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> On a slightly related note: $/GB for RAM hit a wall starting in 2011 Now that's just disingenuous, it's a log scale and it shows that memory prices fell 40%
by dns_snek 3y ago
> On a slightly related note: $/GB for RAM hit a wall starting in 2011
Now that's just disingenuous, it's a log scale and it shows that memory prices fell 40% from 2012 to 2022.
Apple charges $200 to upgrade M1 Macbook Air from 8GB to 16GB.
A comparable 8GB stick of DDR4-3600 costs $25 retail.
- sbuk 3y agoYou’re comparing apples to oranges. The RAM is (or extremely close to being) part of the package. A stick of RAM is a commodity part. The M-series package isn’t.
- dns_snek 3y agoYou can bend over backwards all you want, but if you're going to claim that Apple's Unified Memory costs 10x as much as commodity RAM in terms of BOM, you better bring some receipts.
- lost_tourist 3y agoIt doesn't cost apple $200 to go from 8GB to 16GB, it's likely 1/10th of that since they are ordering processors in the millions at the lowest point available in silicon manufacturing. I've never had an apple product fail either and I can't say that for other laptops (hp/dell) I still have my MacBook pro from 2011, using it as a NAS (running linux tho) my Dell from that year is long since dead.
- mrguyorama 3y agoWhich explains why they had the exact same RAM upgrade pricing since the mid 2000s when they were using off the shelf Intel processors right? It's basically always been $200 extra dollars for the next step up above base for Apple RAM, even when they were user replaceable sticks that you could find compatible commodity versions of!