Mcnst@alien.topB to Apple@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year agoApple has a memory problem and we're all paying for itwww.macworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.worldapple@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squareKingLancelot1991@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA 512GB SSD costs $29 and 16GB LPDDR5 costs $20, and that’s fucking RETAIL. Those specs should be base in the Air, with a max of 32GB/1TB in the Airs, and the Pros should start at 64GB/2TB for their base. 30% profit margin on a 1600 laptop is $480 profit per machine. They can and should upgrade the base, hell iPhone base starts at 6GBs of RAM… It’d be like $450 profit per base MacBook instead of $480, it’s just nickle and diming their customers.
A 512GB SSD costs $29 and 16GB LPDDR5 costs $20, and that’s fucking RETAIL.
Those specs should be base in the Air, with a max of 32GB/1TB in the Airs, and the Pros should start at 64GB/2TB for their base.
30% profit margin on a 1600 laptop is $480 profit per machine.
They can and should upgrade the base, hell iPhone base starts at 6GBs of RAM…
It’d be like $450 profit per base MacBook instead of $480, it’s just nickle and diming their customers.