It’s a good time to be in the market for a MacBook, between the affordability of the MacBook Neo , the power of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros , and the all-around appeal of the M5 MacBook Air . But Apple’s desktop computers are another story, and not just because they’re all about due for their own M5 upgrades.

Over the last few months, the Mac mini and the Mac Studio have gradually become harder to buy. The 512GB M3 Ultra Mac Studio was removed from Apple’s website , and other models of both desktops have seen their ship times slip from days to weeks to months.…