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Monopolies can charge whatever they want and customers have to take it. Apples to oranges ;) comparison: DDR5 server RAM is $4/GB street retail price. 8 GB shou
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
Monopolies can charge whatever they want and customers have to take it. Apples to oranges ;) comparison: DDR5 server RAM is $4/GB street retail price. 8 GB should cost $32, 16 $64, and 32 $128. (Server ECC and desktop RAM aren't the same, but it's a conservative over-estimate.)
On a Mac Pro, the 128 GB upgrade should cost $512 but it costs $1600.
On a MBP, the 80 GB upgrade should cost $320 but it costs $1000.
On average, Apple charges ~3x what RAM should cost primarily because customers are willing to pay it whether they understand they are being taken or not.