- Big Tech - Apple ## The reason the Mac mini is cheaper than a MacBook If you're looking at base configurations, anyway. For a while, the Mac mini was ranked as one of the best deals in computing. Arguably, it's still pretty great. For $900, you can get a Mac with Apple's new M6 processor, which is vastly overpowered for most of the apps the average person runs. You might max it out if you're running something like DaVinci Resolve or Resident Evil, but you're never going to touch its potential with an app like Safari or VLC. The only real weak point is that the base mini ships with just…