Nothing about this comment makes sense. The new Mini isn't faster than the new machines with the M4 Max

Of course, it will soon be surpassed by the M4 Max chip with a 16-core CPU, but no results are available for that chip as of writing.

Also how on earth does a newer machine being fast "throw a wrench" in the performance profile of an existing machine?

This sounds like retroactive rationalization of not being able to get a top of the line machine.