Some may find this interesting.
I had decided that it was time to replace my 10 year old iMac. While I am a retired commercial photographer, I still use Photoshop often, but not in hugely intensive ways. My iMac has 16GB of RAM installed and performed acceptably for me but I would not want to sacrifice what I had. I wondered if the faster M2 processor and integrated 8GB of RAM might be fast enough for me as well as save some cash. I was was informed that Apple now has a 14 day return policy with full refund allowing me to return the 8GB model and order the 16GB upgrade if I needed it.
I created 3 real time (not typical bench mark tests) tests that approximated how I would use Photoshop and ran them on the iMac. I received the Mini yesterday and quickly set it up and ran the same tests. I would have been happy to see ¡°comparable" results. I was amazed that 2 of the tests ran at twice or faster than the iMac. One of the tests ran at pretty much the same speed.
Not only that, but I figured I saved $600 over a similarly equipped iMac M1.
I¡¯m happy.
Paul
