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Nov 13, 2026 4:38 PM

Micro Center: Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip (16GB / 256GB)

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Select Micro Center Stores has Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip (MHQK4LL/A) on sale for $699.99. Select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to community member gene91 for sharing this deal.

Details:
  • Apple M6 12-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM | 256GB SSD
  • 12-Core GPU | Dual 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) | Bluetooth 6.0
  • 3 x Thunderbolt 4 | HDMI | 2.5GbE
  • 2 x 10 Gb/s USB-C | 3.5mm Headphone Jack
  • Compact 5 x 5" Form Factor
  • macOS with Apple Intelligence

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $79.01 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $779.
  • This price is $79.01 less than our previous Frontpage Deal and matches a very recent Popular Deal.

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Written by gene91
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Select Micro Center Stores has Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip (MHQK4LL/A) on sale for $699.99. Select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to community member gene91 for sharing this deal.

Details:
  • Apple M6 12-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM | 256GB SSD
  • 12-Core GPU | Dual 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) | Bluetooth 6.0
  • 3 x Thunderbolt 4 | HDMI | 2.5GbE
  • 2 x 10 Gb/s USB-C | 3.5mm Headphone Jack
  • Compact 5 x 5" Form Factor
  • macOS with Apple Intelligence

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $79.01 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $779.
  • This price is $79.01 less than our previous Frontpage Deal and matches a very recent Popular Deal.

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Written by gene91

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koge811
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300-400 dollars worth ram ai datacenters i hope they all go bankrupt. thank you jensen your affairs tanked the ai market a bit hope it dies further.
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Community Reviews

This Mac mini deal stands out for a compact M6 desktop that feels much faster than the $700 M4 model and still handles everyday work well with 16GB of memory. The 256GB SSD is the main limitation, and the storage and memory are soldered, so upgrades are not an option later. External storage over Thunderbolt is an easy workaround, and the machine is also described as surprisingly capable for light gaming at 1080p and 60 fps. The deal can get even better through Best Buy price matching or trade-ins, but some price-match paths appear to come with final-sale return terms.

  • Price matching at Best Buy can reduce the effective cost when combined with a credit card and Plus membership financing options.

    xman123456mackaikai

  • External storage via Thunderbolt can expand capacity beyond the soldered internal SSD limitations.

    SuperorbMisterDude2

  • The Mac mini can deliver strong gaming performance at 1080p around 60fps.

    masterz13

  • A trade-in plus price match can bring the effective purchase price down to about $480 plus tax with next-day delivery.

    slickdealgb

  • The 16GB RAM configuration may be limiting for local AI or gaming workloads beyond lighter personal assistant use.

    MisterDude2LivelyPocket641

  • The Mac mini uses soldered RAM and SSD, so upgrading memory or storage requires buying a new Mac.

    Superorb

  • Price matching may involve a final-sale or return-exception policy tied to the invoice link, so return terms need verification before buying.

    dslrSearcher

  • The deal may require a local Micro Center and pickup-only fulfillment to be achievable.

    xman123456

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Nov 13, 2026 11:48 PM
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creediddyNov 13, 2026 11:48 PM
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Quote from Madoser View quoted comment :
Going to do the trade in on my M4 base mini for $500 also.
$575 through Apple
Yesterday 12:12 AM
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gjamm00Yesterday 12:12 AM
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Quote from xman123456 View quoted comment :
Well you do need a local microcenter to pull this off, and they require you to pickup only
You can switch to delivery (under orders tab) once the order is placed. .
Yesterday 12:30 AM
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proper912Yesterday 12:30 AM
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1. Trade base M4 to Apple for $575 (gift card)
2. get one for $699+tax
3. ?????????????????????????????????????
4. PROFIT!!!!!!!oneone
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Yesterday 1:12 AM
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jimschoiceYesterday 1:12 AM
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Hmmm. May upgrade my M2 to this.
Yesterday 1:32 AM
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dslrSearcherYesterday 1:32 AM
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Be careful. I go through all of the price match hurdles and saw that the invoice link had a return exception and that it is final sale. May not matter to everyone, but I wasn't going to accept that when I can just drive to microcenter and give them the business.
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Yesterday 7:29 AM
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shattered_porcelainYesterday 7:29 AM
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Quote from dslrSearcher View quoted comment :
Be careful. I go through all of the price match hurdles and saw that the invoice link had a return exception and that it is final sale. May not matter to everyone, but I wasn't going to accept that when I can just drive to microcenter and give them the business.
link expires within 30 minutes, but i was told you can ask again in a new chat.
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Yesterday 8:23 AM
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SuperorbYesterday 8:23 AM
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Everything is soldered on this, so if you think you will ever want to upgrade the RAM or SSD you're out of luck and will need to buy an entirely new Mac. This makes the older versions more valuable to me, personally. Your use case may vary.
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89turboiiYesterday 6:32 PM
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Quote from koge811 View quoted comment :
300-400 dollars worth ram ai datacenters i hope they all go bankrupt. thank you jensen your affairs tanked the ai market a bit hope it dies further.
Whole thing was staged, china disrupting corporations and intel/apple are being infiltrated every day. There's allot of jealous haters in the world wish they had a creative happy population and fancy flag with lotta stars like ours. When it cycles, I'm down for HBM gpus for cheap, the Radeon vii was a legit miner.
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koge811Yesterday 10:05 PM
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Quote from 89turboii View quoted comment :
Whole thing was staged, china disrupting corporations and intel/apple are being infiltrated every day. There's allot of jealous haters in the world wish they had a creative happy population and fancy flag with lotta stars like ours. When it cycles, I'm down for HBM gpus for cheap, the Radeon vii was a legit miner.
do people still mine crypto like seriously???
people need to just go work stop producing nothing of value thats why theres huge inflation wasting resources to produce absolutely nothing
both ai and crypto mining are just that.
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MisterDude2Yesterday 10:54 PM
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Quote from Superorb View quoted comment :
Everything is soldered on this, so if you think you will ever want to upgrade the RAM or SSD you're out of luck and will need to buy an entirely new Mac. This makes the older versions more valuable to me, personally. Your use case may vary.
You can attach more storage externally via thunderbolt. The bandwidth on the thunderbolt ports exceeds what most SSDs can read and write as of this time. For the RAM you can send it off to a specialist and they can solder in more RAM if and when you need it. Shockingly 16GB is ample for most computing needs unless you plan to do local AI or do gaming. OSX operating system has excellent memory management and will use the SSD as a page file or 'virtual memory' when physical RAM runs low. Never thought I'd say 16GB is enough but having used the M series macs here I am changing my tune. I'd kill for a similar deal on 32GB model but Apple charges a premium for those so I'll not hold my breath.
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slickdealgbToday 1:29 AM
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Quote from koge811 View quoted comment :
do people still mine crypto like seriously??? people need to just go work stop producing nothing of value thats why theres huge inflation wasting resources to produce absolutely nothingboth ai and crypto mining are just that.
Dude.
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slickdealgbToday 1:31 AM
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Quote from 89turboii View quoted comment :
Whole thing was staged, china disrupting corporations and intel/apple are being infiltrated every day. There's allot of jealous haters in the world wish they had a creative happy population and fancy flag with lotta stars like ours. When it cycles, I'm down for HBM gpus for cheap, the Radeon vii was a legit miner.
Dude.
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slickdealgbToday 1:37 AM
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Price matched w Best Buy. Traded in a windows laptop I never use for extra $220 which was added to the invoice deal. Delivered tomorrow. $480 + tax. Slick deal. This will be my 2nd Mac mini. Incredible machines.
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kkr1428Today 8:57 AM
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Lowest price on latest M6 Mac Mini

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captainbossToday 6:23 PM
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Quote from koge811 View quoted comment :
300-400 dollars worth ram ai datacenters i hope they all go bankrupt. thank you jensen your affairs tanked the ai market a bit hope it dies further.
if the market tanks..they have less money to buy ram and then ram goes down...which is it that you wish for...?

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