It’s once again a fan favorite with its new M4 version, but 20 years after Steve Jobs launched the Mac mini, it has had an extraordinary life of rave reviews — and criticism.
Apple’s website announces the Mac mini in 2005
Apple’s website announces the Mac mini in 2005
Steve Jobs introduced the Mac mini with the explicit aim of attracting Windows switchers. Yet it never quite seemed to do what Apple wanted, and instead became a cult favorite Mac, even when the company has tried to forget about it.
It’s the Mac that created an industry of firms that hosted hundreds and thousands of Mac minis for remote users. And it’s the entry-level machine that began as the most affordable Mac ever made, and still is — even though it now starts at $200 more than it did in 2005.