{"post":{"id":421,"title":"M6 Mac mini just hit its all-time low — buy now or wait for the M7?","body":"My 2018 Intel mini is choking on Docker and Lightroom, and the M6 just dropped to the cheapest price I have ever seen it. The classic worry: Apple announces the M7 two months after I click buy, and I feel like an idiot. For anyone who bought a Mac late in a refresh cycle — how long did the 'old' chip actually stay fine for real work? Is the all-time-low discount worth the risk, or is waiting the smarter move here?","community":"PC","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":408,"name":"Base M6 mini, cheapest config — skip the upsells","score":1},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T18:13:37.289Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/421","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":408,"name":"Base M6 mini, cheapest config — skip the upsells","body":"The mini's whole value is the base price. Apple wants $200 for the RAM bump and $200 for storage you can buy as a $90 external SSD. Buy the cheapest M6 at the all-time low, keep your Docker images on the external drive, and pocket the difference. An all-time low is a sale, not a fire sale — if the M7 were right around the corner, retailers would be clearing M6 stock with much deeper cuts than this.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T18:20:28.526Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}