Last week, the $599 base model Mac mini with 256GB went completely out of stock at the Apple Store. After prolonged delays, Apple has updated shipping estimates to simply say “currently unavailable.”
Now, Apple has taken the next step: The $599 base model Mac mini is no longer listed on its website at all. It was actually interrupted.
Mac mini supply shortages worsen
With this change, the starting price of the M4 Mac mini is now $799 for 512GB of storage, as spotted Woozad. That’s not a price increase over what a 512GB Mac mini sold for yesterday. This does, however, increase the floor price of the Mac mini configuration.
The 512 GB version of the M4 Mac mini with 16 GB of memory is currently out of stock until June. If you order one today, Apple says you’ll receive it sometime in the second or third week of June. If these shipping estimates continue to drop, it’s certainly not out of the question that Apple will have to mark this one as “currently unavailable” as well.
Various other high-end Mac mini configurations are listed as “currently unavailable” on Apple’s website, including all M4 models with 32GB of memory. Many others cite delivery times of 10 to 12 weeks.
Meanwhile, the Mac mini is also largely out of stock or completely sold out on Amazon in most configurations.
During Apple’s second-quarter earnings conference call yesterday, Tim Cook attributed the Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages to higher-than-expected demand, as well as the “advanced nodes” on which Apple’s chips are produced.
“On Mac mini and Mac Studio, both of those platforms are amazing for AI and agent tools, and customers are realizing that faster than we expected, and so we’ve seen higher demand than we expected. »
He added that it may take “several months” to reach a balance between supply and demand with the Mac mini and Mac Studio. So if you were hoping this would be a temporary incident, you may want to make other purchasing plans. Additionally, the complete removal of the 256GB Mac mini configuration from Apple’s website is a good indication that this is a 256GB Mac mini. Never to come back.
In MacBook Neo land, Cook said the shortages were because Apple was seeing “higher demand than expected.” On Apple’s website, delivery times for the MacBook Neo are currently around 2-4 weeks in most configurations. On Amazon, you will be able to get one tomorrow in certain regions.
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