Apple Returns Mac mini Assembly to Houston, Launches $899 AI-Focused Desktop Line
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Updated · Computerworld · Aug 25
Apple Returns Mac mini Assembly to Houston, Launches $899 AI-Focused Desktop Line
3 articles · Updated · Computerworld · Aug 25
Summary
Apple said the new Mac mini will be assembled in Houston this year, making it the company’s flagship Made-in-USA Mac as it also unveiled refreshed Mac Studio models.
The move extends Apple’s $600 billion US manufacturing push and answers long-running pressure from US officials, while still keeping some components sourced abroad.
Mac mini starts at $899 with an M6 chip, while an M5 Pro version starts at $1,699; Apple says AI performance is up to 4x faster than the prior model, with Sept. 22 delivery.
Mac Studio preorders also opened for Sept. 22 shipment, starting at $2,499 for M5 Max and $5,499 for M5 Ultra, with Apple pitching them for on-device AI and clustered deployments.
The announcement underscores Apple’s strategy of bringing high-tech manufacturing and AI server production to the US without broadly relocating all product assembly.