> the starting price is dependent on the 8GB configuration I disagree with this. I posit that it would save Apple money to chop off the 8GB SKU and sell the 16

> the starting price is dependent on the 8GB configuration I disagree with this. I posit that it would save Apple money to chop off the 8GB SKU and sell the 16GB model (with the smaller SSD) as a base. This wasn't necessarily the case with the M1/M2. But 8GB of DRAM is dirt cheap these days.