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Apple charges $200 more for 8GB to 16GB RAM. The new surface laptop is charging $300 to go from 8GB to 16GB :) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/configure
by ankurdhama 3y ago
Apple charges $200 more for 8GB to 16GB RAM.
The new surface laptop is charging $300 to go from 8GB to 16GB :)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/configure/Surface-Laptop-6-for-Business/8pz3fvs57qcv?crosssellid=&selectedColor=86888a https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/configure/Surface-Lapt...
- e44858 3y agoAt least the SSD is not soldered down.
- ankurdhama 3y agoYup and looks like SSD upgrade from 256 to 512 is just $100.
- hulitu 3y agoI paid 30 € for a 512GB SSD.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoAre SSD’s fungible? I thought there were varying qualities.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoThey are not fungible. Read/write speed, durability, and power efficiency are all variable.
- sdflhasjd 3y agoThey aren't fungible, but even for a high-end 512GB SSD, $200 is rip-off pricing. In fact, a top-end SSD range won't even offer 512 sizes because aside from not really being worth it, transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips.
- wtallis 3y ago> transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips. Transfer speed is lower with fewer chips, and older less-dense flash memory doesn't stay in production forever, and is more expensive per GB.
- meragrin_ 3y agoWith the Ultra 5 and 32GB of RAM, the upgrade from 256 to 512 is $200.
- jncfhnb 3y agoSounds to me like apples just baking more cost into the base price
- userbinator 3y agoI wonder how much of a market there is for people who already know how to do BGA soldering (i.e. many phone repair shops) to offer RAM upgrades at a fraction of that cost.