"The sudden increase in demand is confusing some store workers, who are wondering why now? In a TikTok videoposted February 9, an employee can be heard telling a customer at Best Buy: "I don't know what's with the Mac Mini, everyone keeps buying them a lot. Is this some AI thing?" Yes, it is an AI thing, and it's giving the Mac Mini a moment with tech enthusiasts."
"OpenClaw is a rapidly evolving, open-source, autonomous AI agent previously known as Clawdbot or Moltbolt. Its creator, Peter Steinberger, recently joined OpenAI after being courted by AI CEOs, including Sam Altman and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. OpenClaw can organize users' schedules, monitor vibe-coding sessions, and run other AI agents. It can also be locally run on your computer, which can eat up a lot of memory. That's driven a bit of a frenzy for devices with higher memory, like some Mac Minis."
"People are buying up the 5"-by-5" computer at a pace Apple can't seem to keep up with, as the tech giant shows weekslong wait times for the higher-memory Mac Minis. New York-based shoppers, for example, can get the 16-gigabyte Mac Mini by this weekend, while the 24-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte options have shipping and pick-up windows that extend until March 18, as of Wednesday afternoon."
OpenClaw is an open-source autonomous AI agent formerly called Clawdbot or Moltbolt that can organize schedules, monitor vibe-coding sessions, and run other AI agents. Its creator, Peter Steinberger, joined OpenAI after interest from AI industry leaders. OpenClaw can run locally on a user's computer and consumes substantial memory, increasing demand for higher-memory devices. Mac Mini purchases have surged, causing weekslong wait times for 24GB and 32GB configurations while 16GB units remain more available. Resellers on eBay list Mac Minis at or above retail price. Store employees and shoppers have noticed the spike tied to AI usage.
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