Thinking about buying a mini. apple's website says they are not shipping again until late May. Anyone have the low down?
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Depends on exactly what you order, e.g. if it’s a CTO or stock item.
But no, I haven’t heard anything specific about the mini. Scuttlebutt is the new M5 might come out later this year, but nothing imminent in the rumor mill.
But no, I haven’t heard anything specific about the mini. Scuttlebutt is the new M5 might come out later this year, but nothing imminent in the rumor mill.
Hard to tell. in USA, Microcenter had the entry Mini on sale for $499 for 10+ months and now mostly out of stock or at full price.
Is Apple hitting a RAM/NAND shortage? Probably (everyone else is). Doesn't mean that all their production will grind to a halt. But it does mean that inventory management is a juggling act and giving pessimistic lead times is prudent. ( don't over promise and maybe over deliver if things happen to go right).
Apple is also spinning up a factory to make Mini's locally in USA ( later this year). Coupled with shortage might also be a compounding factor. ( times seem different in Europe . The inventory is not evenly placed around the Globe. )
Mini's also could be bleeding off M4 / M4 Pro supply while the laptops are consuming new M5 Pro/Max . If there are no 'excess' M5's why move the Mini off of the M4 gen?
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I need one, but with an 8 TB of storage. Delivery date is at some point in August. But: a Mac Studio with 8 TB would be delivered beginning of May. One with 16 TB and 96 GB of RAM end of May.
Could that mean that the Mac mini M5 will arrive soon? Or does Apple prefer Mac Studio buyers (maybe because the profit margin is even better for them)?
Could that mean that the Mac mini M5 will arrive soon? Or does Apple prefer Mac Studio buyers (maybe because the profit margin is even better for them)?
I ordered off the Apple Site 07 April a Mac Mini M4 24gb memory 512gb storage. Order form has a delivers date of between 06 May and 13 May.
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Apple.com website says 10-12 weeks or pickup in Danbury CT on July 15th.
I see your invoice says 06 May and 13 May. Did the website say the same ?
Both website and invoice emailed me had the same dates. If I had wanted 256gb storage that stated a July delivery date.
I just ordered the "new" base model on the apple site and it gave me June 18th as the delivery date.
To follow up.....I received notification today 08 May it had shipped with a delivery date of 19 May.