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Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by kuuuzya » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC

Wow. Is OpenClaw still alive? Would their users spend so many for the new Mac mini?

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by vlucas » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

jdoe1337halo wrote: post #13

post_break wrote: post #9

So the price just went up by another $100 am I reading that right?

Era of cheap compute is over I'm afraid

Over for now, or at least a little while until production ramps up to our new reality (~5 years minimum is likely).

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by Waterluvian » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

jdoe1337halo wrote: post #11

So happy with my base M4 purchase for $499 when it released. I even snagged a 1TB replacement drive for $199 a year ago. Feels like I got the last train out.

I feel that way about my GPU for normal gaming use. Now I’m afraid of it dying on me.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by matt-p » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

post_break wrote: post #9

So the price just went up by another $100 am I reading that right?

Faster CPU and Ethernet is certainly worth $100. Sucks though, I agree.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by matt-p » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC

2.5Gbe as standard is nice.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by petu » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC

glimshe wrote: post #17

Ambroos wrote: post #2

It's a bit of an emotional goodbye to the super cheap Mac Minis we got to enjoy for a while. I got some for family members, we had some serving as iOS/macOS build servers sitting in a closet at my last job, they were fantastic. Not that they're a bad deal now, but at European prices of over €1000 for M6/16GB/256GB it's a psychological barrier that's been broken.

If you adjust for inflation, is it a big change from the super cheap Mac Minis of the past? Probably still somewhat more expensive, but not as much as the nominal difference would imply.

Mac Mini M4 launched less than 2 years ago at $600 (US, $500 with edu discount; as low as $400 on general discounts). Now same config with M6 is $900.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by KJs6ZxELzQM37O » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

The "up to" and "Yx" compared to three generations ago specs from Apple. Never change.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by mandarinclips » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

I really want to buy one for coding/dev work, but it's just too expensive. Not sure if the M4 MacBook will get a price cut anytime soon.

Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by paulcole » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC

jdoe1337halo wrote: post #11

So happy with my base M4 purchase for $499 when it released. I even snagged a 1TB replacement drive for $199 a year ago. Feels like I got the last train out.

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Re: New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

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Post by ex1fm3ta » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC

petu wrote: post #26

glimshe wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you adjust for inflation, is it a big change from the super cheap Mac Minis of the past? Probably still somewhat more expensive, but not as much as the nominal difference would imply.

Mac Mini M4 launched less than 2 years ago at $600 (US, $500 with edu discount; as low as $400 on general discounts). Now same config with M6 is $900.

same spec, same chip. I tought Apple would at least bump the RAM