Wild price increase in the UK.

[AdmiralKirk]

At the end of April I got a 14” MacBook Pro M5 Pro 18/20 with 64gb RAM, 2TB Storage, Nano texture display for £3549 ($4685.03).

That exact same laptop just 8 weeks later is now £4349 ($5741.11) - £800 ($1056.08) more expensive!

That’s a wild price increase by any assessment. That’s absolutely insane.

These prices are never going back to their old levels either. The world economy is so screwed it’s untrue.

NOTE: added a US Dollar currency conversion for American friends 🤝

 

[PBG4 Dude]

The MBP 14 I bought in April is now $1,600 more expensive. The 128GB upgrade alone doubled from $1,000 to $2,000.

 

[SpitUK]

After the price rises I managed to get a 16" M5 Pro 48Gb 1Tb MacBook Pro from Amazon on a Prime Day deal, its being delivered today. I didnt really need the upgrade but this will now last me a while.

I can sell my Mac Mini M4 Pro 48Gb and MacBook Air 15" for a great price second hand.

 

[Macalicious2011]

This in line with other manufacturers. Steam deck, surface laptops and ASUS gaming handhelds have also increased £200-400 in price over the past two months. Cheadle out the pricing of the steam machine!

Playstation 5 has had a conservative increase. However the pro model will likely be jacked up by other £100-150 before November 19th.

 

[playtech1]

I took a note of the UK 14 inch M4 Max MacBook Pro upgrade prices from when I was deciding what to buy a while ago.

I thought it was interesting since at the beginning of the year you could get a Max product for £1,050 less than today - albeit with the older chip and only a 1TB SSD.

Here's the before and after prices:

14 inch M4 Max was from £3,199
14 inch M5 Max was from £4,249 (but 2TB vs 1TB SSD in M4 Max)

Standard > Nano-Texure Display £150 (no change)

32 core GPU > 40 core GPU £300 (no change)

48GB > 64GB £200 now £400
48GB > 128GB £1,000 now £2,000

1TB > 2TB £400 now included in base model price
1TB > 4TB £1,000 now 2TB > 4TB £1,000
1TB > 8TB £2,200 now 2TB > 8TB £3,000

 

[Ben J.]

I can sell my Mac Mini M4 Pro 48Gb and MacBook Air 15" for a great price second hand.

I guess I'll be keeping my M4 Pro mini for a few years now - great machine.

And I guess I've been fortunate, timingwise. In the last 18 months, I've invested in the mini and two 4TB NVMe in external enclosures, before being aware of any 'chip crisis'. Spent about $2400 (Norway, very high-cost country, about 20%+ on US prices). The resale value will go up now, I'm sure - but, "my cold, dead hands".

 

[Macalicious2011]

I guess I'll be keeping my M4 Pro mini for a few years now - great machine.

And I guess I've been fortunate, timingwise. In the last 18 months, I've invested in the mini and two 4TB NVMe in external enclosures, before being aware of any 'chip crisis'. Spent about $2400. The resale value will go up now, I'm sure - but "my cold, dead hands".

Those drives will be worth a lot now! Yes, resale value is high. However if you sell and want to rebuy in 1-2 years you will be screwed.

2.5 years ago I bought a gaming pc. Pretty much every component inside is is now worth more money then before.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Those drives will be worth a lot now! Yes, resale value is high. However if you sell and want to rebuy in 1-2 years you will be screwed.

2.5 years ago I bought a gaming pc. Pretty much every component inside is is now worth more money then before.

I’m pretty sure the 64GB RAM in my 2020 iMac is worth more than the rest of the machine now.

 

[Macalicious2011]

I’m pretty sure the 64GB RAM in my 2020 iMac is worth more than the rest of the machine now.

In China there is a work shop that makes a fortune from desoldering ram from faulty gpus and putting them on healthy ones alternatively manufacturing PCB boards and putting ram on them.

High speed ram is the main constraint for ai inference.

 

[MrGunny94]

In China there is a work shop that makes a fortune from desoldering ram from faulty gpus and putting them on healthy ones alternatively manufacturing PCB boards and putting ram on them.

High speed ram is the main constraint for ai inference.

Yeah it's true especially the whole 4090 and 5090 transplants going around in Shenzhen 😉

 

[Pezimak]

I got my 14" M3 Max from Apple refurb for £2900, it was £3300 retail, it now costs £4099 for the M5 Max variant! Just not worth it.

To add the spec I would want, nano texture screen, 64GB RAM, the higher spec Max chip it takes the price to £5249......