It’s easy to love Apple’s powerful little desktop computer, as long as you can avoid buying more RAM or storage.

When it was introduced during the white plastic heyday of peak iPod-era Apple, the Mac mini was pitched as the cheapest way to buy into the Mac ecosystem. It was $499. And despite some fluctuation (as high as $799 for the entry-level 2018 mini, $599 for this year's refresh), the Mac mini has stayed the cheapest entry-level Mac ever since.

Apple’s High Power Mode ramps up cooling to enable better performance It’s now available in more Macs than before Limited testing suggests its benefits might not be enormous We already know that the M4 Pro chip inside Apple’s latest Macs is impressively powerful – it blows holes in the Mac Pro’s M2 Ultra,