Apple is charging $900 to upgrade to a 512Gb SSD on the non-retina pros. You can get a good 512GB SSD drive for well under $400 retail now. (Just saw some for $350) This is excessive beyond apple's normal steep markup.
Apple is charging $900 to upgrade to a 512Gb SSD on the non-retina pros. You can get a good 512GB SSD drive for well under $400 retail now. (Just saw some for $350) This is excessive beyond apple's normal steep markup.
lol, under what theory?Anti-trust suit coming against Apple for this soon? I hope so
Anti-trust suit coming against Apple for this soon? I hope so
Apple have always charged a premium, for to be frank a non-premium product (talking about RAM and SSD here) but with the MBA and rMBP they are custom SSD drives, whilst there are alternatives available there are few, thus not giving Apple significant reason to reduce their prices.
Anti-trust suit coming against Apple for this soon? I hope so
lol, under what theory?
- You're not forced to buy Apple products.
- Apple does not have a dominant position selling laptops.
- users can install their own SSDs in cMBPs.
- Using proprietary SSDs is the only way to get the smaller form-factors of the MBAs and rMBPs.
- The SSDs in MBAs and rMBPs are, technically, user-replaceable.
- You can get 3rd-party SSDs (e.g., OWC) for the MBAs and rMBPs. They'll cost a lot, though.
Buyers are given a choice of cMBP or rMBP, little do they realize that by choosing rMBP, they're giving Apple the signal that they'll fall for the trick, lured in by the fact the non-user upgradeable offers a retina hook to pull them in.
Therefore going forward Apple will remove the choice of a user upgradeable cMBP because "it didn't sell" as well as the rMBP which is fashioned after the non-user upgradeable iDevices.
Proving once again that Apple easily outsmarted it's customers.
Respectfully, I'm not challenging you or being critical.Really at the moment I think ppl are crazy to get a cMBP with rMBP being offered. The ram is locked in so getting 16 gig for extra $200 isn't much. And the SSD is upgradeible in the future so I for one don't think it is bad idea.
Respectfully, I'm not challenging you or being critical.
If they wanted to, Apple could have easily created a fresh new MBP without making it non-user upgradeable. Instead Apple is transitioning their computers to sealed devices like the iDevices. A move I hate to see.
Like anything else, this can be argued a number of ways. Those who worshipped Steve Jobs as though he was God are the excuse makers that will support & praise Apple at all costs. They live & breathe Apple.
But those who think for themselves, trust themselves & their own ability to decide what's best for them. They don't turn over their power to others. Mindlessly following along, has it's price.
Apple has a history of very high prices for BTO options. It's something they are free to do which I understand, even though I disagree with the practice.
Being the very clever company they are, with the advent of rMBP, it forces the buyer to order these highly overpriced options from Apple, since the computer is not user upgradeable.
Based on principle, the moment I identified this fact, I immediately returned my rMBP. If more people would send a message to Apple that the practice of forcing users to buy from them was unacceptable, Apple would likely rethink their actions.
However their overwhelming influence & control over otherwise intelligent individuals, assures that their customers will put Apple first & themselves second. Eagerly buying whatever Apple puts out.
So blinded by Apples star power, very few people recognized this year for what it is. A test year. Buyers are given a choice of cMBP or rMBP, little do they realize that by choosing rMBP, they're giving Apple the signal that they'll fall for the trick, lured in by the fact the non-user upgradeable offers a retina hook to pull them in.
Therefore going forward Apple will remove the choice of a user upgradeable cMBP because "it didn't sell" as well as the rMBP which is fashioned after the non-user upgradeable iDevices.
Proving once again that Apple easily outsmarted it's customers.
Or, it could be Apple playing to the majority, since I suspect most folks don't take their machines apart to upgrade components. They're moving in a direction that some of its users don't want to go, betting that they'll eventually shrug and follow along. In other words, it's Apple being Apple.
Or, it could be Apple playing to the majority, since I suspect most folks don't take their machines apart to upgrade components. They're moving in a direction that some of its users don't want to go, betting that they'll eventually shrug and follow along. In other words, it's Apple being Apple.
When has apple ever reduced prices like this. They are still selling iMacs at full retail and that tech is over a year old.![]()
Oh right, I forgot that tech automatically stops working after 6 months. I guess that RAM and HDD/SDD you're using were all manufactured in the last month or so?