Mac Minis are sold out and delayed shipping

[dukebound85]

Mac minis are seeing very delayed shipping or in store pickup (ie over a month)

Amazon has none in stock

Reading online, it seems the AI state of affairs is leading to these selling out

Get while you can?

 

[ghostanime2001]

Mac minis are seeing very delayed shipping or in store pickup (ie over a month)

Amazon has none in stock

Reading online, it seems the AI state of affairs is leading to these selling out

Get while you can?

its a hot buy because apple will raise prices when they release M5 mac mini like they did with M5 macbook air, macbook pro

 

[pdmpolishing]

Mac minis are seeing very delayed shipping or in store pickup (ie over a month)

Amazon has none in stock

Reading online, it seems the AI state of affairs is leading to these selling out

Get while you can?

Amazon in the UK have next day delivery.

 

[Mrbobb]

Amazon in the UK have next day delivery.

Probably 'cuz there is no EU-imposed tariff.

 

[dukebound85]

Apparently MR now ran with the story of this issue

Mac Mini and Mac Studio Facing Extreme Shipping Delays Amid Severe RAM Shortage

Apple's online store in the U.S. is currently showing delivery estimates of up to 4-5 months for many Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations with upgraded amounts of RAM. The delays are occurring amid a severe global memory chip shortage driven by surging demand from companies building AI...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[Populus]

I still have my hopes up that Apple will announce the M5 Mac mini next week… or just after April 30th, soon after their quarter call.

Been waiting so long, that I really don’t mind waiting a bit more. M5 is a significant step up in regards of AI, GPU and SSD speeds.

 

[Bazza1]

Heard the base M4 is still available - its the upgraded versions with more RAM that is the issue.
Plus, one assumes, they're looking at holding onto and moving RAM / storage over to the M5 (probably with hike in price as they did with Air).

 

[poematik13]

Most likely theyre prioritizing limited memory supplies to make sure the upcoming new models are readily available

 

[Populus]

Most likely theyre prioritizing limited memory supplies to make sure the upcoming new models are readily available

But the M5 uses memory clocked at a different speed…

 

[ivnj]

But the M5 uses memory clocked at a different speed…

M5 is not even out yet. So how do you know it's different speed?

 

[Populus]

M5 is not even out yet. So how do you know it's different speed?

It’s been a while the M5 has been out…

Apple unleashes M5, the next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon

Apple today announced M5, delivering advances to every aspect of the chip and the next big leap in AI.

www.apple.com

 

[redjar597]

In the UK, delivery times for the base models with no BTO are 3-4 weeks.

And you can't even pick up a ready to go base model in UK stores until 6th May, which is kind of unheard of. The UK Apple stores are out of stock.

So either something is driving massive sales of the base model, and I can't believe that's due to base model being used for Ai by so many people in the UK, or M5 is incoming.