M4 Mac mini is the best Apple purchase I have made in years, and they are now up to $110 off

$110 off/M4 mini

With all of the new M5 talk and fancy new Apple Watch releases, and the all-new AirPods Pro 3, never mind the all-time low pricing on M4 MacBook Air models, one of the best and most value-packed current-generation machines might be slipping under your radar – M4 Mac mini. I have been raving about this machine for a long while now, and with early Black Friday pricing now live, and our recent follow-up video review after 1 year in the lab, we wanted to make sure these deals are front and center. 

There’s no denying how convenient a MacBook can be – it is effectively just as good a home office computer as it is a portable solution – but it’s going to cost you a whole lot more than the Mac mini. And while I certainly value the freedom Apple’s battery-powered Macs provide, the M4 Mac mini has been the best and most useful Apple purchase I have made in recent memory. 

If you need to be able to pick up and go with your Mac system, then the Mac mini clearly isn’t for you, but if you don’t or you’re just looking to land a solid new at-home setup without completely running up the credit card, there’s simply nothing better if you ask me. You can get the same on-screen macOS experience as the MacBook for $250 less than the most affordable current-generation MacBook, and that’s with the all-time low Black Friday pricing right now. 

M4 Mac mini early Black Friday deals:

• M4 Mac mini 16GB/256GB $499 (Reg. $599)
• M4 Mac mini 16GB/512GB $690 (Reg. $799)
• M4 Mac mini 24GB/256GB $699 (Reg. $799)
• M4 Mac mini 24GB/512GB $890 (Reg. $999)

Compared to the all-time low early Black Friday M4 MacBook Air prices:

• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB $750 (Reg. $999)
• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $950 (Reg. $1,199)
• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB $1,150 (Reg. $1,399)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB $950 (Reg. $1,199)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $1,150 (Reg. $1,399)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB $1,350 (Reg. $1,599)

I for one decided to go with the 24GB/512GB setup for my M4 mini, but mostly just because I was a little paranoid the 16GB might start to throttle out on me. Turns out, that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened – my guy Fernando, who happens to also love the Mac mini, went for the 16GB and has loved every second of it. Be sure to scope out his recent feature piece detailing his experience with the 16GB model and his recent follow-up review video below for more insight after using the M4 mini for a full year: