Apple 2020 Mac Mini with Apple M1 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage - Silver (Renewed)

I'm loving this computer, its fast and has the latest operating system on it. It works great and it's easy to set up and use. Like all Apple products is secure and you don't have to worry about viruses. Even though its a few years older than the new one it still is fast and works great and I am glad I bought it.

This little computer works great. I have been an avid Linux user and avoided apple products for 16 years (since the iPod touch days) but needed this for app development and I am actually thinking about daily driving it rather than just using it as a build machine. I have to reexamine my whole identity now.

This 2020 Apple Mac Mini with the M1 chip is a powerful and compact desktop computer that delivers impressive performance for its size. The M1 chip’s speed and efficiency make it great for multitasking, handling everything from daily tasks to intensive workloads like video editing. It’s quiet, energy-efficient, and offers fast performance with excellent graphics for creative work. The compact design fits easily into any workspace, though it has limited upgradability and fewer ports compared to other Mac models. Overall, it’s an affordable and highly capable choice for anyone needing a powerful Mac in a small form factor.

After few day of use it seems to me it is very good, especially the latest operating system - Tahoe

I’ve been using Macs for nearly a decade, but I recently tried the Mac Mini for the first time. Overall, it’s a fantastic machine. The M1 chip is incredibly fast, and I have no complaints about its performance. However, it’s the small details that stand out—and not always in a good way. First, it’s obvious that you need to purchase a separate keyboard and mouse, which is fine. But one thing no one mentioned is that the Mac Mini doesn’t come with a built-in microphone. Like seriously, almost half of my day is spend on meetings and having no Mic drives me crazy. I hope Apple considers this. It has speakers, but the audio quality is very poor—definitely not what you’d expect from an Apple product. Additionally, you’ll need to invest in a separate webcam, which, while expected, adds to the cost. That said, if you’re okay with assembling the extras, the Mac Mini itself is a powerhouse, and its performance definitely lives up to the hype.

So far so good! It's in like-new condition, it's fast, and so far it's reliable. Thus far, I'm very happy. I wasn’t real happy with the packaging. It was sliding around in the box during shipping, with no padding at all, which made me angry. I've bought three “renewed” machines from Amazon over the years, and so far I've been lucky with all three of them. I'm a PC guy. Always have been! I've been computing on Windows since Windows 2.0. But, I teach computer science and cybersecurity in college at the undergrad level, and I always have several students who have Macs and struggle to install software or use software like I'm demonstrating on a PC In class. As sad as it sounds, I'm not experienced enough with Mac OS to help them in certain circumstances. I have to get help from a colleague, which is fine, but if I'm going to stand in front of a classroom and talk about something, I should know what the heck I'm talking about. On top of that, my wife is a Mac girl, and she has been hounding me for a long time to give it a shot. So I finally took the plunge. When I set the machine up it, it worked, and immediately updated to Mac OS Sequoia 15.4 and has been running very well since. Again, I'm a computer geek, I have it running on a dock with my ThinkPad E16. Again, so far so good. It's actually the ThinkPad that gets an attitude sometimes when I boot it while it's connected to the dock. The ThinkPad gives me three extended displays and the laptop display as well for a total of four. To get two extended displays on the Mac I do have to move one of the HDMI cables from the dock to the back of the Mac Mini, or I'll end up with mirrored displays. I purchased an active HDMI adapter that will be delivered today, which should resolve that problem. I have to admit, it took several days of setting up to get things the way I wanted but I'm very, happy with this machine and the OS.

Mini is blazing fast compared to Intel i5 mini it is replacing. It had been factory reset and booted right to set up screen.

I definitely recommend I barely saw anything on it works just fine I was able to update it to the new version.