{"id":240209,"date":"2026-05-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/last-chance-to-get-a-cheaper-mac-mini-as-entry-level-model-is-scrapped\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:15:07","slug":"last-chance-to-get-a-cheaper-mac-mini-as-entry-level-model-is-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/last-chance-to-get-a-cheaper-mac-mini-as-entry-level-model-is-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Last chance to get a cheaper Mac mini as entry-level model is scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last chance to get a cheaper Mac mini as entry-level model is scrapped<\/a><\/p>\n

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Apple has quietly killed off the cheapest version of the Mac mini.<\/p>\n

This is the Mac mini with M4 processor and 256GB storage. It brought the entry price for Apple\u2019s brilliant pint-sized personal computer down to \u00a3599, but now you\u2019ll have to pay \u00a3799 to get on board.<\/p>\n

The pricier version does have 512GB storage, which is an upgrade we can recommend to any remotely serious Mac user \u2014 SSD storage juggling gets old fast. However, a \u00a3200 real-world price bump in this economy? It\u2019s no small affair for buyers on a budget.<\/p>\n

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The good news is that, at least at the time of writing, some retailers still have the old deal in stock. You can pick up a 256GB \u00a3599 Mac mini from Argos, subject to collection-ready stock in your area. Other key UK retailers appear to have pulled this lower-capacity model from sale already.<\/p>\n

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While Apple hasn\u2019t released a statement on this decision, you don\u2019t have to be a market analyst to have a decent guess at why this has happened.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, the tech industry is going through a major RAM and components cost crisis. And as both the old \u00a3599 and current \u00a3799 baseline Mac minis have the same 16GB of RAM, it\u2019s likely Apple was feeling too much of a profit margin squeeze on the cheaper version.<\/p>\n

One of the core reasons for this whole techy crisis is the rapid building of computer infrastructure for AI services. It\u2019s also thanks to AI that the Mac series\u2019s baseline amount of RAM was raised from 8GB to 16GB in 2024. Artificial intelligence is hungry for the stuff.<\/p>\n

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This could also be taken as a sign we can expect Apple\u2019s hardware prices to increase in the future, despite the company already charging a small fortune for bumps in RAM and storage capacity. You’ll currently pay \u00a3200 for an…<\/p>\n

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