The Mac mini is Apple's compact desktop -- a 12.7x12.7cm aluminium unibody that packs a full macOS computer into a footprint smaller than most external hard drives, designed to sit under or beside a monitor with your own keyboard, mouse, and display connected separately (none are included). This configuration runs Apple's M4 chip with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, 16GB of unified memory, and a 512GB SSD -- Apple's unified memory architecture shares that pool directly between CPU and GPU tasks rather than using separate system and video RAM, which is a real efficiency advantage over a traditional PC's separate memory pools. Connectivity on the current Mac mini chassis covers Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3, giving it enough I/O for multiple external displays and fast peripheral connections despite its tiny size. It ships with macOS preinstalled and is well suited to everyday computing, software development, and light creative work in a home office or shared workspace where desk space is limited (Model -).