Unboxing and Benchmarking M4 Mac Mini as a Test Automation Engineer. Part-1: Setup and Results

An attractive, affordable, quiet, and powerful computer that is perfect for running automated end-to-end tests, seriously.

Courtney Zhan

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The article was originally published on SubStack on 2024–11–09.

A few days ago, my father, excited by the releasing of M4 Mac Mini, published an article “M4 Mac Mini: A Perfect Build Machine for E2E Test Automation Labs

I pre-ordered M4 Mac Mini and arrived yesterday.

My work (as a software development engineer at a FAANG company), primarily focused on back-end development, so I’m not directly involved in E2E test automation at work. However, with my father’s influence, I’ve developed a strong interest in test automation.

M4 Mac Mini is Small, Pretty, Lightweight and Quiet

Package, standard tissuebox for comparison

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