Apple’s least pricey M4 Mac mini now down to $499 at Amazon ($100 off) + 24GB models

$100 off/$499

Along with the now live Week 1 Best Buy Black Friday Doorbusters, Amazon is ushering in some solid M4 Mac mini deals across several configurations. We featured a special deal on the most affordable 24GB model earlier this week courtesy of B&H, followed by a pair of notable discounts on the upgraded configs at Amazon this morning, but it has now dropped the entry-level M4 mini back down to $499 shipped. 

Amazon is now offering the M4 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM and the 256GB SSD – the most affordable configuration you can buy – at $499 shipped. 

Regularly $599, you’re looking at a $100 price drop on what many, myself included, consider to be the best bang for you buck when it comes to the current-generation Mac lineup. This thing delivers a full-on macOS experience with a relatively versatile array of I/O options at under $500. And if you ask me, landing a current-generation Mac, especially now with the base 16GB RAM tier, is a steal no matter how you look at it. 

Yes, we have seen this deal many a time at this point, and we will certainly see it again, but you really can’t go wrong if these sorts of specs work for you at $499. 

All of that said, and as I have spoken about plenty of times now, the 256GB storage is starting to feel soooo 2022 at this point. It works, and I have made it work for me more than a few times with some portable SSDs, but I tend to lean towards 512GB machines these days. However, you will certainly be paying the Apple storage tax with any upgrades at all (as you’ll see from the deal pricing across the lineup below), and if you can make the 256GB work for you, the value here is spectacular. 

• M4 Mac mini 16GB/256GB $499 (Reg. $599)
• M4 Mac mini 16GB/512GB $690 (Reg. $799)
• M4 Mac mini 24GB/512GB $890 (Reg. $999)

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.