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  "textContent": "Apple this week stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini worldwide. As a result, the desktop computer now has a higher starting price.\n\n\nIn the U.S., for example, the Mac mini now starts at $799 with the M4 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage, whereas it previously started at $599 with the M4 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage.\n\nWhile the 512GB configuration always started at $799, customers who want a new Mac mini from Apple for $599 no longer have such an option.\n\nMac mini models with the M4 Pro chip already had a minimum of 512GB of storage, so there are no pricing changes for those configurations.\n\nThe base Mac mini with 256GB of storage had already been unavailable to order since last week, but it has now been removed from Apple's configurator entirely. We have reached out to Apple for comment and will update this story if we hear back.\n\nOn an earnings call this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that Mac mini and Mac Studio supply is constrained, and he said it may take \"several months\" for Apple to achieve supply-demand balance. He said both of these Macs are \"amazing platforms for AI and agentic tools,\" resulting in higher-than-expected demand.\n\nIn March, Apple stopped offering the Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM.\n\nThese changes to Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations are occurring amid a global memory chip shortage, driven by companies building out AI server facilities. Cook said Apple is expecting \"significantly higher memory costs\" in the current quarter, and tight availability of RAM is likely forcing Apple to make tough business decisions.\n\n_Thanks, Spencer!_\n\nRelated Roundup: Mac mini\n\nBuyer's Guide: Mac Mini (Caution)\n\nRelated Forum: Mac mini\n\n\nThis article, \"Apple Stops Selling Mac Mini With 256GB of Storage, Starting Price Rises to $799\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
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