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Select Micro Center Stores: Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD

+ Free Store Pickup

$540

$600

10% off
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Select Micro Center Stores have Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip (Silver, 2024, MU9D3LL/A) on sale for $539.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member creediddy for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Apple M4 10-Core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 16GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-C
    • 3x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • A nice deal for those with stock at their local store. This price is $9 lower than a recent Frontpage Deal that was only available to Best Buy Plus members.
  • Includes Apple One (1) Year Limited Warranty.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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Written by creediddy
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Community Notes
About the Poster
Select Micro Center Stores have Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip (Silver, 2024, MU9D3LL/A) on sale for $539.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member creediddy for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Apple M4 10-Core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
  • 10-Core Integrated GPU
  • 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 16GB Unified Memory
  • 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-C
    • 3x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • A nice deal for those with stock at their local store. This price is $9 lower than a recent Frontpage Deal that was only available to Best Buy Plus members.
  • Includes Apple One (1) Year Limited Warranty.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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santy83
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Not a deal. Just get it from Apple education store for 499 and it is open for all.
santy83
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I know you posted this deal but give me a break...
Bouncy_Furbal
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In this life, everyone is a student

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Melosince87
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order directly through APPLE EDU for $499 and then pick site to store . So you can get it same day in store
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MuyeG
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Quote from creediddy :
This sounds like retail fraud that you are telling people to commit. Is it worth it over $100? Ask yourself that.

I called the police. They told me to gtfo
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abodd
Nov 9, 2024
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M2 Mac mini (16gb ram) for $300 or this?
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scrapplejoe
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Apple just wants new folks in their ecosphere, the $499 deal will never go away.
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lesterhung
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Quote from santy83 :
Not a deal. Just get it from Apple education store for 499 and it is open for all.
do u need edu email?
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UniqueWren7206
Nov 9, 2024
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Quote from dohnnysdiscountgas :
People publicizing it has never been this aggressive, but yeah, the discount has existed a long time. The verification step has come and gone multiple times over the last 25y tho WinkThis is not a comment on whether or not you should do it. I just have a feeling Apple is gonna stop the free lunch now that it's essentially gone viral.
It's been common knowledge for ages though. Back when I worked at Best Buy 5+ years ago I would get people who asked for it almost daily. That isn't to say they won't change the process, but they have to know people are doing this and don't care for one reason, or another.
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santy83
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Quote from lesterhung :
do u need edu email?

Not needed
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KPee
Nov 9, 2024
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Quote from jimschoice :
They questioned and held my M2 mini order. I had to provide them with proof I was buying it for my granddaughter.
What proof did you provide. Need to get one for a kid for school.
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DealDaddyy
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Quote from abodd :
M2 Mac mini (16gb ram) for $300 or this?

M2 for that price assuming you don't need to power of the M4. Where'd you find the 16GB M2 for that price?
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schlack
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Quote from santy83 :
Not a deal. Just get it from Apple education store for 499 and it is open for all.

People buying these for their businesses should not use the education store, so these deals are still valuable to some folks!
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Nov 9, 2024
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Rebound
Nov 9, 2024
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Quote from CrimsonKnob1726 :
The SSD in the Mac Mini is upgradable, its not soldered in.
It is not.
The SSD is on a card, but it is Apple proprietary, the same as the Mac Studio. Nobody is selling SSD upgrades for the Mac Studio, but this will be much higher volume, so maybe they will.

To upgrade, if you get the right cards, you have to completely disassemble the Mini (which isn't that hard, but it isn't simple), then you install the new chips, then you have to boot the Mac in DPU mode, tethered to another Mac. Besides that, it works.

One other thing: From benchmarks, some SSDs are much slower than the others. Toms Hardware tested [tomsguide.com] only two models, one with 512 GB and another with 1 TB, and the 512 GB came in at 3437/2017 MB/s read/write, and the 1 TB came in a 6351/5133 MB/s read/write. The 1 TB was the Pro model, but I think it's probably the SSD configuration and not the disk controller.
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santy83
Nov 9, 2024
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Quote from schlack :
People buying these for their businesses should not use the education store, so these deals are still valuable to some folks!

Trust me. Apple got enough stock for all business users and students.
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shravan-kumars
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Quote from santy83 :
Not a deal. Just get it from Apple education store for 499 and it is open for all.

How easy is it to upgrade the ram and hard drive with proper equipment and YouTube videos ?
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