Mac mini 起价升至 799 美元，可能要等‘几个月’才能买到

Source: Ars Technica

Apple 的 Mac mini 与 Mac Studio 难以购买

“芯片短缺和 AI 爱好者的需求都在起作用。” – Andrew Cunningham

致谢：Andrew Cunningham

Apple 的桌面产品线——Mac mini 与 Mac Studio——在 2026 年期间变得越来越难以购买。

• Apple 网站上多个配置显示为 “当前不可用”， 这种状态很少出现。
• 某些型号现在需要 数周或数月 的交付时间才能发货。
• 最高配的 Mac Studio（配备 512 GB RAM）已被 完全下架【source】。

入门级 Mac mini

• $599 入门级 Mac mini（256 GB 存储）已从 Apple 商店下架。
• 现在你能订购的最便宜的全新 Mac mini 为 $799，包括：
  • M4 芯片
  • 16 GB RAM（比早期型号的 8 GB 提升）
  • 512 GB 存储
• 这并不是涨价；Apple 自 2024 年底 M4 推出后就一直保持 $799 的定价。
• 但是，由于 256 GB 版本已不再提供，原来的 $599 起始价只能在第三方零售商处找到剩余库存时才有可能买到。

历史背景

Mac mini 的起始价再次上升，因为 Apple 将基础内存翻倍，使入门型号更实用。

相关产品动向

• 今年早些时候，Apple 在推出 M5 机型 时停产了 256 GB MacBook Air【source】。
• MacBook Air 的起始价仅上涨 $100，而非像 Mac mini 那样上涨 $200。

接下来会怎样？

• 有传闻称全新的 M5 Mac mini 将于 2026 年后期推出。
• 其上市价格可能在 $599 到 $799 之间，具体取决于配置以及当时 Apple 的内存和存储元件成本。

当前订购体验

• 今天在 Apple 网站上订购 $799 Mac mini 将面临 5–6 周 的交付窗口。

欲了解更多细节，请参阅上方链接的完整文章。

“超出预期的需求”

Current Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the situation on Apple’s Q2 earnings call last week as part of a larger conversation about how Apple is navigating component shortages. He partly blamed the shortage on the popularity of the Mac mini and Mac Studio among users looking to run AI agents and other tools locally.

“Both [the Mac mini and the Mac Studio] 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,” said Cook.
“We think looking forward that the Mac mini and the Mac Studio may take several months to reach supply‑demand balance.”

Cook wasn’t specific about which components were driving the shortages, but he noted that the availability of the advanced manufacturing nodes used to produce Apple’s SoCs was constrained, giving Apple “less flexibility in the supply chain than we normally would.” In other words, it has become harder for Apple to go to TSMC and ask for more chips because TSMC lacks spare capacity. Cook said these constraints primarily affected the iPhone and only to a lesser extent the Mac.

As we wrote last month, the shipping delays can probably be blamed on multiple factors:

• AI‑related demand for the desktops.
• Chip shortages.
• Apple’s planned replacement of both systems with M5‑series chips later this year.

It’s common for models to see their ship times slip when replacements are imminent. Cook’s “several months” estimate could easily include the introduction of new models, plus the time Apple needs to catch up to pent‑up demand afterward.

Cook also noted that customer response to the MacBook Neo has been “off the charts, with higher‑than‑expected demand” and that Apple “set a March record for customers new to the Mac, partly due to the Neo.” (A March record is not the same as an all‑time record, but demand for the Neo has clearly been healthy.)

• Availability: A Neo ordered directly from Apple usually arrives in two‑ or three‑week shipping, a window that has stayed roughly the same since early March.
• Retail presence: The Neo remains widely available for same‑day shipping or pickup at third‑party retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy—unlike most Mac mini or Mac Studio models.

Overall Q2 2026 performance

Apple’s Q2 2026 was a successful quarter:

• Revenue: $111.2 billion, a 17 % increase YoY, driven by strong iPhone 17 sales and Services growth.
• Mac segment: Up 6 % YoY despite shortages affecting the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Neo.
• RAM shortage: Cook warned that “significantly higher memory costs” are expected for Q3, and that “memory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business” going forward.

This story was updated on May 4 at 10:55 a.m. ET to add details about the discontinued $599 Mac mini.

关于作者

Andrew Cunningham 是 Ars Technica 的高级技术记者，专注于消费科技、计算机硬件以及深入的操作系统评测。他居住在费城，并共同主持每周的图书播客 Overdue。

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