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Review: M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple’s best Mac minis ever

First Mac mini redesign in almost 15 years highlights how good the insides are.

The mini's power button has been relocated from the back of the device to one of the bottom corners, a mildly inconvenient decision that has drawn some comparison to the Magic Mouse's bottom-mounted charging port. The M4 Pro version of the mini is an excellent replacement for any power user's aging Intel iMac, with a level of CPU performance, display capabilities, and RAM capacity that required an expensive M1 Ultra Mac Studio just a couple of years ago. Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews of operating systems like Windows and macOS.

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