Apple pulls M4 Mac Mini 256GB model from online store
▼ Summary
– The M4 Mac Mini with 256GB storage was removed from Apple’s website after going out of stock in some countries.
– The new base storage for the M4 Mac Mini is 512GB at $799 with 16GB RAM, with upgrade options to 24GB or 32GB RAM and 1TB or 2TB storage.
– The M4 Pro chip version supports up to 64GB RAM and up to 8TB storage.
– CEO Tim Cook attributed the supply constraint to higher-than-expected demand for the Mac Mini.
– Cook stated that the Mac Mini’s role in AI and agentic tools drove faster customer adoption than predicted.
Apple has quietly removed the M4 Mac Mini with 256GB storage from its online store globally, marking the end of the base model that launched in 2024. The entry-level configuration had already gone out of stock in several markets, including the United States, last month. Now, customers shopping on Apple’s website will find that the new starting storage for the M4 Mac Mini is 512GB, priced at $799 with the standard 16GB of RAM.
For those needing more memory, Apple offers two additional RAM configurations: 24GB and 32GB. Storage upgrades are also available, with options to jump to 1TB or 2TB. If you opt for the more powerful M4 Pro chip, the Mac Mini can be configured with up to 64GB of RAM and a massive 8TB of storage.
The disappearance of the 256GB model comes as no surprise given recent comments from Apple CEO Tim Cook during the company’s Q2 earnings call. Cook acknowledged that supply constraints for the Mac Mini are directly tied to higher-than-expected demand, particularly driven by the device’s appeal for AI and agentic tools. He warned that it could take several months before Apple reaches a supply-demand balance.
“On the Mac mini and the Mac Studio, both of these are amazing platforms for AI and agentic tools, and the customer recognition of that is happening faster than what we had predicted, and so we saw higher than expected demand,” Cook stated.
With the base model now gone, Apple’s Mac Mini lineup effectively starts at a higher price point, reflecting both the shift in customer preferences and the growing role of these machines in professional and AI-focused workflows.
(Source: GSMArena.com)
