I doubt it. It's just the "bad low-end model" strategy that Apple has used for a long time. You make the base model cheap, but give it some flaws that knowled

I doubt it. It's just the "bad low-end model" strategy that Apple has used for a long time. You make the base model cheap, but give it some flaws that knowledgeable buyers just can't ignore. This might be a slow processor, or a slow HDD, or not enough RAM. Then you make it so the base model can't be upgraded easily. The "cheap" buyer still buys the base model, but other buyers go up-model and you make more money off of them.