Still live: Amazon just dropped the M4 Mac mini back down to $499

M4 mini/From $499

Amazon has now bought back its best price on the 16GB/512GB M4 Mac mini at $689 shipped. Regularly $799, this is $110 off and one of the better discounts we have tracked on the more affordable end of the lineup over the last few months. However, it has also dropped the most affordable 16GB/256GB config back down to $499 shipped as well.

The M4 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM and the 512GB storage upgrade hits s nice middle ground for many users. You get double the storage of the base model while still landing a machine on the more affordable end of the spectrum. 

But if you don’t value the internal storage, the base model that is now $100 off down at $499 shipped on Amazon delivers the same 16GB of RAM for $110 less than the 512GB model above. While the internal storage can come in handy when installing larger apps and the like, that’s nothing you can’t dance around if needs be. And if you’re just going to leverage an external SSD or something along those lines anyway, it might make more sense to keep the additional $110 in your pocket – grab a brand new Mac mini and take your special someone out for a bite. Or just use the $110 on external storage – you can get a whole lot more than the 256GB Apple will give you for $110. 

Either way, you’re looking at some of the best value in M4-equipped Macs here. Landing an M4 MacBook in this price range is basically unheard of and that will likely remain the case until Apple intros new M5 versions on the Air lineup (that is likely to be next spring). 

Apple M4 Mac mini features:

• SIZE DOWN. POWER UP — The far mightier, way tinier Mac mini desktop computer is five by five inches of pure power. Built for Apple Intelligence.* Redesigned around Apple silicon to unleash the full speed and capabilities of the spectacular M4 chip. With ports at your convenience, on the front and back.
• LOOKS SMALL. LIVES LARGE — At just five by five inches, Mac mini is designed to fit perfectly next to a monitor and is easy to place just about anywhere.
• CONVENIENT CONNECTIONS — Get connected with Thunderbolt, HDMI, and Gigabit Ethernet ports on the back and, for the first time, front-facing USB-C ports and a headphone jack.
• SUPERCHARGED BY M4 — The powerful M4 chip delivers spectacular performance so everything feels snappy and fluid.
• BUILT FOR APPLE INTELLIGENCE — Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple

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