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Apple’s New Mac Mini Gets M6 Power — but the $899 Starting Price Changes the Story

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Apple has given the Mac mini a big internal upgrade with the new M6 chip, while also adding a more powerful M5 Pro option. The design stays almost exactly the same. It is still the small 5-inch desktop users know, but there is a lot more happening inside. The M6 is Apple’s first 2nm chip and comes…

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  1. 2026-08-27 12:32 · DEV Community — AI
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