Apple Drops Prices on 512GB and 1TB SSD Upgrades for Older Mac Lineup

[Pair]

UK Mac Pro prices went up after the last event - base price increased by £500, from £2,499 to £2,999

seriously just wtf

Stock room managers must have been laughing at their piles of unsold Pro, rubbing their hands with glee.

That'll happen when GBP drops more than 10%....

 

[Aluminum213]

Oh sweet Jesus, how much longer must we live with these courage jokes???

When he stops constantly displaying courage we will stop pointing it out

 

[esquared]

Are you people brain dead? This is Apple's way of foreshadowing new product(s). New pro desktops are near, get your checkbook out.

 

[apolloa]

Well...it's alright, they'll more then make it up in their new business adventure, it's being run under the same team doing all the watch bands.. it's called Apples new dongles business...

 

[jeff7117]

These guys are even more out of touch. The should drop the price of the entire machine by 30-40%.

 

[joueboy]

The funny thing about Apple is that the iPhone has more capacity than some of the Macs now. The joke part is that doubling the SSD upgrade for some Macs is half the price of an iPhone. SMH!

 

[zhang96]

Soon the Mac line will drop too.

 

[msh]

Why would you buy a MacPro? No really, why would you?

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

Last minute bean counter maneuvers. This is what happens when an Accounting Department takes over a major technology company. Tim Cook is the scapegoat messenger of an MBA cabal.

 

[Apple Corps]

Why hasn't Apple updated the Mac Pro in 3 years?

What are they doing over there in Cupertino?

Hundreds of new magical emojis - what more could you ask for?

 

[Mr. Dee]

New iMacs are in the pipeline, its overdue a redesign too, since the current iteration was launched about 6 months after the first generation Retina MacBook Pro. I wonder if they are going to make it as think as the Surface Studio?

 

[pat500000]

Are you people brain dead? This is Apple's way of foreshadowing new product(s). New pro desktops are near, get your checkbook out.

While it is "possible," how do you know if there's another mac pro near? Were there existing rumors about it?

 

[Mac'nCheese]

Oh sweet Jesus, how much longer must we live with these courage jokes???

Well "you're holding it wrong" and "it's happening" are still going strong so probably for a while.

 

[pat500000]

Why would you buy a MacPro? No really, why would you?

What do you mean, "why would you buy a macpro?"

 

[Sandstorm]

Simply pathetic.

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

New iMacs are in the pipeline, its overdue a redesign too, since the current iteration was launched about 6 months after the first generation Retina MacBook Pro. I wonder if they are going to make it as think as the Surface Studio?

Don't you get it? It will be thinner than the Surface Studio with ultra low-power AMD mobile GPUs and max 16 GB ram.... because reasons.

 

[td2243]

Why would they lower prices on the MP? It's completely dead to them and they want that micro market to trail off. The profits are in the phones, watches and such. It sort of amazes me people are cluelessly waiting for an update for it.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Don't you get? It will be thinner than the Surface Studio with ultra low-power AMD mobile GPUs and max 16 GB ram.... because reasons.

At least it will look, because that's what matters, right?

 

[62tele]

This is Tim and Apple's way of saying "here's a crumb". These folks are deaf to their customers but more importantly they've lost thier edge. Huge price increases for marginal improvements. I've always thought Apple provided value but not so much anymore.

 

[avanpelt]

Courage (noun): In 2016, charging a $600 premium for a 1 TB SSD over and above the already inflated price of a 256 GB SSD.

I think we've finally discovered why Apple is so damn stingy with "free" iCloud storage and why their paid storage tiers are a ripoff compared to other services -- they supply themselves with this storage at these asinine prices!

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Can someone point me to other MBP-like spec'd computers with the same speed internal storage for much less?

 

[John.B]

A 5% price drop after 3 years. That's really kind of sad when you think about it.

I'm shocked Tim Cook didn't kill the trash can, TBH.

I just wish the  CEO loved the Mac half as much as we do.

 

[macfacts]

Too bad Jony isn't talented enough to design a laptop with user replaceable ssd/ram AND make it thin.

 

[dannyyankou]

For 2015 MacBook Pro models, the 15-inch MacBook Pro storage upgrade options are also priced at $200 for 512GB and $600 for 1TB, down from $300 and $800. Upgrade options for the 13-inch machine are new and are priced somewhat higher at $200 for 256GB, $400 for 512GB, and $800 for 1TB.

wtf apple

 

[pat500000]

Sounds like Debbie Downer committed suicide. I can hear that "rage."