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Apple does not sell a 64GB variant of the M4 Mac Mini. IIRC they never have; its always capped out at 48GB.

If you were planning on getting an M5 128GB; just get a DGX Spark (~$4500) or a 5090-equipped machine (~$4500) plus a Macbook Air (~$1500). You'll come in below the M5 Max 128 pricing (~$6700+ USD) and be happier for it.

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The Mac mini was available with 64GB of RAM literally 4 days ago; the option was discontinued on June 25th.

DGX Spark does not have high memory bandwith. M3 Max (Mac Studio) features more memory bandwith than that one. See https://aimultiple.com/dgx-spark-alternatives

DGX Spark everyone is saying performance for the money is not there

I have an access to a DGX spark, and while it performs better than my MacBook Pro (M3 Max), the performance on Qwen and Gemma dense models is dog shit, and not worth it.

Performance with Strix Halo isn't there, either. At least I got mine relatively cheap in 2025, before the run up in prices...

Not fun part is I didn’t get mine and I don’t think prices will go down in next 5 years.

I'm using a 64GB M4 Mac Mini.

They pulled them a month or two ago, right after I bought it.

That's incorrect, I have one on my desk right now. They've stopped selling it now, but I got one a year and a half ago:

> Apple M4 Pro chip with 14‑core CPU, 20‑core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine 64GB unified memory 2TB SSD storage 10 Gigabit Ethernet Three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI port, two USB‑C ports, headphone jack Accessory Kit $2,649.00

My MacMini M4 pro has 64gb…

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