The Ultimate Low-End Mac mini. Loaded For $499.

Pimp your Mac mini. Trick out Apple’s $499 value-packed, bargain-basement priced Mac. Keep the price at $499 and load up on the freebies. It’s all in the software.

What’s a bargain without someone showing you how to make it a better bargain. Few would argue that the Mac mini is not Apple’s best Mac bargain ever.

There’s not much outside and not much needed. Keyboard. Mouse. Monitor. Those are a dime a dozen these days. I saw a whole set at Goodwill for $35 (no guarantee, though) and everyone I know has an extra.... (excerpted).

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