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WWDC and a M5 Mac Mini
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Time89
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Still no hardware announced at WWDC 2026 — including no Mac mini M5.
This is now confirmed by multiple up‑to‑date sources, including coverage published today during the keynote.
Still no hardware announced at WWDC 2026 — including no Mac mini M5.
This is now confirmed by multiple up‑to‑date sources, including coverage published today during the keynote.
tenthousandthings
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Apple has said that the primary constraint is TSMC (not memory) -- they have a set volume of silicon for the M5 family reserved on N3P being produced on a set timeline, and they have to pace themselves within that. Let's assume that Apple has not repeated the mistake of M4 and N3E, and they have accurately predicted M5 desktop demand.
Past history suggests late August (five months after the launch of M5 Pro/Max), but I think, with the increased demand, add another month or so of production, so late September or early October. That's pretty much exactly what the rumors have been since the M5 Pro/Max launched in late March.
Like everyone, I was hopeful they would use WWDC as a springboard, but it was always a longshot after the M5 Pro/Max moved to March 2026.
Past history suggests late August (five months after the launch of M5 Pro/Max), but I think, with the increased demand, add another month or so of production, so late September or early October. That's pretty much exactly what the rumors have been since the M5 Pro/Max launched in late March.
Like everyone, I was hopeful they would use WWDC as a springboard, but it was always a longshot after the M5 Pro/Max moved to March 2026.
yellowhelicopter
macrumors 6502
M6 will be announced. As before, I'm somehow almost sure there's not going to be Mac Mini M5, too late for for them to bother with it.
M6 would be cool.
I just wish they would release a 5 or a 6 soon. I've got a monitor, mouse and keyboard ready to go. I was ready to buy in March but they all dissapeared.
tenthousandthings
Contributor
The question is whether or not the Mini is now on the same cadence as the Studio. My comment assumes that it is. I believe all four of the logic board identifiers have been found, so there is some basis for it:
- J873g = M5 Mac mini
- J873s = M5 Pro Mac mini
- J775c = M5 Max Mac Studio
- J775d = M5 Ultra Mac Studio
lol ... at this point I'd splurge for a Mac Studio but they're all gone as well.
I feel the same way. I have a Mac Mini M4 and would wait for an M6 even is there is a Mac Mini M5.
Time89
macrumors member
Mac mini m4 16/512 ordered on May 18. Was thinking on June 8 if m5 came out, I will return m4 and reorder m5. Moving fast, already in MEMPHIS, TN.
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Yebubbleman
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Considering Apple has SO MUCH demand for M4 models that (a) they literally had to stop offering options and (b) that they offer 1 month lead times on 16GB M4 models, and 3 month lead times on 24GB M4 models, and that this is due to RAM constraints more than due to an impending M5 model, I wouldn't hold my breath. They may just skip to M6 at this point.
tenthousandthings
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Apple, in the most recent earnings call, said the “primary constraint” is not memory:
"The primary constraint in the March and June quarter is the availability of the advanced nodes our SOCs are produced on, not memory."
Supply-chain issues like memory availability and pricing affected their choice of which configurations to keep selling, but it wasn’t the reason they were making the choices in the first place.
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Found this medium article saying the same thing. No m5 mentioned so might be m6. Maybe no m5 this time. But I already have a base m4.