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Weak Pound and Hiked Prices Make Apple Macs More Expensive for Brits
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Nope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownership
The British pound felt 20%; what's 20% to £3000?
Nope your Microsoft and Google products will also be going up 25%. Because they're made outside of the UK and the pound is now worth 25% less.
Whether it's Marmite, PG Tips or Apple all imported prices must rise if sellers are not going to take a loss or lose margin. It's really quite simple. Just like if you go to France you will see that croissants are now 25% more expensive for you. They're not doing it to punish you. It's just your money isn't worth as much as it was a few weeks ago.
UK politicians have been devaluing the pound periodically for decades to get out of trouble. Wilson did it in 1971 ("the pound in your pocket…") - you may not be old enough to remember, but that was not a great time for the British economy. Thatcher also did it (against her will) when she pulled out of the ERM - in that case though it did spur growth eventually and in any case, as we all know, Britain did converge economically with the EU and the £ erased its losses.
Of course worldwide growth was much greater in the early nineties so Britain (and all the West) rode on a wave of expanding markets in the developing world. Now Britain will likely have inflation combined with tepid growth; i.e. stagflation, the nightmare scenario.
Don’t pat yourself on the back too much. Your electoral system is very resistant to sweeping changes in general, with power ping-ponging between two parties for about a hundred years now. UK democracy is defined by minority rule in terms of absolute number of votes, something which would be completely alien to other European democracies. A radical party, such as UKIP, which currently represents 12,5% of the vote, is represented by 0,2% of seats. It creates stability and resistance for sure, but at the cost of democratic legitimacy.
Ironically, Britons don't see much value in EU membership, because they don't export very much. But as importers they depend on £ to € and € to $ exchange rates all the same if not more. To shrug off devaluation and say the £ was overvalued anyway is the first step for the Pound Sterling to become the new Italian Lira of Europe.
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Stability and Resistance as in: Pound sterling beats Argentine peso to become 2016's worst performing currency — For a political party with just 0,2% of parliament seats UKIP was able to stir up UK politics and the economy quite a bit. The British electoral system is less representative, but it isn't more stable as a result. The two party system enhances ideological differences and promotes black and white thinking, which leads to ignorance of major problems and a more fragile society. There are only two countries from whose problems in the health system you hear about all the time. That's Obamacare and the NHS, and in both cases the problems are blamed on migrants/foreigners.
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It really isn't. A year ago the exchange rate was $1.55 to £1. That means $2000 was worth £1290. Today the exchange rate is $1.21 to £1, which means that same $2000 is worth £1639. Conversely the £1290 is now worth $1573.
If Apple left the price at £1290 they'd be down $400 on every unit sold with the current exchange rate. They have to charge nearly £400 more just to keep their revenue flat.
My bank account just twitted a message to Apple thanking them for their significant non-US price indexation and further conveyed its relief by stating that none of my hard earned $ will be sent to Apple for the foreseeable future. 
What the blazes are you talking about Tim? The term TOC isn't mentioned anywhere on that page.
If I don’t know what the term BMW means I’m not going to know to search for Bayerische Motoren Werke to find out am I???
But again, a £500 sticker increase doesn’t translate to a residual that’s increased by £500.
Wow.
You mean this?
Just wanted to be sure we're talking about the same thing...
By the way, it was only a typo TCO vs TOC but our friend was too busy explaining us why he's right to notice
You are one messed up individual.
This forum is about Apple products, some people just take things too far.
Get some help.
This! I'm waiting to see how Microsoft deal with the prices for consumer products.
We are and that place looks awful too.You mean this?
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Just wanted to be sure we're talking about the same thing...
By the way, it was only a typo TCO vs TOC but our friend was too busy explaining us why he's right to notice
Strange considering those pounds you give Apple in the UK sit in a tiny Irish bank in Euros before being bulk transferred as a loan to a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands then paid as wages to people in Luxembourg!
More like the money sits in a cloud over international waters, non-taxable in any land-based country.
Absolutely untrue.
Apple pricing is US$, adding 20% for VAT, and converting straight to UK£. Which unfortunately right now with £1 = $1.21 means the numbers are the same. A while ago, when £1 was $1.50, the conversion was different, it was about £0.80 per dollar. Until yesterday. For quite a while, people actually came from the continent to buy Macs for cheap in the UK.
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I added 20% VAT, and in the UK the prices are spot on.
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You mean scare stories like "If you leave the EU, the pound may drop, which will make all imported products a lot more expensive".
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For some weird reason Apple sells 13" Base (256GB, upgrade to 512GB and 1TB), but they sell 13" Toolbar (256GB, no upgrade) and 13" Toolbar (512GB, upgrade to 1TB). So in reality you can buy the exact same capacities with both.
You do realize there's price elasticity and that by raising prices Apple will likely make less profit? Not to mention, Apple took a loss for the 4 months that the pound was significantly cheaper against the dollar and the new price hike just makes them of equal value. Also, how do you account for the countries where they lowered prices?