Microsoft Raises Prices for All Surface PCs, Making Them More Expensive Than Equivalent Macs

[subjonas]

We should be concerned, not cheerful, when Apple's competition fails. If there isn't healthy competition, we only stand to lose as consumers. Companies are not sports teams.

 

[1BadManVan]

From a business standpoint, im actually surprised they are still deciding to raise prices after apples latest releases. Literally just pushing customers away, how does that make any financial sense?

 

[jchap]

I’m very curious what is being done about this

You mean from an industry standpoint, Apple’s standpoint, or the standpoint of the government?

Ultimately, we are the consumers who chose AI (if not actively, then implicitly, in our choice to use the services that are tied to these AI-driven systems), and it is us who are responsible for the demand. RAM prices will likely not come down until the market demand has been satiated, or governments start regulating this mess, or both.

 

[delsoul]

Microslop? No thanks! Last Windoze 😴 computer I bought was 11 and it was atrocious. Considering how bad they are now, I’d rather not use a computer

 

[DeanCorp]

Ouch. Right now is not the time to need to buy a computer...

The issue is the pricing won’t come down

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

The issue is the pricing won’t come down

And consumers will hold onto their stuff longer especially with the quality going down as well as prices increasing. Companies are playing themselves, it's only a matter of time as we all know salaries around the globe never keep pace with inflation.

 

[jdawgnoonan]

The issue is the pricing won’t come down

Which is why I decided to buy an M5 Max 16" Macbook Pro to replace my M3 Pro now instead of waiting for the M6. Touch screen and OLED did not excite me much, and I sure was not willing to pay an extra grand. My M5 Max MBP was expensive enough and is freaking awesome as is.

 

[diblasio]

I’m very curious what is being done about this

The headline of the article literally says what’s being done…

That’s late stage capitalism for you, ladies and gentlemen!

 

[DeanCorp]

Which is why I decided to buy an M5 Max 16" Macbook Pro to replace my M3 Pro now instead of waiting for the M6. Touch screen and OLED did not excite me much, and I sure was not willing to pay an extra grand. My M5 Max MBP was expensive enough and is freaking awesome as is.

My non financial advice is buy the best laptop you can afford right now, while the resale value on second hand computers is very high. We saw this same thing during COVID with second hand car market, and now that second hand car market has plummeted.

 

[delsoul]

Which is why I decided to buy an M5 Max 16" Macbook Pro to replace my M3 Pro now instead of waiting for the M6. Touch screen and OLED did not excite me much, and I sure was not willing to pay an extra grand. My M5 Max MBP was expensive enough and is freaking awesome as is.

Exactly why I went whole hog with an m5 max 18/40. Traded in my old M1 Pro base model 14 and decided I was just going to get something that’ll last me for long time because the touch pro does NOT interest me at all. And prices on devices just keep going up it seems. Might as well buy once, cry once

 

[Hastings101]

I was impressed with the MS Surface at first but now it’s constantly crashing, overheating and leaking a white residue from the keyboard. Then I was forced to download Windows 11…

uhhhh I'm not sure that's a Microsoft problem

 

[DocMultimedia]

We should be concerned, not cheerful, when Apple's competition fails. If there isn't healthy competition, we only stand to lose as consumers. Companies are not sports teams.

Apple is not the majority player in the world. They are just trying to compete against others who control the market share.

 

[DeanCorp]

Exactly why I went whole hog with an m5 max 18/40. Traded in my old M1 Pro base model 14 and decided I was just going to get something that’ll last me for long time because the touch pro does NOT interest me at all. And prices on devices just keep going up it seems. Might as well buy once, cry once

I wanted to love my M5 max but returned it for a M5 Pro as I couldn’t stand the constant fans and extra heat and battery drain

 

[jdawgnoonan]

Exactly why I went whole hog with an m5 max 18/40. Traded in my old M1 Pro base model 14 and decided I was just going to get something that’ll last me for long time because the touch pro does NOT interest me at all. And prices on devices just keep going up it seems. Might as well buy once, cry once

Exactly. That is what I got too.

 

[aespana]

I just bought a Surface Laptop Go 1st Gen for $200 on eBay like a month ago.. It works perfectly. These prices are just insane.

Surface is not a common brand for customers. MS again is killing another brand

 

[EM2013]

You mean from an industry standpoint, Apple’s standpoint, or the standpoint of the government?

Ultimately, we are the consumers who chose AI (if not actively, then implicitly, in our choice to use the services that are tied to these AI-driven systems), and it is us who are responsible for the demand. RAM prices will likely not come down until the market demand has been satiated, or governments start regulating this mess, or both.

Unfortunately it’s being forced upon us by every single company

I ask because That’s all I hear is prices going up and all the resources are being allocated to ai but I hear of no solutions

 

[EM2013]

The headline of the article literally says what’s being done…

That’s late stage capitalism for you, ladies and gentlemen!

I know that much, but what is being done in terms of solutions

 

[segfaultdotorg]

They're worth it, though! They come with Windows 11 preinstalled.

 

[steve333]

Microsoft looked at craptastic Tahoe and said, now's the time for defections

 

[groove-agent]

That's a bad move given the Neo's low price is already attracting more PC users.

 

[Siliconguy]

I’m very curious what is being done about this

Traditionally the move is to start building more factories to meet the demand. BUT that takes years and there is a real question about how long the shortage will last.

Then we have this, https://www.techradar.com/pro/if-on...-delayed-and-things-could-soon-get-much-worse

"Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed — and things could soon get much worse"

So RAM supplies may loosen up quicker than expected. Historically RAM has been a boom and bust industry for decades. Time it wrong and you end up with minimal profits at the same time the loans need to be paid off or at least rolled over.

 

[jdawgnoonan]

You mean from an industry standpoint, Apple’s standpoint, or the standpoint of the government?

Ultimately, we are the consumers who chose AI (if not actively, then implicitly, in our choice to use the services that are tied to these AI-driven systems), and it is us who are responsible for the demand. RAM prices will likely not come down until the market demand has been satiated, or governments start regulating this mess, or both.

I have not personally requested any of the AI stuff that is been forced on me by the tech industry. So is it actually demand from consumers? I believe it is demand from companies who are hunting for (and not realizing) efficiency gains.

 

[ikramerica]

Unfortunately it’s being forced upon us by every single company

I ask because That’s all I hear is prices going up and all the resources are being allocated to ai but I hear of no solutions

And making products worse.

Tax software has bad AI where it used to have live chat agents for example.

 

[davidg4781]

Between last years elimination of Movies and TV Shows from the Microsoft Store with no way to transition existing purchases anywhere else and the removal of the dictionary from Microsoft Word—other than my gaming-only rig—I have already transitioned everything else I do over to Linux or Mac. The second that Linux becomes a stable gaming platform, I'll officially be done with Microsoft for everything.

What do you mean removal of the dictionary? What happens if I misspell a word?

 

[ValerieDurden]

Microsoft is working very hard on making their products worse

Everyone is going to Linux now, myself included.