Deep Tide TechFlow News. On May 02, according to JIN10 Data, Apple has raised the starting price of its Mac Mini computers from $599 to $799 in order to address inventory tightness driven by demand for artificial intelligence and tightening chip supply. The company effectively carried out the price increase by canceling the entry-level configuration. The prior entry-level model came with the M4 chip and 256GB of storage; the current starting version uses the same chip, but storage has been upgraded to 512GB. The starting price for the M4 Pro model remains unchanged at $1,399. Since the $599 configuration model has been sold out at most sales outlets, that configuration is no longer available for sale. For other configurations shipped from Apple’s online store, delivery still takes several weeks or even months, and availability at Apple retail stores is also extremely limited.