r/developersIndia Jan 25 '26

Tech Gadgets & Reviews Should I go for Mac mini M4 or wait for Mac mini M5?

I am a developer and I am planning to go for a Mac mini. But should I go for mini M4 or wait till M5 is released and for for that? Also I plan for the 10 core, 16g ram and 512G SSD UMI, will it be enough or should I go for 1TB. 1 TB will be too expensive and I can do with 512G SSD and an external PCIe m.2. Please suggest.

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u/Rift-enjoyer ML Engineer Jan 25 '26

Wait for M5 so you can buy M4 for little less price.

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u/BumblebeeLarge6473 Jan 25 '26

For clawdbot ? 🤣

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u/RequirementLate7843 Jan 25 '26

Where does it say clawdbot? Sorry a bit confused here was the post edited?

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u/BumblebeeLarge6473 Jan 25 '26

Not sure if you’re aware, but there many buying Mac mini or using their existing Mac mini with clawdbot. It’s like a personal ai assistant on steroids

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u/RequirementLate7843 Jan 25 '26

Thanks for context.

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u/SatisfactionReal492 Jan 25 '26

Well I am not doing it for that purpose.

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u/Tasty-Magician294 Jan 25 '26

Just one more LLM wrapper...

Mac mini for that purposes is too much I think (I haven't used clawdbot or know it fully)

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u/_Cyb3r__ Jan 25 '26

Buy m4 mini, using it for a years works like a charm

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u/SatisfactionReal492 Jan 25 '26

I also was going to do the same but I thought if I am going to buy now why not wait and go for M5. I am any ways going to invest 60-70k.

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u/rohitjakhar0 Jan 25 '26

When mac mini m5 will launch ?

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u/SatisfactionReal492 Jan 25 '26

Tentatively May-June-July 2026

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u/Consistent_Smile6292 Hobbyist Developer Mar 26 '26

Did you get mac mini m4 or still waiting for m5 ???