Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price

苹果上调 Mac Mini 起售价

Apple’s Mac Mini now starts at $799 after the company pulled the $599 option with 256GB of storage from its online store, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The model’s discontinuation comes just one day after Apple CEO Tim Cook said during an earnings call that a chip shortage will impact its Mac products in the coming months. 据 MacRumors 此前报道，苹果公司已将其在线商店中 256GB 存储容量、售价 599 美元的 Mac Mini 选项下架，导致该系列产品的起售价升至 799 美元。在此款机型停售的前一天，苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）在财报电话会议上表示，芯片短缺将在未来几个月内影响其 Mac 产品线。

“If you look forward to June, the majority of our supply constraints will be on several Mac models,” Cook said. “We think looking forward that the Mac Mini and the Mac Studio may take several months to reach supply-demand balance.” He added that both devices saw “higher-than-expected demand” as well, with many people buying up the device to use with AI agents like OpenClaw. 库克表示：“展望六月，我们大部分的供应限制将集中在几款 Mac 机型上。我们认为，Mac Mini 和 Mac Studio 可能需要几个月的时间才能达到供需平衡。”他补充说，这两款设备的需求均“超出了预期”，许多用户购买这些设备是为了运行像 OpenClaw 这样的 AI 智能体。

The global memory shortage poses challenges for Apple as well, as Cook said that the company expects “significantly higher memory costs” going forward, which could have an “increasing impact” on Apple’s business. 全球内存短缺也给苹果带来了挑战。库克表示，公司预计未来内存成本将“显著上升”，这可能会对苹果的业务产生“日益增长的影响”。

The cheapest Mac Mini now costs $799 as a result, offering 512GB of storage and Apple’s M4 processor. With the AI-driven RAM shortage squeezing suppliers across the globe, many device makers are either raising the prices of their products or have stopped selling certain models completely. Apple halted sales of its Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM in March, while boosting the starting prices of its new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models. 因此，目前最便宜的 Mac Mini 售价为 799 美元，配备 512GB 存储空间和苹果 M4 处理器。随着 AI 驱动的内存短缺挤压全球供应商，许多设备制造商要么提高产品价格，要么完全停止销售某些型号。苹果已于 3 月份停止销售配备 512GB 内存的 Mac Studio，同时提高了新款 MacBook Air 和 MacBook Pro 的起售价。