Apple Just Increased Prices on MacBooks, iPads, and More

[Polaroid]

Can’t wait to see CEX take advantage of this and mark up all their laptops but keep the resell cost minimum for profits. Disgusting.

 

[krspkbl]

I’d say it is shocking. Apple ain’t a poor company

how do you think they became so rich?

 

[thelion7]

Tim is definitely taking the hit on his way out so the new guy doesn't have to and then immediately step in dog poo.

Completely agree, I feel we're seeing Tim's Game Plan playing out in realtime.

Tim is super sensible and I'm glad he'll still play a role in the company, even if it's outside of the day to day running of the Business.

Can't wait to see the Turnus era.

 

[nexgenmusic]

Just took delivery of a Neo 512 and base MBP M5 2TB for interns starting next month, glad I didn't wait. I was thinking about upgrading both of my 16" and 14" MBP Max M3 128/8TB's soon (pending concrete news on the Ultra), but scratch that now.

 

[rwilliams]

woah they still sell Vision Pro?

They make them. Sell them? Ehhhh.

 

[cflem]

so glad I bought when I did!

 

[cast128]

I can’t believe the Apple TV price increase. $250 for an Ethernet equipped model….GTFO

 

[chuckles235]

AI is not worth it.

100%. The most I’ve seen with Apple AI is that is can read your apps for you. Not exactly ground breaking.

 

[Ruann]

Good time to buy from Costco! Prices still valid until 6/26 and 6/27

 

[Kidseeghost]

Big money grab, just like the oil companies:
Prices rise like a rocket and fall like a feather...

Not really because Apple doesn’t do it this way usually. They wait for the new product to drop to increase and decrease prices. They never touch the price otherwise. Making it now shows they had no other option other than taking a loss or increase prices.

 

[cjsuk]

This is the dark ages of personal computing.

This is the most elegant description of it so far.

Alas it’s not the end. I’ve moved nearly entirely to a 6 year old Lenovo desktop with an i5 9400 and 16Gb of RAM, 512G NVMe + 2TB HDD and in total the whole thing cost less than the full size apple keyboard. Runs Debian stable.

Nothing is in the cloud. I have no subscriptions to be perpetually screwed by.

 

[chuckles235]

Stop buying and I assure you that prices will come down.

I really doubt most people will stop buying though.

Or better yet, buy a dell

 

[hajime]

I had been waiting for the Back to School Promotion but no announcement. I got fed up and ordered a MacBook Pro 16" yesterday. Not sure if I made the right decision as the Ultra could be out this Fall as earlier as September. I cannot imagine the cost of the redesigned Ultra!

Once again, Greedy Tim never fails to pi*s me off.

 

[StellarVixen]

As long as they cut the prices when/if RAM becomes cheaper again, it’s all good, I won’t complain.

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

I sincerely hope that the sales plummet and people use their devices for far longer, it’s far better economically and for the environment. I don’t know why Tim is giving me stink eye for this?! 😛

 

[chuckles235]

how do you think they became so rich?

See what happened to Tesla

 

[IIGS User]

The price of everything goes up. Real incomes adjusted for inflation go down.

People are squeezed more and more. I'm sure some people aren't living that life but a lot of us are. I look at how much I make (It's not a mint, but it's respectable) and wonder where my money goes. How can I have so little when I make as much as I do.

Answer is everything is a squeeze anymore. Everyone is charging more for everything, but employers still dole out 3% raises like it's 2008.

How this doesn't end in a massive recession is beyond me. Then everything will be cheap because no one will be working and stuff won't sell.

 

[abatabia]

Giving serious thought to getting the 17PM before the price increases.

 

[Kidseeghost]

This isn’t a money grab. Apple held out longer than most companies. You want to place blame, blame AI.

To be fair Apple participates in the AI stuff too so they are responsible too.

 

[Abazigal]

It's still on sale at the old price at third-party retailers...for now. I'd bet they will be sold out by end of day.

On the other hand, Apple also just made it easier for me to not get the MBA at its current pricing. Please hold on, dear M1 MBA…‍

 

[anthony13]

Wow this is more than I expected

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Big money grab, just like the oil companies:
Prices rise like a rocket and fall like a feather...

They won't fall at all. Guaranteed.

 

[Wreckus]

Glad I bought my M4 iPad Air 13 inch a couple of months ago.

 

[NachoGrande]

I’m so glad I broke down and got my kids MacBook last week. There was a line of people buying them on a random Saturday of at least 10 people I assumed it was coming.

 

[Palliser]

Does this mean they’ll raise trade-in prices too?