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Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by snootypoot »

jacobgold wrote: post #274

Some unc perspective: I paid ~$6,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars for a computer in 1996. Today, I can get the same power in a $6 single board computer. A powerful modern mini PC starts at ~$600. However painful these price hikes are, and they are painful, it is worth remembering that computing has become incredibly ubiquitous and cheap.

its worth noting that you were much less restricted with this 6k computer in 1996. today we are paying ever more for walled gardens that will eventually become nothing more than a portal to cloud services. we are not returning to a previous position, we are moving to a world where everything will be a thin client.

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Post by sneak »

akulbe wrote: post #293
archvile wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mac Studio? I'm on an M2 Max and looks like I'll be holding onto this thing for a few more generations.

No, M5 Max MBP with all the options. I wanted a Studio, but if I was going to get a Studio, I'd get something older because they crippled the current models. I have an M2 Max, as well, and I wonder what I could get for it on resale... or maybe I should just keep it.

Crippled how?

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Post by tempoponet »

dgellow wrote: post #302
lastofthemojito wrote: post #238

This feels like the car market during COVID. In December Best Buy had a $1999 configuration of the M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $1749 and I scooped one up. Now that model is $2199. I suspect I could sell the computer I've been using for 6 months at a profit, which is just bizarre. But then of course it would cost a lot if I wanted to replace it.

Yep, I had the exact same (but in euros), also a discounted m5 in December. I feel pretty lucky with that timing, not that it benefits me in any way but that feels like getting one of the last ticket for a concert

I bought an irresponsible pile of homelab equipment in 24/25. Hard drives, SSD, memory, GPUs.

I feel bad for people locked out right now, since it's become more interesting and important than ever.

At the time it seemed wasteful, but I'm happy to report that I'm putting it all to use now.

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Post by sneak »

avgDev wrote: post #214

Personal computing is in shambles right now. It has been for a bit. It was hard to buy video cards for a while, now other components are affected too.

This is ridiculous. A used M1 MBAir is the best personal computing value ever offered in the history of the world.

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Post by greenleafone7 »

jacobgold wrote: post #274

Some unc perspective: I paid ~$6,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars for a computer in 1996. Today, I can get the same power in a $6 single board computer. A powerful modern mini PC starts at ~$600. However painful these price hikes are, and they are painful, it is worth remembering that computing has become incredibly ubiquitous and cheap.

I agree. But also back then you could buy a house and support a family with one salary as a trash truck driver. Today we spend years investing in masters and PhD-s to still live with roommates and consider buying food a luxury. Especially after the COVID hikes.

So even though chasing trends and always 'needing to buy' whatever new model Apple pumps out is idiotic, let's also not shill for big corporations.

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Post by russfink »

kylec wrote: post #309
jacobgold wrote: post #274

Some unc perspective: I paid ~$6,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars for a computer in 1996. Today, I can get the same power in a $6 single board computer. A powerful modern mini PC starts at ~$600. However painful these price hikes are, and they are painful, it is worth remembering that computing has become incredibly ubiquitous and cheap.

And yet in some ways, modern computers feel slower than those from decades ago. Software today is so, so much less efficient than it was back then.

Until recently, it was always cheaper to forego software architecture optimizations and rely on faster hardware, but now with AI I think this changes that calculus.

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Post by spdionis »

greenleafone7 wrote: post #327
jacobgold wrote: post #274

Some unc perspective: I paid ~$6,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars for a computer in 1996. Today, I can get the same power in a $6 single board computer. A powerful modern mini PC starts at ~$600. However painful these price hikes are, and they are painful, it is worth remembering that computing has become incredibly ubiquitous and cheap.

I agree. But also back then you could buy a house and support a family with one salary as a trash truck driver. Today we spend years investing in masters and PhD-s to still live with roommates and consider buying food a luxury. Especially after the COVID hikes. So even though chasing trends and always 'needing to buy' whatever new model Apple pumps out is idiotic, let's also not shill for big corporations.

I mean truck drivers make much more money than you'd think.

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Post by ksec »

erxam wrote: post #10

Just yesterday I saw people saying that Apple wouldn't increase prices until the next refresh. And I agreed! So… holy shit. I think we're going to see even further price increases across the industry. There already were a ton, but it can always get worse, of course. Thank you, OpenAI. What would have we done without your attempts at monopolizing destroying the memory market.

And I said MacBook Neo was wrongly priced since the beginning. I don't even remember how many sticks I got from it.

>Just yesterday I saw people saying that Apple wouldn't increase prices until the next refresh.

That was from Gruber, a person who claimed USB-C was invented by Apple, AirPod was sold at a loss.

Generally speaking understanding of Margins, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Hardware Business manufacturing is still very low across the internet.

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