Deal | M4-powered Mac mini: Excellent mini PC scores biggest-ever discount on Amazon

Mini PC enthusiasts who are willing to go the macOS route will be pleased to note that the Apple Mac mini with the 10-core M4 SoC is currently available for its lowest-ever price of just $469 on the platform. This specific variant boasts 16 GB of unified memory along with 256 GB of solid-state storage.

Unsurprisingly, neither the memory nor the storage is user-upgradeable. Certain workarounds do exist for increasing the internal storage capacity of the otherwise well-equipped M4 Mac mini, but they are hardly a plug-and-play affair. The ports on offer are pretty decent for a modern Mac, boasting triple Thunderbolt 4 ports, gigabit ethernet, as well as an HDMI port on the back. On the front, dual USB-C and a single headphone jack are present.

Efficient powerhouse: Apple's M4 is the clear MVP

In terms of performance, the Apple M4 SoC with four high-performance and six high-efficiency cores leaves hardly any room for criticism. As synthetic benchmarks, such as Cinebench 2024 indicate, the M4 SoC manages to trade blows with the Ryzen 9 3900X in multi-core performance, while crushing quite literally everything else in single-core performance. The M4 also boasts an onboard 10-core GPU, which should be in the same league as an RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU. External GPUs are out of the question, unsurprisingly.

Considering the time-sensitive nature of Amazon deals, interested folks are advised to act quickly. For a detailed look at the M4 Mac mini, do check out our comprehensive review of the product. For those who can look past the M4 Mac mini's undesirable upgradeability, the product sure does offer a compelling overall package at its current price.

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