[indigodaddy]

I'd argue that there's no better value right now for a basic computer than the Mac Mini M4 standard for $500 (been on sale for this price 2-3 times at various places since release, and it's the standard Education price at Apple store).

[motorest]

> I'd argue that there's no better value right now for a basic computer than the Mac Mini M4 standard for $500

Doesn't that come with an anemic 256GB HD expected to hold both OS and user software?

In the meantime, you can buy cheap miniPCs with Celeron/i5/Ryzen5 with 16GB of RAM expandable to 32GB and 500GB HD with multiple SSD expansion slots for less than $300.

[achillesheels]

I was floored to see how miniPCs are bottom-barrel in pricing…interesting to see how this will trend with AI cpus in the next decade for overdriving automated tasks for persons…