Quinn NelsonYou can buy two base model (16GB RAM / 256 GB SSD) Mac mini for the price it costs to upgrade a single Mac mini to 32GB RAM / 512GB SSD.
Apple’s upgrade pricing has been extortionate for years, but this is getting literally insane.
charlesesmith@snazzyq what makes it extra dumb is that Apple customers (hi) expect a markup, but this is out of control. $200 gets you an additional 256gb of storage, or if you go to newegg and buy an NVME SSD, 4 TB! $800 for 2 TB should see them dragged before the Hague.
Jason@charlesesmith @snazzyq I’m not sure of the specs but is it really comparing apples with (you know) when one is on-die RAM & storage and one is really far away from the CPU? Surely the speed differences are huge? I’m not saying that Apple’s decisions, in relation to moving everything onto the SOC are correct, but it has to be a factor, no?
@JasonEccles @snazzyq Not really. DRAM is DRAM, same (mostly) for storage. The increase in cost for Apple is mostly going to be through SKU management since having it on-die means they have to manufacture it that way, but it's nowhere close to what they're charging, even if you assume typical Apple margins.
@JasonEccles @snazzyq yeah, sure enough the @atpfm guys nail exactly how ridiculous early in this weeks episode. It’s the first follow up item. https://atp.fm/612
