RAM prices dropping, 16GB Corsair under $70. Meaning?

[igiboi]

Happy to see cheaper rams! the 1600mhz tho is still around 120$ but still cheap. Hope SSD price drops some more as to computers today are essential! especially the rise of mobile computing, the desktop /laptop market should be competitive vs the portables today.

 

[Krafty]

Good news there. The 8GB I have serves me well since I'm really wanting 512 SSD prices to drop. I'm willing to hold out for as long as I need to.

Hopefully 16GB will be even cheaper by then.

 

[Themegamacman]

Good news there. The 8GB I have serves me well since I'm really wanting 512 SSD prices to drop. I'm willing to hold out for as long as I need to.

Hopefully 16GB will be even cheaper by then.

Well it's dropped significantly since your last post. I too am waiting for a 512 SSD at a reasonable price.

 

[MarkCooz]

Well it's dropped significantly since your last post. I too am waiting for a 512 SSD at a reasonable price.

Same here! Any suggestions on which to get? I'm thinking of getting the 512GB Crucial M4. Replacing my 500GB 7200RPM on my 2011 MBP

Then might get a 16GB from Amazon.

 

[Themegamacman]

Same here! Any suggestions on which to get? I'm thinking of getting the 512GB Crucial M4. Replacing my 500GB 7200RPM on my 2011 MBP

Then might get a 16GB from Amazon.

Yeah I was looking at the same exact setup. 512 Crucial M4 and 16GB Crucial or Corsair from Amazon. I've got a 500GB 5400 and it slows me down a bit. I had 16GB before but I didn't like the reliability of the brand (Komputerbay) so I returned it. Waiting for some good price drops before I upgrade. I've heard only great things about the Crucial M4 and installed one in my sister's computer and holy crap, her old POS Dell now flies. It's faster in every-day tasks than my 15" Late 2011 MBP. It's wild. I can only imagine what that and 16GB of memory would do to my machine.

 

[lilmoe]

Are those fully compatible with Mid 2012 MBPs?

 

[thermodynamic]

RAM prices are dropping like mad, and I'm hoping this actually has an impact on the future Mac computers. It would be really nice if the newer models had 8GB, even 16GB, being as it would only cost Apple like 50 dollars more for 16GB due to the large volumes they buy (even though barely anybody needs it, it would be nice and would put them ahead of any other laptop on the market). If SSD prices start dropping like this, my MacBook Pro is gonna get upgraded to the absolute max, no question about it. Let me know your thoughts on these theories. I'm pumped for this, definitely asking for 16GB for my birthday. Anyway, peace! Liiinnnnkkkkkkkkk.

Oh good, a bit.ly link that describes nothing and your inputted text of "liiinnnnkkkk". Forgive me if I don't click it.

Apple sets the price for its products. If Apple can get away with 4GB for a $2000 machine, it will do so - regardless of cost. The lower cost of RAM just means greater profit for itself. However, recent models selling with 8GB and at reasonable prices for a 16GB RAM upgrade isn't going to make me complain about pretty much anything regarding RAM anymore...

But I too wonder why 16GB notebook-grade modules are sinking in price. I've gone through two sets that have failed diagnostic tests and a third is arriving in the next day or so.

For the low low price, I'm suspecting people are drooling over the RAM and won't be bothered to do diagnostics, hoping everything just works when it's popped in.

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Welcome to Business 101.

In order to increase margin, you combine products into one product and increase it more.

This is why Apple prefers to buy the Flash themselves and create their own board to apply onto their computer. By doing this, they remove all overhead cost that would be gain by other companies who make SSD enclosures.

So goes for the ram, by adding it directly to the board, they can make it so they control all the margins. There is a reason why Apple has the highest Margins. That's the reason why they make the most money. They don't care about volume as much as they care about Margin.

What does "you combine products into one product" mean? "Product" is too generic a term, and a soulless one at that, and using it twice in the same sentence does not help matters. Multiple parts in a computer? Multiple hamsters to make a sandwich? What are you referring to, precisely?

There are many reasons why Apple's profit margin is so high, despite using the same off-the-shelf parts everyone else uses. And what you say is a valid point, but Apple buying directly from a manufacturer is par for the course - the net savings do not result in a 60% margin in Apple's favor when most in the industry see far, far less than anything approaching 60 to be sure...

Meanwhile, Apple is getting uppity:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/25/us-apple-samsung-lawsuit-idUSBRE86O1BX20120725

But since we're a "free market", why should Apple be telling anyone what to do for or to them?

 

[Themegamacman]

Under $70 now actually. Just picked some up for my friend's 13" late 2011.