im checking on the website its 59k
It's actually 59,990. The 49,990 price (which was also mentioned as 49k, but is actually 50k) is available after student discount. But you can easily get 5k discount using HDFC (or some other) card at any time. Moreover, the base model often goes for slightly lower on Amazon/Flipkart/Tata Cliq and you can also get it for lower at physical stores.
The funny thing is that I never pretended that it was priced higher. I clearly wrote that I felt that a 25% discount for 1.5 years old product is fair as it is an Apple product, which is known to last for up to 10 years. Even otherwise, 30-35% discount is what most products go for with this much usage.
Apple M1 is a very powerful processor and I never had any issue while using it, just that I could not adjust with Mac and didn't have much use for it. It's not like it's a severely underpowered machine or anything. It beats Core i5 12400 and Ryzen 5 5600, both desktop processors., in single core performance (as per passmark score). I have personally tested this and found that same tasks (single-threaded) finish faster on M1 as compared to 5600 (which I own as well). In multi-core as well, it's only 20-25% behind these two. In comparison, a Ryzen 3200G absolutely trashes what the other guy was selling. Here's a comparison of Mac Mini 2014 Vs. Ryzen 3 3200G
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2312vs3497/Intel-i5-4278U-vs-AMD-Ryzen-3-3200G.
The only limitation is that the RAM is not upgradable, which I have no control over personally and is already known to everyone buying Apple devices. Storage can easily be upgraded using a thunderbolt dock or external SSD.
BTW, shipment was picked up by Delhivery yesterday. Gave a teary goodbye and wished it a safe trip.