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Apple now beats Dell at RAM pricing
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You aren’t really an avid Apple fan until you track RAM/HD prices vs. the competition 😂 some things should never change
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pigs do occasionally venture a-high around the Battersea area of London or pinkfloyd
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the graphics were too blurry to prove your point.
is MB? lower priced than Dell XPS now?
Since im now interested on replacing everything with Dell soon.
They are not blurry, click on the photo and the mouse pointer will turn into a magnifier, because it is larger than the page size.
From 16 to 32 GB, Dell +$550 vs Apple +$400
I noticed the RAM prices as well, because I might use more in my Mac Pros. It is crazy
I didn't look at all the options, including RAM and SSD. I just wonder, without going through all the research, about which one of the two is more expensive if both were to have the same size RAM and SSD?
I searched Thursday and noticed the Dell XPS silver or dell gray 14" was under $900 with 16GB/526SSD and LED display. intel 7 I think, or 5-
as the Ponder blue option started at $1200 with a 1TB drive and OLED.
the ram upgrades were not as drastic as today.
but I realized that my MacBook Air 2020 is a better deal, even better since I don't hafta buy one!
Apple pricing tends to entail a LOT of inertia - resistance to change. Usually that means staying expensive as the larger market cheapens, but lately A.I.-related demand for resource has driven up the prices of RAM and SSDs, from what I understand, so for once Apple's pricing rigidity may keep prices down a bit instead of up.
I agree with you. It makes sense to not spend money on something you don't need or want. I am still using a 2019 MacBook Pro, but after buying a M4 Mac Studio Max and the 27" display I referred to above, I have been ignoring the MacBook for the past few days. All the room on the 27" display makes it quite easy for viewing two full pages side by side, plus lots of room for scrolling up/down.
Now, when I look at the computers (desktops and laptops) on display at CostCo most people are buying PC laptops and gaming Machines than Macs. Maybe it is because the lower prices, or maybe because once one becomes accustomed to a certain OS most don't want to spend time learning another OS? I buy Macs because that's what I became comfortable years ago, but I can clearly understand there there are quite a lot of great deals for the PC customers, specially in the gaming community. As for the monitor of my choice the answer is simple, I prefer the options of the one I chose, specially all the ports for connecting other monitors and accessories to it, and no need to buy an expensive stand for it since the one that comes with it gives me the options I need (lift/lower, tilt back and forth, and rotate from horizontal to vertical positions). It has it own active or powered hub, too.
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🎵I wonder why, I wonder how…🎵
But I’m happy all day round!
RAM prices are really sky-high lately, it’s nice to see at least some prices lowered
But I’m happy all day round!
RAM prices are really sky-high lately, it’s nice to see at least some prices lowered
Yes great post, unless apple decide to increase their own ram prices…
You know things have got bad when Apple's RAM pricing looks like a steal. Expect Apple to hike prices across all of their products. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we saw them increase prices before any new product releases next year due to "market conditions".
This is gonna hit everything. Apple products. All smartphones. Gaming consoles. PCs. basically any computing device out there.
Valve not releasing prices for their new hardware makes sense. I mean it already did but even more so now. The market is so unstable.
Nvidia's next flagship consumer GPU (RTX 6090) will likely be £2500-3000 at people will be lucky to get them at that. The 5090 is currently £1900 but stock is rarely available. Most third party models are £2300-2900. So realistically you could be looking at £3000-4000 if not more. 5090's were going for £3500-4000 when they first released.
Playstation 6 will be stupid expensive as well. I'd guess starting price of £600 instead of ~£450 for the PS5.
I bought 64GB RAM for my PC for £380 a couple years ago. The price was about £220 the last time I checked until recently. Buying 64GB now would be £700+ and for my exact sticks they seem to be about £790.
If you've got companies straight up pulling out of consumer markets and makers hiking prices then Apple is 100% going to raise prices too.
They aren't gonna absord the costs. Not a chance. Not with prices rising this much.
This is gonna hit everything. Apple products. All smartphones. Gaming consoles. PCs. basically any computing device out there.
Valve not releasing prices for their new hardware makes sense. I mean it already did but even more so now. The market is so unstable.
Nvidia's next flagship consumer GPU (RTX 6090) will likely be £2500-3000 at people will be lucky to get them at that. The 5090 is currently £1900 but stock is rarely available. Most third party models are £2300-2900. So realistically you could be looking at £3000-4000 if not more. 5090's were going for £3500-4000 when they first released.
Playstation 6 will be stupid expensive as well. I'd guess starting price of £600 instead of ~£450 for the PS5.
I bought 64GB RAM for my PC for £380 a couple years ago. The price was about £220 the last time I checked until recently. Buying 64GB now would be £700+ and for my exact sticks they seem to be about £790.
Anyone wanting a Mac (or any Apple product) should probably buy one as soon as possible. I'm glad I decided to upgrade my iPhone this year. iPhone prices are only go up next year especially if Apple wants to increase RAM again to 16GB lol.
If you've got companies straight up pulling out of consumer markets and makers hiking prices then Apple is 100% going to raise prices too.
They aren't gonna absord the costs. Not a chance. Not with prices rising this much.
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Apple buys LPDDR DRAM chips, while Dell have to buy SODIMM modules. I guess Apple will be less affected since Apple skips various intermediate manufacturers that add their own margins.
About 7 years ago I needed a new laptop. I could get a high end Dell XPS that was "better" than (spec-wise) a MacBook Pro at the time for hundreds of dollars less. It was an okay computer, but there were so many little things that were problematic on the Dell: the trackpad wasn't as good as those on Macs, keyboard was soft, it ran at 99+ degrees Celsius under light load (repasting the CPU did nothing and Dell said that was normal), the fans were loud, battery life was fine as long as usage was minimal, it never slept appropriately with the lid closed (I'd have to shut it down every time I needed to close the lid and transport it), it had a sound glitch/popping, and more.
The thing was that all these issues turned out to be "normal" for the computer. They were well documented online by users and acknowledged by Dell representatives.
Even with those issues I still liked the computer but I quickly went back to Mac and have never looked back. I have nothing against Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. I'm just not going to have one be my daily computer.
Apple have already hinted strongly they will be adjusting prices in their last earnings call. So if you want bargain Apple RAM, buy now.
I assume Dell will not be manufacturing SODIMM modules as these should be commodity items. Doesn’t really make sense for Dell to set up a manufacturing line just for SODIMMs.