Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens

Apple has removed much desktop Macs from its online store arsenic the planetary representation shortage continues. Mac mini models with 32GB and 64GB of RAM are nary longer disposable for purchase, nor is the M3 Ultra Mac Studio with 256GB RAM.


The M3 Ultra Mac Studio is present disposable lone successful a 96GB RAM configuration, with higher-tier options eliminated. Both M3 ‌Mac Studio‌ and M4 Max ‌Mac Studio‌ models person transportation estimates of 9 to 10 weeks.

As for the ‌Mac mini‌, the M4 Pro exemplary present maxes retired astatine 48GB of RAM, with customers nary longer capable to take the 64GB option. The modular M4 Mac mini tin lone beryllium purchased with 16GB oregon 24GB of RAM, due to the fact that the 32GB enactment has been removed.

Last week, Apple removed the ‌Mac mini‌ with 256GB of SSD storage, leaving the 512GB exemplary arsenic the minimum option. That efficaciously raised the terms of the ‌Mac mini‌ from $599 to $799. Apple besides stopped accepting orders for immoderate ‌Mac Studio‌ and ‌Mac mini‌ machines with higher amounts of RAM successful March and April.

Apple CEO Tim Cook precocious said that the ‌Mac mini‌ and the ‌Mac Studio‌ are going to beryllium hard to get for months to come. "We think, looking forward, that the ‌‌Mac mini‌‌ and ‌‌Mac Studio‌‌ whitethorn instrumentality respective months to scope proviso request balance," Cook said.

According to Cook, Apple underestimated the request for the ‌Mac mini‌ and the ‌Mac Studio‌ from customers looking for a instrumentality to tally AI and agentic tools locally. He said Apple besides expects significantly higher representation costs successful the months to come, truthful Apple is apt conserving proviso by eliminating immoderate configuration options. Global proviso constraints caused by AI server request person impacted the pricing of representation chips, starring to precocious prices and representation shortages.

Update: Article updated to enactment that the 32GB ‌M4 Mac mini‌ is besides nary longer available.
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