M6 Mac mini review: Excellent hardware badly hampered by too-small SSD
Review M6 Mac mini review: Excellent hardware badly hampered by too-small SSD Mike Wuerthele 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Fri Oct 02 2026, 07:08 AM EDT · 9 minute read M6 Mac mini review Review Rating Buy from Amazon -> If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. The M6 Mac mini has a faster chip and is solid hardware, but that $899 hurts and there is just not enough storage at that entry price for Apple Intelligence and all of your apps. I have loved the Mac mini since day one, more than 20 years ago.
- ▪Review M6 Mac mini review: Excellent hardware badly hampered by too-small SSD Mike Wuerthele 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Fri Oct 02 2026, 07:08 AM EDT · 9 minute read M6 Mac mini review Review Rating Buy from Amazon -> If yo
- ▪The M6 Mac mini has a faster chip and is solid hardware, but that $899 hurts and there is just not enough storage at that entry price for Apple Intelligence and all of your apps.
- ▪I have loved the Mac mini since day one, more than 20 years ago.
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| Canonical URL | https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/02/m6-mac-mini-review-excellent-hardware-badly-hampered-by-too-small-ssd?utm_source=rss |
| Publication time | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:08:23 +0000 |
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Review M6 Mac mini review: Excellent hardware badly hampered by too-small SSD Mike Wuerthele 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Fri Oct 02 2026, 07:08 AM EDT · 9 minute read M6 Mac mini review Review Rating Buy from Amazon -> If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Read our ethics policy. The M6 Mac mini has a faster chip and is solid hardware, but that $899 hurts and there is just not enough storage at that entry price for Apple Intelligence and all of your apps. I have loved the Mac mini since day one, more than 20 years ago. There has been one in my house consistently since the first G4 model, generally attached to a television, or used as a server, and so forth. Oddly, the 2026 M6 Mac mini is not the cheapest Mac overall.
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