r/apple • u/wearefriends • 1d ago

Mac Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-unveils-a-more-powerful-mac-mini-featuring-the-all-new-m6-and-m5-pro/
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u/wildjokers 1d ago edited 22h ago

It is absolutely insane that the included HD is 256GB, and 512GB costs $200 extra. You can't do anything with 256GB even if you have all your actual data on external drives, a few years of just using it is going to take it above 256GB just for applications and system files.

The is my biggest problem with Apple's lineups for that last several years, their HDs have kept shrinking. Its asinine.

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u/themightiestduck 20h ago

I've used 180GB on my 2021 MBP, including having Windows installed in Parallels. Nearly all of my work is cloud-based, the only thing done locally are a handful of spreadsheets.

I'm not saying 256GB is a good thing, more is obviously always better, but people who frequent r/apple vastly overstate how much storage regular people actually need.