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Micro Center: Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2024)

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Micro Center has Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip (Silver, 2024, MU9D3LL/A) on sale for $499.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member TurnipCake for finding this deal.

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location

Specs:
  • Apple M4 10-Core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 16GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-C
    • 3x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

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Micro Center has Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip (Silver, 2024, MU9D3LL/A) on sale for $499.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member TurnipCake for finding this deal.

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location

Specs:
  • Apple M4 10-Core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 16GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-C
    • 3x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

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AdamDport
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Apple paid $26.1 billion in taxes in 2024 https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pd...ements.pdf
Ekk431
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Microcenter is limited in locations.. you can directly buy from Apple using edu for same price.. no edu email is required..
dieselfrog
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You could, but why would you want too? You can install Zorin on virtual box on any computer/cheap hardware. No need to spend money on a perfectly good hardware/OS combo like this.

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Jan 28, 2025 02:25 PM
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mr0xJan 28, 2025 02:25 PM
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Quote from FozzyFozborne :
What year is this?
I have gigabit Internet (FIOS) and can get 2 gb/350Mb cable if I wanted that.

More than 85% of US residents have access to gigabit+ Internet speeds. Anyone with Xfinity that has the 1200Mb tier is limited by gigabit.
Downloading a single file that you want to send to an external NAS will *easily* cause downloads to fail, as the NIC can't cope with the up/down traffic, even with full duplex.

They sell tens of millions of NAS devices per year but sure… 99.9% of people won't use them.
With Comcast, you'll reach your download cap in 2.5 hours fully saturating a gigabit connection.
Jan 29, 2025 05:32 AM
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NandydJan 29, 2025 05:32 AM
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This or an M3 Air with 8GB/256 for 599 from Costco?
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Jan 29, 2025 06:32 AM
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Wildpir8Jan 29, 2025 06:32 AM
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Quote from Nandyd :
This or an M3 Air with 8GB/256 for 599 from Costco?
For me, this. 8GB RAM is starting to feel tight on my base M1 Air. Think any Mac with only 8GB would have to drop to about $450 for me to feel comfortable with the purchase given the recent base model increase to 16GB.
Jan 30, 2025 04:24 PM
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pechangoJan 30, 2025 04:24 PM
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Quote from Nandyd :
This or an M3 Air with 8GB/256 for 599 from Costco?
laptop vs. desktop, your choice.

If it'll sit on a desk nearly all the time, this is way better than the m3 air.
Jan 30, 2025 04:54 PM
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NakinSkyWalkerJan 30, 2025 04:54 PM
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Quote from ak1802 :
Anyone try using this with an eGPU?
Why do you need eGPU when there is already a great capable GPU inside m4 and has access to 16GB unified memory and the SSD. You can load up a deepseek r1 distilled 14B models at ease in memory and not use any of those hosted chatBot AI interface. I am talking from my experience with a m1 macbook air and a 64GB Macbook pro m1 max (this can load up a 70B model). An nvidia 4070 Super GPU has only 12GB VRAM. This has 16GB.
Last edited by NakinSkyWalker January 30, 2025 at 08:58 AM.
Jan 31, 2025 03:24 AM
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BrightBreakfast555Jan 31, 2025 03:24 AM
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I picked this up from Micro Center yesterday to replace my aging tower (3770k, 16gb 1080) and wow what an upgrade. Thank you slickdeals.
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Ps3RulesJan 31, 2025 04:12 AM
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Quote from Nandyd :
This or an M3 Air with 8GB/256 for 599 from Costco?
Where are you seeing 599? Link?

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Jan 31, 2025 05:55 AM
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spaaarky21Jan 31, 2025 05:55 AM
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Quote from jontalk :
I have the M1 version and like the fact it supports several USB types which this one doesn't. That said, I played with it at the Apple store and its a real speed demon though mine is no slouch when compared to SATA based systems..Regardless this is indeed a great deal though there aren't any stores in my area
Different types, as in this one only has USB-C ports? They are all compatible. Just buy an adapter for a couple dollars if you don't already have one around. I have several in a drawer that I got with various devices through the years, including a couple Apple ones. Or buy a few cables – USB-C to Micro USB, USB-C to Lightning or whatever you need for your devices.
Jan 31, 2025 06:13 PM
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jontalkJan 31, 2025 06:13 PM
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Quote from spaaarky21 :
Different types, as in this one only has USB-C ports? They are all compatible. Just buy an adapter for a couple dollars if you don't already have one around. I have several in a drawer that I got with various devices through the years, including a couple Apple ones. Or buy a few cables – USB-C to Micro USB, USB-C to Lightning or whatever you need for your devices.
. Thanks..I'm going to stick with the M1 for now since it operates very nicely and I like Vaydeer the vertical dock with ports and a space for more storage
Feb 01, 2025 12:04 AM
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PatentAssassinFeb 01, 2025 12:04 AM
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I picked one of these up from local microcenrer, and this M4 mini has been blazing fast 4K video processing on Final Cut Pro with 3rd party plugins. I was holding out on upgrading my 2016 MacBook Pro until Apple puts OLEDs in 2026 MBP, but $499 is such a good value for this compute power.
Feb 03, 2025 12:08 PM
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musekmkr2Feb 03, 2025 12:08 PM
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Just picked one up yesterday. Pretty happy so far. I'm able to use it with my older Targus dock that I use for my work laptop, just need to swap the thunderbolt cable. Will probably purchase a thunderbolt switcher so I can just press a button to swap machines. FYI you can stack the 25 off 100 coupon in store

https://slickdeals.net/f/16585175-micro-center-25-off-100-or-more-new-customers?utm_term=0&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=share-sheet&utm_source=mobile_web&utm_content=deal
Feb 05, 2025 08:00 PM
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JamesD3025Feb 05, 2025 08:00 PM
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Quote from justned :
Just priced match with Best Buy and got 2 year Apple care.
Wouldn't it be great if we could just reference your deal, and they would match. Rather than going through all the machinations I am sure you had to go through to get this deal / match?

Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!
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VioletTent657Feb 19, 2025 03:28 AM
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Quote from AaronA7627 :
Here you go… but I have to ask. What stopped you from just Googling that exact question? It's the 1st page 🤦🏼 ♂️

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102194
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I just got this price matched @ Best Buy using their chat option on their web site.

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RiotNrrrdMar 01, 2025 03:41 AM
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Quote from hour :
What do you mean? I just picked mine today and have a TB4 dock connected to one rear port (drives two displays over usb-c from the dock and a 2.5gb ethernet dongle)

Second tb4 port on rear is driving a third display over usb-c to DP

Third tb4 port on rear is going to a tb4 nvme enclosure

All of this is working fine but I've only had it running for 6 hours..
The issue is with directly-connected USB-C devices randomly disconnecting if plugged in to the rear TB ports on the M4-based Mac mini. There are threads about the problem on the Apple Support Forum site, MacRumors Forum and Reddit. Caveat emptor ...

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