0:00 Remember that awesome M4 Mac Mini that got unveiled? Jeez, it was over a year ago now. Remember how impressed we were that the starting price was just $599? Well, after all this time, Apple has decided uh price is going up. But it's not even really Apple's fault. So, even though the Mac Mini now starts at $799, Jeez, $200 more. There's some legitimate reasons for it. And uh I think John Ternus has a backup plan. Let's begin.
0:31 So in Apple's defense, they are technically just removing the base model option. So I guess if you wanted a 512 gig configuration or higher, well then technically there wasn't a price hike. But it is kind of surprising that to get 512 gigs, you needed to spend $200 more. But that base model M4 Mac Mini was just way way too tempting for all of the Anthropic fans out there. Everyone wanted to use them for claw bots and AI stuff. And because they could just plug it in to their existing monitors, keyboards, and mice, and have instant
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