Mac mini M5 Pro Review: A Fast, Silent Desktop for Photo and Video Work

The Mac mini with M5 Pro chews through 4K footage and reads from its SSD in an instant, from a silver box 5 inches square that never once became audible on my desk. It is the fastest small desktop Apple has built, and for photo and video work, it is the best value in the entire Mac lineup. Apple sent me the following configuration: an 18-core CPU with a 20-core GPU, 48 GB of unified memory, and a 1 TB SSD. I spent a week running the work photographers and filmmakers actually do on it, incl