Apple Is Charging The Exact Same Price For A Single Base M4 Mac mini If Buyers Want To Double The Existing Unified RAM And Internal Storage

The pricing of the M4 Mac mini was nailed to absolute perfection because Apple not only continues to sell the base model for $599, it has topped it out by offering 16GB RAM as standard instead of 8GB RAM that shipped with the previous-generation models, along with 256GB of internal storage. However, as you might have guessed, Apple has the liberty to charge a hefty premium if you want extra RAM and SSD configurations, and when you do the calculations, you will find that if you just double the memory and storage, the price is the same as ordering another base M4 Mac mini.

Buyers can practically purchase another M4 Mac mini unit as opposed to doubling their internal storage and unified RAM

If you visit Apple’s configuration page for the M4 Mac mini, the specifications you get for $599 are a chipset with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, along with 16GB of unified RAM that is paired with a 256GB SSD. While most people will find this configuration satisfactory for their daily use, having double the RAM and storage always makes things easier, but it will cost you. If you go from 16GB RAM to 32GB RAM, it will set you back by an additional $400, with the switch from 256GB to 512GB, resulting in a $200 extra.

The total comes to $600 for just two upgrades, which is the same price that customers can pre-order the M4 Mac mini for. At the end of the day, Apple’s latest compact machine offers incredible ‘price to performance’ for those who need it, which is why the company may feel that it is justified to charge such a mammoth sum. For some users who think outside of the box but only have a budget for the base M4 Mac mini can likely take advantage of the one of three Thunderbolt 4 ports by attaching an external SSD.

Since the compact computer is not designed to be taken around and will likely find a permanent spot on a flat desk, hooking it up with a portable solid-state drive looks to be the cheaper alternative. If this option piques your interest, you can pre-order the base model from Amazon for just $599, because regardless of how you feel about the ‘Apple tax’ for upgrading the RAM and storage, the M4 Mac mini in its base configuration oozes a ton of value.