It is easily possible to double the cost of a new M4 Mac mini by buying Apple storage — but if you know what you’re doing, you can buy external drives, and save hundreds of dollars by working off those. Here’s how.
External drives are vastly cheaper than Apple’s storage upgrade prices
External drives are vastly cheaper than Apple’s storage upgrade prices
Apple’s New Mac mini is a stunning bargain for its price and its performance — but maybe only in its base configuration. Once you start adding anything like more storage, you hit Apple’s excessive upgrade charges and the bargain diminishes, or even goes away entirely.
It is true that Apple has made things better, both by increasing the amount of RAM that base model gets, and also by making 256GB the smallest amount of storage you can buy.