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> $8k for 128GB RAM, 8 TB solid state storage Maybe not, but 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD for $2k is a pretty competitive price point.

by cj 5y ago

adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
a 512 gb ssd is kinda inexcusable in a machine that costs more than $1000 1tb of ssd is only around $100.
- gigatexal 5y ago
  But ssd is not 100 usd gumstick from of the shelf it’s integrated and sports speeds of 7.4GB/s at the top end. Shrug
  - brailsafe 5y ago
    No, it's a $200-400 gumstick that you can get off the shelf https://www.newegg.com/seagate-2tb-firecuda-530/p/N82E16820248198 https://www.newegg.com/seagate-2tb-firecuda-530/p/N82E168202...
    - yborg 5y ago
      The Apple upgrade cost to 1TB is also $200.
      - brailsafe 5y ago
        Right, but the link was for 2TB at the same speed, and it's a $600 upgrade for 2TB from 512, which means literally $800 for 2TB in total, plus tax! To be fair, it is likely higher quality, more efficient maybe, but I just think it's quite a reach to charge $800 USD for 2TB of storage that's not uniquely fast or anything. If you think that's a good value, it certainly might be depending on your work, but it would be twice as good value if it wasn't twice the price as off-the-shelf.
  - llampx 5y ago
    That gumstick can be replaced in two minutes with a single screw if and when it goes bad. As opposed to spending your day at the Genius Bar. I like Apple stuff but let's not make specious comparisons. Unless you think Apple SSDs are magic and can never go bad just because they are soldered in.
- brailsafe 5y ago
  It's a bit miserly, to say the least
- throwanem 5y ago
  A terabyte of dead-slow and flaky SSD costs a hundred bucks, sure. But it doesn't matter much because, in the kinds of professional workflows this machine is targeting, local storage is more like swap space than anything. It needs to be fast more than it needs to be big.
  - goosedragons 5y ago
    A 1TB Samsung 980 Pro is $150 retail and arguably overpriced. 512GB in a $2000 computer is a joke in 2022.
    - assttoasstmgr 5y ago
      You're forgetting Apple sources their SSDs from the same merchant that sold Jack the magic beanstalk beans. Or they just get generic chips from Hynix. One of those.
    - ksec 5y ago
      >arguably overpriced Find me a 1TB SSD that perform as fast as Samsung 980 Pro and is much cheaper. Say under $125.
- asiachick 5y ago
  it's there for framing, solely to push you to the next tier
- go_prodev 5y ago
  $600 extra for a 2tb drive. So they're just giving them away now? /s
heavyset_go 5y ago
Not at all. You could buy 32GB of RAM and a 512GB NVMe drive for a couple hundred dollars.
numpad0 5y ago
That’s less than my 2019-ish desktop, and I don’t remember paying that much for it.

> $8k for 128GB RAM, 8 TB solid state storage Maybe not, but 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD for $2k is a pretty competitive price point.

by cj 5y ago

> $8k for 128GB RAM, 8 TB solid state storage Maybe not, but 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD for $2k is a pretty competitive price point.

adgjlsfhk1 5y ago

a 512 gb ssd is kinda inexcusable in a machine that costs more than $1000 1tb of ssd is only around $100.

gigatexal 5y ago
But ssd is not 100 usd gumstick from of the shelf it’s integrated and sports speeds of 7.4GB/s at the top end. Shrug
- brailsafe 5y ago
  No, it's a $200-400 gumstick that you can get off the shelf https://www.newegg.com/seagate-2tb-firecuda-530/p/N82E16820248198 https://www.newegg.com/seagate-2tb-firecuda-530/p/N82E168202...
  - yborg 5y ago
    The Apple upgrade cost to 1TB is also $200.
    - brailsafe 5y ago
      Right, but the link was for 2TB at the same speed, and it's a $600 upgrade for 2TB from 512, which means literally $800 for 2TB in total, plus tax! To be fair, it is likely higher quality, more efficient maybe, but I just think it's quite a reach to charge $800 USD for 2TB of storage that's not uniquely fast or anything. If you think that's a good value, it certainly might be depending on your work, but it would be twice as good value if it wasn't twice the price as off-the-shelf.
- llampx 5y ago
  That gumstick can be replaced in two minutes with a single screw if and when it goes bad. As opposed to spending your day at the Genius Bar. I like Apple stuff but let's not make specious comparisons. Unless you think Apple SSDs are magic and can never go bad just because they are soldered in.
brailsafe 5y ago
It's a bit miserly, to say the least
throwanem 5y ago
A terabyte of dead-slow and flaky SSD costs a hundred bucks, sure. But it doesn't matter much because, in the kinds of professional workflows this machine is targeting, local storage is more like swap space than anything. It needs to be fast more than it needs to be big.
- goosedragons 5y ago
  A 1TB Samsung 980 Pro is $150 retail and arguably overpriced. 512GB in a $2000 computer is a joke in 2022.
  - assttoasstmgr 5y ago
    You're forgetting Apple sources their SSDs from the same merchant that sold Jack the magic beanstalk beans. Or they just get generic chips from Hynix. One of those.
  - ksec 5y ago
    >arguably overpriced Find me a 1TB SSD that perform as fast as Samsung 980 Pro and is much cheaper. Say under $125.
asiachick 5y ago
it's there for framing, solely to push you to the next tier
go_prodev 5y ago
$600 extra for a 2tb drive. So they're just giving them away now? /s

heavyset_go 5y ago

Not at all. You could buy 32GB of RAM and a 512GB NVMe drive for a couple hundred dollars.

numpad0 5y ago

That’s less than my 2019-ish desktop, and I don’t remember paying that much for it.