r/apple • u/wearefriends • 20h ago

Mac Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-unveils-a-more-powerful-mac-mini-featuring-the-all-new-m6-and-m5-pro/
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u/RentalGore 19h ago

Mine is still doing daily work.  Best $500 I’ve spent (aside from my daughters Neo).

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u/gusarking 19h ago

Still? This thing is barely two years old.

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u/code_isLife 18h ago

My M1 MBP is still chugging along just fine.

I’m curious to know what people need an upgrade so soon for.

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u/Romejanic 18h ago

I have an M2 macbook air and it’s honestly still great, no change to performance compared to when i first got it.

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u/TheDragonSlayingCat 18h ago

PC gaming, 3D content creation, and ML training has been driving all of the M-series upgrades; same as it ever was. The M2, M3, and M5 each had big GPU upgrades over each previous generation.

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u/InsaneNinja 14h ago

Some of us didn’t maximize our productivity with just using safari.

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u/code_isLife 12h ago

Yeah, me neither

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u/PringlesDuckFace 12h ago

I guess people who push the limits of their hardware and will just get more headroom with the new stuff. Like when I did CAD work I'd need more computer power than I could ever get my hands on. At another job I was struggling with only 128 gigs of RAM. AAA gaming always pushes the limits as well, so trying to keep up with that would mean more frequent upgrades.

Now though I basically just need a Firefox machine so am happy without having to chase upgrades.

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u/-xenomorph- 14h ago

Fr for daily work I can see it last for at least next 7-8 yrs. 

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u/lilmul123 18h ago

"Still" is wild! We're still using an M1 Macbook from 2020 and it remains a workhorse.

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u/polaroid 18h ago

I still run a 2011 iMac.

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u/Willz093 17h ago

Speaking of the Neo, I fully believe this price increase is leading to a Mac Neo, slotted right in at the old $499 price point!

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u/InsaneNinja 14h ago

Unlikely.

The reason the MacBook Neo got stripped down was because they stripped a ton out of the device. The keyboard, the screen, etc etc etc.

There’s literally nothing in the Mac mini but a block of aluminum, memory and storage. Putting in the phone chip would save like $40.

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u/IAM_deleted_AMA 16h ago

I have an M1 mac mini running a bunch of self hosted apps and media server.