Today’s best deals: Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, AirTags, and Mac Mini
If you've been eyeing some specific Apple devices but either missed your chance to snag record-low prices during the holidays, or in the case of the newest Mac Mini, haven't seen a substantial discount yet, today's Apple deals might be what you've been waiting for.
The M2-powered 512GB Mac Mini is at its lowest price of $700, typically $800, while the Apple Watch Series 8 and second-gen SE are matching their lowest recorded prices of $329 and $220, respectively. Those looking for a pair of AirPods can get the latest noise-canceling AirPods Pro for $200 ($250) or forego noise cancellation and add about 90 minutes of battery life with the third-generation AirPods for $150 ($170), both of which are discounted to prices we haven't seen since Black Friday. You can also nab a four-pack of Apple AirTags for $90, which is $10 off their usual price.
Apple's 2023 Mac mini. If you've seen one, you've seen them all, but it's what's on the inside that counts. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
Apple Mac Mini (2023) M2, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage for $700 ($800)Apple's 512GB Mac Mini desktop computer, released January 2023, is seeing its biggest discount, down from $800 to $700. Equipped with Apple's M2 processor and 8GB of RAM, we found the Mac Mini to be cool, quiet, energy-efficient and packing enough power for anything short of serious gaming and heavy-duty rich media content creation. Gamers who want a Mac Mini (for the few games that run on them) and folks working in professional edit bays or the like should look to the M2 Pro-equipped Minis. Otherwise, this model is plenty capable of editing photos and videos from your phone, creating documents, and general browsing.