The new Mac mini is significantly faster than before, thanks to Apple’s M4 and M4 Pro chips, and it still starts at $599.The Mac mini has for years been an affordable gateway into the world of Apple desktops.The Mac mini comes with Apple’s new M4 hardware and 16GB of RAM standard.The M4 sports a 10-core CPU, a 10-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine.For $1,399, you can bump up to the dramatically more powerful M4 Pro chip.The Mac mini’s Geekbench 6 single-threaded score of 3,943 was well above the typical range we've seen in PCs this year.The Mac mini was the fastest computer reviewed this year and has a multithreaded Geekbench 6 score that reached a whopping of 22,850 points.The Mac mini can run popular games and AI applications with ease.The Mac mini has a large intake fan along its bottom that sucks in cool air and spreads it to the entire system.The $599 Mac mini will likely be all the basic and adorably small Mac desktop that you need.