All configurations of the Mac Mini are on sale today on Amazon, starting at $779 for the base M6 model. That's $120 off the full retail price that Apple charges.
For nearly half of this year, the Mac Mini was unavailable to buy; it was either sold out at retailers or subject to wait times that stretched up to three months long. But at the end of August, Apple launched a new model, which not only introduced the M6 (or M5 Pro) chip inside, but also restocked the Mac Mini so that you can actually just go out and buy one.
The sharp escalation in demand even took Apple by surprise, by its own admission. AI enthusiasts were buying these up for the quick and simple access to an always-on computer with enough memory to run models locally in an affordable package.
The M6 comes with 16 GB of RAM, which is barely enough to run some smaller models. Amazon also sells a 24-GB model (with 512 GB of storage) for $1,150. If you want to bump up the storage capability to 32 GB, you'll have to buy the machine directly from Apple. Either way, the extra storage will make your Mini quite a bit more expensive than the base model, but it's still $150 off the retail price. Best Buy is also selling the previous-gen M4 model for $649 if you're really trying to save cash—or just need a basic computer for work. The M6 does offer a substantial upgrade to GPU performance over the M4, though, so if you're planning to do any on-device AI work, it's worth the extra $120.
I should note that this isn't the lowest price I've seen the Mac Mini reach—though it's close. For one day in October, it dropped by an extra $10. I can't say for sure whether we'll see an additional price decrease during Black Friday. My gut says no, but if you're worried about it, you might want to put it in your shopping cart and wait before clicking “purchase.”
The best deal in the Mac world heading into Black Friday, however, is the M5 MacBook Air. It's currently $1,099, and that still gets you 16 GB of unified memory.
For more savings, check out our Early Black Friday Deals, Early Amazon Black Friday Deals, and Early Black Friday Deals Under $100.
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