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Apple Mac Mini Desktop (Late 2020): M1, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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Adorama has Apple Mac Mini Desktop (Late 2020): M1 w/ 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD (Z12N000G0) for $789. Shipping is free.

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Key Features
  • Apple M1 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU
  • 16-core Neural Engine
  • 16GB unified memory
  • 256GB SSD storage
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • RAM Memory: 16GB RAM
  • Graphics System: Apple Integrated
  • Total Processor Cores: 8-Core
What's in the box:
  • BTO Mac Mini Desktop Computer
  • Power Cord
  • Apple 1 Year Limited Warranty with 90 Day Free Technical Support

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Adorama has Apple Mac Mini Desktop (Late 2020): M1 w/ 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD (Z12N000G0) for $789. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor iconian for finding this deal.

Key Features
  • Apple M1 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU
  • 16-core Neural Engine
  • 16GB unified memory
  • 256GB SSD storage
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • RAM Memory: 16GB RAM
  • Graphics System: Apple Integrated
  • Total Processor Cores: 8-Core
What's in the box:
  • BTO Mac Mini Desktop Computer
  • Power Cord
  • Apple 1 Year Limited Warranty with 90 Day Free Technical Support

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Save $110 Off (12% Savings) the list price of $899
  • About this store:
    • Details of Adorama's return policy here.

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LEOMHK1.0
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That's Apple and how they became a multi-Trillion dollar corp.
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BlackMags310
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Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
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Because they can? Why do you think Apple moved to a soc where you can't upgrade ram/SSD yourself. Now you are force to pay $200 for extra 8 GB ram. How do you think they became the first trillion dollar company?
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Nov 26, 2021 10:39 PM
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BlackMags310Nov 26, 2021 10:39 PM
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Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
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Nov 26, 2021 10:44 PM
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got-beerbatteredNov 26, 2021 10:44 PM
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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
Upselling I guess
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Nov 26, 2021 10:44 PM
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got-beerbatteredNov 26, 2021 10:44 PM
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Good deal, used are trending at ~740 last time I checked
Nov 26, 2021 10:54 PM
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masterz13Nov 26, 2021 10:54 PM
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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
From what I've read, with the M1 it's like the performance of twice the ram in a regular laptop. Don't know if that holds true, but that would mean that it's more like a 16gb ram difference. But I agree, it's too much money for too little upgrade.
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Nov 26, 2021 11:08 PM
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LEOMHK1.0Nov 26, 2021 11:08 PM
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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
That's Apple and how they became a multi-Trillion dollar corp.
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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
Because they can? Why do you think Apple moved to a soc where you can't upgrade ram/SSD yourself. Now you are force to pay $200 for extra 8 GB ram. How do you think they became the first trillion dollar company?
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robertw477Nov 26, 2021 11:13 PM
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Quote from LEOMHK1.0 View quoted comment :
That's Apple and how they became a multi-billion dollar corp.
Yep. I remember back in the day when memory for a PC was insanely expensive. But Apple seems to be able to charge a nice premium on these things.

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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
Same reason a jump from 256GB to 512GB used to cost $200-250 in a laptop/desktop from Apple...despite costing $50 difference OEM. Apple gouges anyone who needs over the baseline spec because they believe they have a captive audience.
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max1001Nov 26, 2021 11:16 PM
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Quote from masterz13 View quoted comment :
From what I've read, with the M1 it's like the performance of twice the ram in a regular laptop. Don't know if that holds true, but that would mean that it's more like a 16gb ram difference. But I agree, it's too much money for too little upgrade.
Its mostly marketing BS. What M1 can do is share the content of the ram with both CPU and GPU. So in a situation where you need to load an video into ram. Both CPU and GPU can access it which helps with video editing.
Nov 26, 2021 11:17 PM
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techbuffNov 26, 2021 11:17 PM
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Quote from max1001 View quoted comment :
Because they can? Why do you think Apple moved to a soc where you can't upgrade ram/SSD yourself. Now you are force to pay $200 for extra 8 GB ram. How do you think they became the first trillion dollar company?
my thoughts exactly although my need isn't super urgent. i dropped the plan to buy this now...maybe they will be cheaper in 6 months anyway
Nov 26, 2021 11:19 PM
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skoal2007Nov 26, 2021 11:19 PM
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Can we see the price dropping to around $650 within half year? I want to replace my mbp 2014 16GB which is not able to upgrade to the new coming MacOS.
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MasterReeNov 26, 2021 11:19 PM
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Quote from max1001 View quoted comment :
Because they can? Why do you think Apple moved to a soc where you can't upgrade ram/SSD yourself. Now you are force to pay $200 for extra 8 GB ram. How do you think they became the first trillion dollar company?
I agree the upgrade is overpriced, but there are legitimate power and performance advantages to integrating the memory into the SoC. That's why smartphones uses SoC and Apple has generated some impressive performance, heat and power efficiency gains through use of the SoC in Macs. Again, not disagreeing that they do charge a premium for their upgrade options that isn't a great value, but it isn't just Tim Cook rubbing his hands and going "LULz, profit!"

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max1001Nov 26, 2021 11:25 PM
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Quote from masterz13 View quoted comment :
From what I've read, with the M1 it's like the performance of twice the ram in a regular laptop. Don't know if that holds true, but that would mean that it's more like a 16gb ram difference. But I agree, it's too much money for too little upgrade.
It's probably closer to 12 GB in certain on workload. Apple also added a top notch SSD which helps a lot when you are swapping files from ram from storage and vice versa.
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Quote from BlackMags310 View quoted comment :
Why does the 16gb model cost over an extra 200+ for 8gb more of ram? I've been eyeing picking this up but hard to justify the price difference in comparison to the 8gb model. Am I missing something?
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