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We want cheaper storage, now. 1TB costs around $400 based on speccing a 2TB M5 Macbook pro. That's probably a 4x markup, and the $200 to go from 256 to 512 is
by willtemperley 1y ago
We want cheaper storage, now. 1TB costs around $400 based on speccing a 2TB M5 Macbook pro.
That's probably a 4x markup, and the $200 to go from 256 to 512 is even worse.
Every time a user considers jumping from Windows but balks at the storage costs, that's leaving many thousands of potential revenue on the table. I just can't believe it really makes economic sense for them, except in short-term cashflow terms.
- SSLy 1y ago1TB of good NAND costs 30€ or so.
- psyklic 1y agoRAM too. They want +$1K to go from 64GB to 128GB, with no other spec changes. It's a way of segmenting the market -- those who actually need it are willing to pay a lot more (e.g. for AI / 4K videos).
- willtemperley 1y agoThere is at least scarcity in that there are probably few M chips in the 128GB bin. NAND is commodity by comparison. You’re probably right though about market segmentation. Some people will pay that happily. Or perhaps it’s to push people to iCloud storage.