Mac Mini Sold Out for Several Months as AI Developers Buy Them for Local Agent Workloads

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed on the company's latest earnings call that customers may face delays of several months in receiving a Mac Mini as Apple works to meet unexpectedly high demand. The shortage is mainly caused by AI developers using the machine as a local platform for running autonomous agent tools, rather than by typical desktop buyers. "On the Mac Mini and Mac Studio, both are excellent platforms for AI and agentic tools," Cook said. "Customer adoption of these is happening faster tha