January 11, 2005: Apple Announces the Mac mini

Mac mini: B.Y.O.D.K.M
Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, & Mouse

The Mac mini was introduced at MacWorld ’05 for $499.
It featured a 1.25/1.42 GHz G4, 256MB RAM, 40-80GB HDD, & came pre-installed with Mac OS X Panther (10.3).

@BasicAppleGuy My first Mac. I had a Dell and bought a KVM switch to be able to go back and forth. I only went back and forth for about a week, then ditched the KVM switch. The iPod was the gateway that had me interested though. That and admiring the iMac G4 in the local CompUSA.