For those interested, you can get the base config Mac Mini (in the US) for $400 from Micro Center [0]. They don’t seem to ship to where I live, but BestBuy was happy to price match in the support chat.
Just received mine and planned on experimenting with something like OP this weekend.
Just received mine and planned on experimenting with something like OP this weekend.
[0] https://www.microcenter.com/product/688173/apple-mac-mini-mu...