Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down10
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareSamXavia@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up107·8 months agoEven if it was like 16GB on a PC still not worth $1.6k
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·8 months agoEspecially when 16g is something like $50.
minus-squareTak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up45·8 months agoAt consumer prices. There’s no way Apple doesn’t pay wholesale rates for memory.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 months agothey have the memory controllers built into their processors now. So adding memory is even cheaper, it just takes the modules themselves
Even if it was like 16GB on a PC still not worth $1.6k
Especially when 16g is something like $50.
At consumer prices. There’s no way Apple doesn’t pay wholesale rates for memory.
they have the memory controllers built into their processors now. So adding memory is even cheaper, it just takes the modules themselves