Apple simply axed its most cost-effective Mac Mini possibility, a compact 256GB desktop mind that beforehand value Apple buyers simply $599.
First reported by MacRumors, the tech large’s new lineup begins with the Mac Mini on the firm’s $799, 512GB possibility. The costlier mannequin runs on Apple’s M4 chip and affords 16GB of RAM, similar to the $599 mannequin, however with twice the storage.
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Final week, Apple paused orders of the then sold-out 256GB Mac Mini, hinting at a lineup change. Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner — who just lately introduced his departure from the corporate after 14 years — stated on a current earnings name that Mac Mini provide was presently constrained underneath world manufacturing squeezes and that assembly current demand could also be troublesome. Tech corporations and AI fans are weathering a worldwide reminiscence chip scarcity, which is anticipated to worsen over the subsequent yr.
Prepare dinner himself attributed a rise in Mac Mini orders to the gadget’s AI capabilities, with the Mac Mini now marketed for its Apple Intelligence processing energy. Customers have flocked to the moveable laptop amid a surge in curiosity in agentic AI after the launch of the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw (beforehand often called each Moltbot and Clawdebot).
