Article: Apple’s SSD Pricing is Bizarre

[DarwinOSX]

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apples_ssd_pricing_is_bizarre/

I imagine some people will sympathize with this.

 

[AppleGoat]

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apples_ssd_pricing_is_bizarre/

I imagine some people will sympathize with this.

When has Apple not made us pay a premium for hardware?

 

[vincenz]

I'm sure the ssd in the air and the pro is not the same. From what I remember, the flash on the air comes in sticks like memory whereas in the air, it's a standard 2.5" drive, which of course is probably much cheaper. $150 cheaper? Probably not, but hey price is one way of differentiating.

 

[Hellhammer]

It makes perfect sense. The price of the SSD is determined by the standard HD. SSD is 50$ cheaper in high-end 13" because it has 500GB HD which is a 50$ BTO in low-end. 750GB HD is a 150$ BTO, thus the SSD is 150$ cheaper in models with 750GB HD.

I'm sure the ssd in the air and the pro is not the same. From what I remember, the flash on the air comes in sticks like memory whereas in the air, it's a standard 2.5" drive, which of course is probably much cheaper. $150 cheaper? Probably not, but hey price is one way of differentiating.

Same stuff, just different form factor. Both use the same Toshiba controller and Toshiba NANDs.

 

[bcaslis]

It makes perfect sense. The price of the SSD is determined by the standard HD. SSD is 50$ cheaper in high-end 13" because it has 500GB HD which is a 50$ BTO in low-end. 750GB HD is a 150$ BTO, thus the SSD is 150$ cheaper in models with 750GB HD.



Same stuff, just different form factor. Both use the same Toshiba controller and Toshiba NANDs.

+1. I don't see anything inconsistent or confusing. Why do people write articles like this? I guess research and brains have nothing to do with just posting articles to get hits.

 

[zenio]

When has Apple not made us pay a premium for hardware?

Exactly. It is a fact of life. It's always been that way. It's easy, you just accept that Apple charges excessively & pay it. I don't even pay attention to prices anymore, that will only frustrate you. I just pay the obscene prices and know that it's going into my Apple stock. The proof is I bought a huge amount at under $20 per share, kept on buying and amassing more shares, now look at the price per share. So it's all relevant. So what if were paying for the Apple logo & name.

 

[Gen]

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apples_ssd_pricing_is_bizarre/

I imagine some people will sympathize with this.

The more the machine costs, the less the cost of upgrading.

 

[Funkymonk]

Just like every other major company apple too are greedy bastards. What else is new?

 

[trip1ex]

BTO almost always outrageous.

SAme with models above the base model.

 

[Benjamins]

I think they say "Bizarre" as in really weird.

Same SSD cost differently across different model.

 

[dime21]

the ssd pricing seems pretty normal to me. what a stupid article. they point out the difference in upgrade cost across the different machines, but they fail to mention what they are upgrading -from-. Which makes their comparison completely useless.

 

[rebby]

the ssd pricing seems pretty normal to me. what a stupid article. they point out the difference in upgrade cost across the different machines, but they fail to mention what they are upgrading -from-. Which makes their comparison completely useless.

Exactly what I was thinking. If you really break things down, I think the upgrade pricing is pretty close to (or exactly) the same across all models.

 

[WMuntean]

It makes perfect sense. The price of the SSD is determined by the standard HD. SSD is 50$ cheaper in high-end 13" because it has 500GB HD which is a 50$ BTO in low-end. 750GB HD is a 150$ BTO, thus the SSD is 150$ cheaper in models with 750GB HD.

How embarrassing for whoever wrote that article.