{"id":237866,"date":"2026-05-01T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:20:12","slug":"apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple may take “several months” to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple may take “several months” to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/05\/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-01 10:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: arstechnica.com<\/a><\/p>\n

As we wrote last month, the extent of the shipping delays can probably be blamed on multiple factors. AI-related demand for the desktops and chip shortages are probably factors, but Apple is also said to be planning replacements for both systems with Apple M5-series chips later this year, and it\u2019s common for models to see their ship times slip when replacements are imminent. Cook\u2019s \u201cseveral months\u201d estimate could easily include the introduction of new models, plus whatever time Apple needs to catch up to pent-up demand afterward.<\/p>\n

Cook also noted that \u201ccustomer response to MacBook Neo has been off the charts, with higher-than-expected demand\u201d and that Apple \u201cset a March record for customers new to the Mac, partly due to the Neo.\u201d (Note that \u201ca March record\u201d is not the same thing as \u201can all-time record,\u201d but regardless, it seems that demand for the Neo has been healthy.)<\/p>\n

But MacBook Neo availability has been much better than for the Mac mini or Studio. A Neo ordered directly from Apple will usually arrive in two or three weeks, but this time window has stayed roughly the same since early March. The Neo also remains widely available for same-day shipping or pickup at third-party retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, which is not true of most Mac mini or Studio models.<\/p>\n

Supply constraints aside, Apple\u2019s Q2 2026 was a successful one for the company. Apple made $111.2 billion in revenue, a 17 percent increase over Q2 of 2025, thanks to strong growth from iPhone 17 sales and its Services division. The Mac also grew 6 percent year over year despite the shortages affecting the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Neo. But Apple isn\u2019t immune to the industry-wide RAM shortage: Cook said that Apple expected \u201csignificantly higher memory costs\u201d for Q3 than it paid in Q2 and that \u201cmemory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business\u201d going forward.<\/p>\n

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