Apple launches new M6 Mac mini with another price hike

The useful part

Macworld As predicted on this site earlier today, Apple has announced the launch of a new Mac mini model with M5 and M6 chip options. It doesn't feature any design changes or external upgrades, but it does offer a two-generation bump in processors compared to the previous model. This spec starts at $1,699 for a 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, but customers have the option to bump that to 18 and 20 cores, respectively, for an additional $200.

How it works

• The RAM options remain the same, but the 64GB highest-end option now costs $1,000.
• More appealing for the Mac mini's traditional budget market will be the M6 model, which starts at a far more manageable $899.
• Worse, the M4 model started at just $599 until June, when Apple responded to the ongoing memory crunch by imposing brutal price hikes.
• In other words, the cheapest entry point to Apple's desktop Mac ecosystem has jumped by $300, or 50 percent, in the space of two months.