What's the deal with SSD pricing across the MacBook Pro models?

[MythicFrost]

Mmm, I had a look at the 17" MacBook Pro and noticed they had a 128GB SSD for only $100 more than the stock hard drive but the 256GB was $500. They've got several other models with the same pricing, but the 13" base and one other model the pricing is $200 for a 128GB SSD and $700 for a 256GB SSD?

That doesn't seem like Apple. I thought perhaps it's a different quality SSD but who would use a more expensive SSD in a base 13" MacBook Pro than the more powerful 17" model. Link: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?aid=AIC-WWW-NAUS-K2-BUYNOW-MACBOOKPRO

Thoughts?

 

[mdgm]

Apple swaps out the stock hard drive for the SSD. The machines for which the upgrade to SSD is cheaper come with a better, more expensive stock HDD than the other ones.

 

[MythicFrost]

Apple swaps out the stock hard drive for the SSD. The machines for which the upgrade to SSD is cheaper come with a better, more expensive stock HDD than the other ones.

You've got a good point there, although it still shouldn't be like that since the price difference between those hard drives is less than $20, but that's not unusual from Apple.