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Apple Halts Orders for High-End Macs Amid Supply Shortage

4/14/2026

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Apple Inc. has stopped accepting orders for high-end Mac mini and Mac Studio models, marking them as 'currently unavailable' on its online store.
Delivery delays have reached six months for some models, reflecting supply issues.
The removal of high-memory configurations—32GB/64GB RAM on the Mac mini and 128GB/256GB RAM on the Mac Studio—signals supply constraints.
A global DRAM shortage driven by the AI boom has increased demand for high-bandwidth memory.

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Story summary

Apple Inc. has stopped accepting orders for high-end Mac mini and Mac Studio models, marking them as 'currently unavailable' on its online store.
Delivery delays have reached six months for some models, reflecting supply issues.
The removal of high-memory configurations—32GB/64GB RAM on the Mac mini and 128GB/256GB RAM on the Mac Studio—signals supply constraints.
A global DRAM shortage driven by the AI boom has increased demand for high-bandwidth memory.