Still showing $200 in the US store, but if it was a pricing error, it might not yet be updated on our side of The Pond.
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Apple Doubles the Price of RAM Upgrade on Entry-Level 13-Inch MacBook Pro
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Still showing $200 in the US store, but if it was a pricing error, it might not yet be updated on our side of The Pond.
Confirmed in the UK store too. The price of doubling 16 to 32Gb on the 28w MBP is currently £400 - no idea what the cost was on launch.
Sounds very much like a supply issue.
Agreed. A Dell XPS running MacOS would be a great machine.
LOL Apple, why don’t they just remove the 8th gen MBP 13. If you want more power from your Air, get a 10th gen MBP 13. With 16GB RAM.
Pity the price jump to 10th gen is so huge!
Pity the price jump to 10th gen is so huge!
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That poster is looking at the wrong MacBook Pro. The price increase is worldwide.
So, the lesson here is to not years and years on deserted islands for an extended time... and even if you don’t, check your email. Because, not only has iCloud changed, many other services would have made impacting changes, too. Heck, you could come back and see that you don’t have Netflix access anymore!
So a machine that would already be overpriced at its base price by at least $100 if it came with 16GB stock is now extraordinarily overpriced for what it is if you want a decent amount of RAM for a "Pro" machine. Awesome.
Agreed... and Apple was already charging a premium anyway.
If anything:
- Apple buys stuff in bulk using US dollars from overseas while every other currency is down, so they are saving when buying their RAM from China. Their pipelines would be all about minimising their purchase price + tax. Whereas, common customers don't have such pipelines.
- Postage from China hasn't changed. It's still cheap as chips.
- Apple charges customers way more than what they pay (3-4x minimum) so they are expanding their buffer.
- Looking outside the US of A (a hilarious name given how divided their states are on COVID-19 but whatevz I guess), this increase won't be a 'doubling', it will be more due to exchange rates compounding it (in tandum with Apple's price rises).
It's a ripoff and Apple aren't exactly poor! DO NOT buy memory from Apple...
C’mon Apple, quit being so greedy... It was finally at a reasonable upgrade price. Like others have said, “Apple will be Apple”
If you look at benchmarks, 8th gen processors are pretty close to the 10th gens. But Apple has rigged their product stack so consumers are encouraged to buy the $1,800 MacBook Pro.
MacBook Air = fanless heatsink to limit Turbo performance
MacBook Pro 13" (two ports) = 16GB RAM for $200
They are not. Of the three major DRAM vendors, two are Korean (Samsung, SK Hynix), and one is US (Micron). In fact, one of Samsung's major DRAM lines is in the US (Austin).
It's overly simplistic to think costs are tied into exchange rates. Last year, Japan got into a dispute with South Korea, refused to export photoresist to them, causing prices to shoot up in anticipation of a shortage.
They had to raise prices because Tim Apple needs a raise!
agreed!
I think that Apple had done that before and I’m pissed Apple is segregating the model range in the 13” which is already left out of the “Pro” without a dedicated GPU.
Best reply i have read in a long long time.
There’s nothing to inset in a MacBook. It’s soldered in.
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Of course, it’s possible.
If you don’t want or need MacOS, you can usually save money buying a PC. It’s been that way for decades.
In Australia the same upgrade is $300AUD... Not sure what it was before?
Sure I could buy a cheaper Windows Laptop, but would it last me as long? I'm typing this on my late 2013 13" rMBP. I've had the battery replaced but this machine is still perfectly fine. If i'd bought a similarly equipped Windows laptop at the sametime, would it still be running now? Somehow I doubt it.
Of course will the current model Macbook Pro still be running in 7 years time (assuming we're all still alive in 7 years time?)
Time will tell...
Sure I could buy a cheaper Windows Laptop, but would it last me as long? I'm typing this on my late 2013 13" rMBP. I've had the battery replaced but this machine is still perfectly fine. If i'd bought a similarly equipped Windows laptop at the sametime, would it still be running now? Somehow I doubt it.
Of course will the current model Macbook Pro still be running in 7 years time (assuming we're all still alive in 7 years time?)
Time will tell...
This sounds like the most correct theory.
Price Anchoring. Like you said they probably have limited boards, sell the 8GBs for the people who don’t care but push the rest towards the high end (better) option.
And someone has to pay for the 80,000+ Apple retail employee salaries + benefits who haven't been working for two months and producing revenue at Apple Stores.
I am not sure why Tim Apple insists on milking the iSheep instead of making more money by growing their market share. MacOS has only like 12% market share so there is about 88% area for growth. Increase prices will just push away people to decrease MacOS users ultimately killing MacOS slowly.
Less Sales=Less upgrades=less users=less 3rd party support--->Less Sales
and better hardware options like ports!
Less Sales=Less upgrades=less users=less 3rd party support--->Less Sales
are you saying apple is selling $3.29 RAM for $200?
and better hardware options like ports!
There are quality laptops out there running Windows. I’d rather buy a quality ThinkPad over a MBP and i’d save money. I still have a ThinkPad T60 which I purchased in 2006 that is running the most current build of Windows 10 with 3GB of ram and it runs great. The only thing i’ve replaced is the battery and ThinkPad‘s still have some of the best keyboards.
I’ve been eyeing on Amazon a ThinkPad with 8GB of ram, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro and AMD 3500 CPU for $639.