I've ordered one for in-store pickup in a tax free state. I think that the price of 1TB for $849 is excellent. Right now, that costs $999 when available or $899 for EDU discount. What will Tim do? For M5 Mini, I expect base to become 512GB but the price to increase by 100 bucks like the MBA. So base price is then $699 for M5 16/512 and probably $899 for the 16/1TB. But only $799 for M5 16/1TB for EDU. But M5 can't run Sequoia so I'm OK paying the extra 50 bucks tax for the refurb unit. I think now was the time to buy the M4 Mini to upgrade an M1 Mini.