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Costco Members: Apple Mac mini (Late 2020): M1 CPU w/ 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Apple Mac mini w/ Apple M1 Chip (MGNR3LL/A, Late 2020) on sale for $599.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member kardiackidneykids for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU (4 performance cores & 4 efficiency cores)
  • 8GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • 8-core GPU
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0
  • macOS Big Sur
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt / USB 4
    • 2x USB A
    • 1x HDMI 2
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet Port
    • 1x 3.5 mm Headphone Jack

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  • About this deal:
    • Price matches this Frontpage Deal from February that received +161 votes from the community.
  • Ratings/Reviews:
    • PC Mag gives the new Mac mini a 4.5/5 (excellent) rating
      • "With a new lower starting price and Apple's straining-at-the-leash M1 CPU, the Mac mini is far and away the most polished, potent tiny desktop in its class."

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Apple Mac mini w/ Apple M1 Chip (MGNR3LL/A, Late 2020) on sale for $599.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member kardiackidneykids for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU (4 performance cores & 4 efficiency cores)
  • 8GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • 8-core GPU
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0
  • macOS Big Sur
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt / USB 4
    • 2x USB A
    • 1x HDMI 2
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet Port
    • 1x 3.5 mm Headphone Jack

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Price matches this Frontpage Deal from February that received +161 votes from the community.
  • Ratings/Reviews:
    • PC Mag gives the new Mac mini a 4.5/5 (excellent) rating
      • "With a new lower starting price and Apple's straining-at-the-leash M1 CPU, the Mac mini is far and away the most polished, potent tiny desktop in its class."

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chumtastic
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After reading all the discussions about ram amount, I'm just curious how many browser tabs people keep open at a time during a typical day.

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How many browser tabs do you keep open?

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LarrySW
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The ones who have actually used them personally say 8 is enough for most people.

The ones who have never used it and are just guessing say it isn't enough.
MrSkeptic
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Another very expensive problem with today's Apple. Prior to 2016, you could buy a computer and later upgrade it by adding more RAM or storage later once your needs change. My daily driver is a mid 2012 MBPro. I've doubled the RAM and added a SSD over the years.

Now, everything is soldered, so upgrades are impossible. To get 16 or 32 MB of RAM or a bigger SSD, you need to pay 3 times the price up front of what upgrades would cost for the same configuration, even if you don't realize the need now.

No thanks, Apple.

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s5k
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Very likely that this will only have 8gb of RAM, which might or might not be enough considering it is M1. There have been googlable discussions on 8gb not being enough for M1, causing SSD to wear more than usual

edit1 problem: https://bartechtv.com/m1-mac-ssd-...t-appears/
edit2 likely cause and "fix": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyMCoQmsv-I
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Apple.com: $700
Apple EDU: $650
Apple Refurb: $589 (sold out)
Last edited by ChronoTriggered May 11, 2021 at 07:07 AM.
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CongchenC
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Quote from ChronoTriggered :
Apple.com: $650
Apple EDU: $650 (weird that they're the same price)
Apple Refurb: $589 (sold out)
Apple.com is $699
(You might still in edu mode when you checked the price).
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Probably better off getting it with 16gb RAM from Micro Center now for $799
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GizmoDVD
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Quote from SmilingHorn3826 :
Probably better off getting it with 16gb RAM from Micro Center now for $799
M1 isn't heavily reliant on RAM like many think. 8GB is pretty damn good
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Quote from GizmoDVD :
M1 isn't heavily reliant on RAM like many think. 8GB is pretty damn good
So which answer is really true

Some say it is, some say it isn't
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Quote from aaa187 :
So which answer is really true

Some say it is, some say it isn't
The ones who have actually used them personally say 8 is enough for most people.

The ones who have never used it and are just guessing say it isn't enough.
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cldmello
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I bought one of these from Costco with the $100 off $500 coupon. I wonder if they would price adjust the base price?

Regd. RAM, at startup, my RAM usage is 5.1 GB out of 8GB for those who want to know. But I just use the Mac Mini for browsing and documents. No gaming, etc. So it doesn't matter.
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cheaposale
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At $499 (using $100 off $500), this would be an awesome deal. Will consider buying it.
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Quote from cldmello :
I bought one of these from Costco with the $100 off $500 coupon. I wonder if they would price adjust the base price?

Regd. RAM, at startup, my RAM usage is 5.1 GB out of 8GB for those who want to know. But I just use the Mac Mini for browsing and documents. No gaming, etc. So it doesn't matter.
My guess is probably not, as it would likely show up at the prorated price due to the coupon. My hulu gift card showed up as the prorated price when I got the email delivery for it. The worst they can say is no, but I wouldn't expect it.
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whether or not you need 16gb depends on the applications you're running. there are several instances in photoshop where having 16gb will give you significant performance. if you're a casual web browser, document writer, or coder, you can get away with 8gb
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microcenter has it in $599

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