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Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio (www.macrumors.com)
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Apple's unusually timed announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The Information. Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusually early, falling just before the anticipated arrival of new iPhone models. The Information says that the AI-driven boom in Mac Studio and Mac mini sales is behind the early launch.

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[–] 5 points 2 months ago

Caught off guard? I think not. Seems to me it’s more likely that they’re taking advantage of the market and prioritizing the Mac models.

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    [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    They built their M series chips with this use case in mind. The shared high bandwidth memory was perfect for this.

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Glad I was able to grab an M4 Mac Mini earlier this year before all this.

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I never needed a Mac mini but looks like I’ll be holding onto my M1 MBP until the wheels fall off. The prices are insane now.

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    • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It's MacOS that's now the problem

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

    You can lock it down. Don't log in to apple services or install the stock LLM, add and configure Lulu, run open source apps, install homebrew, and so forth.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    APFS is slow, system monitor pegs your CPU as subagents spawn many processes, sandboxing is decent but nowhere near what Linux can do. If you want to run AI agents 24/7 and as fast as possible, Linux is the next level by far. Apple is a hardware company. Their software gets nerfed by company policy and chronically underfunding their teams.

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    • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    I guess we can expect some fire sales of used macs some 7-12 months from now?

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