M5 base price prediction -$799 again?

[Cape Dave]

At this point in time, I would be shocked if Apple ever releases another desktop computer again. Here in Japan, Apple stores are at 2.5 months to get something and authorized stores are all out of stock. It’s pathetic.

One really would think that a FOUR TRILLION DOLLAR company could find a way to work around these "shortages" and fill their lineup.

 

[Time89]

If, on Monday apple announce mac mini m5 - it will be be long delay for first delivery. I hope i am wrong, but everything that read last few weeks point to significant delay of mac mini m5 availability and not for few weeks - few months. 3 more days and we will knew.

 

[Defaulteds]

No reason to have a line-up if none of it is available or takes many months to get it. If we were discussing some new upstart with poor logistics, cool. This is Apple - the company everyone doesn’t mind paying a premium for because you get a premium experience, right? Well, this doesn’t look or feel very premium to me.

 

[Defaulteds]

Another thing is, with the “global memory shortage” - I went to the top 5 PC companies we stores, and they all have plenty of stock of desktop pc’s which I can have at my door in 7-10 days.

 

[Bazza1]

Fair to say the (available) product will see a boost in price, rather than hold-the-line - deleting the less-expensive models that made the product popular in the first place.

That said, the products my local Apple Store have available includes the 'inexpensive' Neo (512) at $CDN999, or similarly, the Mini (512) at $CDN1099. But then, now that the base MacBook Air (once the inexpensive de facto Mac for students, road warriors and cafe habitues) now costs $CDN1499, I guess they are cheap.

 

[unkl bob]

Given yesterday's (05 JUN) stock market dive, I wouldn't venture a guess right now. NASDAQ losses were substantial. The IA bubble that Apple has scrambled to catch up to MAY have burst, thus lowering prices on a lot of tech. We'll see...

 

[Time89]

No Mac mini M5 announcement so far