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For reference, 1TB NVMe SSDs retail for $600+ and 2TB NVMe SSDs retail for $1700+. Lower-priced 2TB NVMe SSDs will probably come out soon, driving the cost down
by ihsw2 9y ago
For reference, 1TB NVMe SSDs retail for $600+ and 2TB NVMe SSDs retail for $1700+. Lower-priced 2TB NVMe SSDs will probably come out soon, driving the cost down hard.
- baldfat 9y agoApple is famous for paying less for hardware than any other manufacture so I don't see how MSRP is pertinent.
- faitswulff 9y agoMSRP is what the customer can expect to pay, so gp is probably thinking of it from the consumer's perspective.
- gonational 9y agoPublicly traded corporations do not extend savings created from economies of scale to their costumers - they extend them to their shareholders.
- jackhack 9y agoThey may, if competing on price, but that is a decision for C-level executive suite with direction from the Board.
- pdpi 9y agoSure. But, from his numbers, if you were buying it at MSRP as a consumer, the $800 upgrade would cost you around $1100.
- tinus_hn 9y agoExcept that if there are problems with the ssd and it was built in, it’s covered by the Apple warranty.
- pdpi 9y agoSo it's both cheaper and covered by Apple warranty (which tends to be quite good). Your point being?
- olympus 9y agoIt's not cheaper. $2000 is the price difference to go from the 2TB upgrade to the 4TB from Apple. $1100 is the price difference to go from 2TB to 4TB if you paid retail. Apple is getting all of the profit that a retailer would, plus an additional $900 profit on top of that. With the money you save you can self insure because the SSD isn't guaranteed to fail.
- tkxxx7 9y agoWhat numbers are you looking at? I don't see how you follow this: > 1TB NVMe SSDs retail for $600+ and 2TB NVMe SSDs retail for $1700+. with this: > It's not cheaper. $2000 is the price difference to go from the 2TB upgrade to the 4TB from Apple. $1100 is the price difference to go from 2TB to 4TB if you paid retail.
- olympus 9y agoI misread the above post as prices for 2/4TB SSDs instead of 1/2 TB SSDs. My bad. The real difference between Apple and DIY is $300. On their configuration page, Apple's prices are +$800 to go to the 2TB SSD, and +$2800 to go to the 4TB SSD. That's a $2000 price jump to add 2TB. If I did it myself I could add 2TB for $1700. That means that Apple gets all the profit that a retailer would, plus $300. A $300 premium is still a little gougey from Apple considering it takes them all of five seconds to slap the extra SSD in on the assembly line.
- pdpi 9y agoIs it 2x2TB or 1x4TB, though? Obviously, it'd be cheaper to do 2x2, but there's a decent chance you're actually getting 1x4 on the iMac.
- bryanlarsen 9y agoAnd a year from now when those prices have been cut in half, Apple will still be charging the same amount.
- rbanffy 9y agoA year from now there will be a modular Mac Pro.
- stinky613 9y agoDid Apple say that? Or are you making a prediction?
- lemoncucumber 9y agoIndeed. I still can’t believe Apple pre-announced it a year in advance, so out of character for them: https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
- MaysonL 9y agoWell, they don't have any currently well-selling model whose sales would get ruined by the Osborne effect, and the pre-announcement may keep a few customers from defecting to Windows, Linux, or Hackintoshes.
- FireBeyond 9y agoI guess... if $449 is "$600+"... https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147595 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682014...
- ihsw2 9y agoWell, to be fair, I was looking at the 960 Pro rather than 960 Evo. Maybe Apple will go for lower-quality components, maybe.