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is there a small desktop out there that can top the Mac Mini I'm Dan Ackerman this is the HP Pavilion Mini I guess if you're making a small desktop you want to have the word Mini in it it's one of the few small form-factor desktops that's a new design that we've seen in a while it's actually smaller footprint wise than the Mac Mini although it's still thicker now this starts off very low-end for about $300 a little bit more you can get a Pentium processor we have an upgraded version right here with an intel core i3 and a one terabyte hard drive so that's fairly hefty considering this thing cost 479 dollars now if you add $20 more you can get the actual entry-level Mac Mini which is this guy right here that seems positively huge by comparison but again a little bit a little bit shallower for $500 you get a Core i5 CPU so but faster but you also get a smaller 500 gigabyte hard drive and if you want to use this as a you know a media server and hook it up to your TV you might want more storage space without spending more money I found that in benchmark test both of these systems we're actually just about as quick they're not superfast but for watching movies online and even doing basic office stuff and an even basic Photoshop they'll both work just fine this is especially well set up as a media PC because it has HDMI and DisplayPort outputs it's got plenty of USB ports and unlike the Mac Mini 4 you're slightly under $500 you actually get a keyboard and mouse you don't have to buy those separately and they're wireless we do have to of course bring your own monitor or TV I'm Dan Akron and that's the HP Pavilion Mini