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By saving money on CPU, they can now pack in more RAM to keep the price up, and give the machines a competitive edge.
by mindfulhack 6y ago
By saving money on CPU, they can now pack in more RAM to keep the price up, and give the machines a competitive edge.
- Wandfarbe 6y agoRAM Prices on Mac where never reasonable. Upgrade prices where never reasonable. Why would Apple ever reduce upgrade prices just because they might save 100$ on a CPU? And why would you assume that the development of your own inhouse ARM CPU would make such a financial difference? After all, you have to develop a CPU. And what? Apple reports over 25% profit; Why would you even assume that Apple is doing anything for you? They could easily reduce there profit margin for you. They don't.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoIt's a fallacy to believe that costs have anything to do with prices, except as a lower bound.
- fomine3 6y agoAnyway Apple charges too much for DRAM capacity CTO option so Apple could cut prices now if they wish.
- acomjean 6y agoI wonder how much they’ll save. They sell millions of cpus and can distribute the engineering cost across them, but compared to amds/intels processor numbers it seems small. Plus it seems that the fact that they now need developer to write video drivers/ compiler optimizations etc are all additional costs. They payoff can be big, but so are the risks.