I think 16gb should be the minimum on such an expensive product, but... They can raise prices and start at 16gb, and they price low-end buyers out of the marke

I think 16gb should be the minimum on such an expensive product, but... They can raise prices and start at 16gb, and they price low-end buyers out of the market and lose sales. The can keep prices and start at 16gb, and they convert mid tier buyers into low end buyers, and lose $200 per sale on formerly mid-tier buyers. I reckon they did the math and additional low-end sales wouldn't compensate for mid-tier loss and margin reduction on all products. I think they don't change because any change leads to a financial loss. I guess the PR and reputation loss isn't great enough to overcome that. Their memory and storage pricing is detached from underlying costs, and is just an artificial way to segment customers into normal people with modest needs, and crazy people like us willing to pay through the nose. And, also, I think they're probably right, that a majority of low-end buyers never reach extremes of memory pressure. They use Macs like expensive Chromebooks or iPads with keyboards. Hopefully the new local AI initiative will give fresh incentive to ramp up memory and dislodge them.