Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

What Happened

Apple's M4 Mac mini base model sold out on its retail website as demand surges for running on-device AI models. The $599 configuration with 16GB RAM is unavailable for delivery or pickup. eBay vendors now resell these devices at inflated prices. Higher storage models ship only from June. Mac minis attract buyers for reliable, quiet AI inference tasks.

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