Amazon never pulled the plug on its Mac mini discounts.
Prime Big Deal Days wrapped up on Oct. 7, but several Mac mini configurations are still marked down to their lowest prices ever. The M6 model with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is $949.99, down $149.01 from its $1,099 list price. A step up, the M6 with 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage runs $1,149.99, also $149.01 off. The M5 Pro version with 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is $1,549, a $150 cut, and none of these deals require a Prime membership.
These are Apple's newest desktops, launched less than a month ago at higher starting prices than their predecessors because of an ongoing memory shortage. A discount near 14% on a machine that fresh is unusual, and it's showing up before Black Friday even starts. Last year's M4 Mac mini didn't see comparable cuts until the holidays, when the base model dropped $120 and the Pro variant $200.
Whether to buy now or wait a few more weeks for Black Friday is still a gamble - you might save more, or you might just watch your preferred configuration sell out.