Apple's M6 Mac mini impresses, but a $300 price hike spoils the value
Ars Technica's Mac Mini review: The new M6 impresses but the price hike is rough
The M6 Mac mini brings a new 12-core CPU with two 'Super' cores, a 12-core GPU, and faster memory bandwidth, delivering solid gains over the M4. But the $899 starting price—$300 more than the M4 mini—makes it a tough sell, especially with an unprecedented memory crunch. It's a nice upgrade, but no longer the bargain it once was.
The M4 Mac mini was a great general-purpose desktop computer and one of the best values Apple had ever offered in a desktop Mac. The M6 Mac mini is only one of those things. I'll let you guess which.
- magicmicah85
Noticing how the M6 has finally doubled the M1's single core performance, nearly six years later. The M1 mini was my first foray into mac computing. I used it as my daily driver until I got the M1 Macbook Pro a year later. Been using that ever since. I think Apple's real problem is that they built machines that can last. I've had no interest in upgrading or buying something else, even though I want to just for pet projects but can't justify the extra cost.
- throwaway270925
+1100€ for the 2TB upgrade nowadays, thats not an "Apple tax" anymore thats just straight up robbery. Even a pcie gen5 nvme costs only about 300€, even with todays prices, so 600€ would be quite in line with Apple pricing, but 1100€!? Thats just being a dick.
- adgjlsfhk1
Those L1 cache specs have to be wrong, right? Bigger L1 on the e core than p core seems like it has to be incorrect (unless the lower clock lets them get away with something?)
- wombat-man
Would love to see them put out a Mac mini Neo to line up with the laptop now that the Mac Mini is becoming a more performant, expensive device.
- bluedino
I hate to be that guy, but computer prices, even Apple machines, are still so cheap.
My first 'modern' Mac was the 13" 2010 MacBook Pro, and it was $1299. The current Air is $1299. Inflation be damned.
Let's not even go back in time and look at what the PowerBook G4 or PowerBook 5300c cost...