want extra memory, and you’ll pay through the nose for that – going from 8GB to 16GB of RAM costs $200, from 256GB SSD to 512GB is another $200. Again, the memory is soldered, but it’s easy enough to plug in external storage so you can skip the SSD upgrade.
