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Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by alt227 »

qtk8 wrote: post #875
alt227 wrote: post #856

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I think Apple could easily swallow these price hikes in its profit margin if it wanted to, but then its shareholders wouldnt have as pretty numbers to look at in their quarterly reports.

Why would Apple do that?

They could gain a shedload of market share by remaining cheap while pricing in the whole rest of the industry rockets up? Especially after just releasing the Neo, their cheapest laptop ever. They could be taking chunks out of the PC market right now if they werent so greedy.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by lenerdenator »

abc123abc123 wrote: post #877
tavavex wrote: post #173

Anyone else here enjoy living in the future? Look at us, we get AI megacorporations ruling the world and bestowing us with the power to use their servers for just $20-200/month. It's practically charity, and all we had to give up for it is all consumer hardware, the quality of the internet and our own jobs. I love it here!

Sure do! Infant mortality lowest it has ever been in the history of man, we live the longest, our material welfare is the highest it has ever been! I have electricity, I can talk with friends all over the planet for free, instantly, I can get to anywhere on the planet within a day. I could go on and on forever. AI will crash, and once we're through the trough of disillusionment we'll see where it will shine and it wi…

When it crashes, it's going to be bad.

You can't leverage yourself on an entire economy (the world's largest as of this writing) and not deliver the corresponding amount of value. This is exactly what AI's bubble is likely to do.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by alt227 »

al_borland wrote: post #917
alt227 wrote: post #856

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I think Apple could easily swallow these price hikes in its profit margin if it wanted to, but then its shareholders wouldnt have as pretty numbers to look at in their quarterly reports.

It seems like they have been doing that for a while now. Most other companies raised prices a while ago. At some point that becomes unsustainable. All these AI companies need to stop hoarding RAM.

Apple made $120 Billion in profit last year alone.

They could easily keep swallowing this if they wanted to.

But then they would only make $119 billion profit this year, and their reports would show negative growth. Cant have that now.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by scruple »

drnick1 wrote: post #474
paxys wrote: post #361

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Personal computing was essentially dead when companies figured that renting hardware and software and charging monthly subscriptions was a lot more profitable.

It's not dead. I refuse to rent hardware and software. I host all of my stuff at home on my own hardware, and encourage those around me to do the same. I have converted countless e-waste laptops to Linux and will continue to do so. Personal computing is only dead if you accept that outcome.

I started doing this in the mid-2010s, too. Used to grab throwaway hardware from a former employer and piece whatever still worked together. I've since moved on to a different employer. How do you procure throwaway hardware?

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by HumblyTossed »

GeekyBear wrote: post #553
primaprashant wrote: post #465

These are the price changes mentioned in the article: Macs MacBook Neo: $699 (up from $599) 13-inch MacBook Air: $1,299 (up from $1,099) 15-inch MacBook Air: $1,499 (up from $1,299) M5 MacBook Pro: $1,999 (up from $1,699) M5 Pro MacBook Pro: $2,499 (up from $2,199) M5 Max MacBook Pro: $4,099 (up from $3,599) iMac: $1,499 (up from $1,299) M4 Max Mac Studio: $2,499 (up from $1,999) M3 Ultra Mac Studio: $5,299 (up from…

To be fair, Microsoft announced their third XBox price hike today. > The price of XBOX consoles will increase by US$100 for 512 GB models and US$150 for 1 TB models. We will also be sunsetting our 2 TB model. https://kotaku.com/xbox-price-increase-2026-tariffs-buy-now-... This is in addition to the other two recent price hikes.

> To be fair, Microsoft

Not sure what Microsoft has to do with this and why it's fair.

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Post by taude »

nxc18 wrote: post #533
protoster wrote: post #435

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Don't get your hopes up. The industry is well underway in migrating everything possible away from native apps to Electron.

People for some reason forget that for most election apps you can run it in a browser tab and avoid almost all of the overhead. You can run slack, teams, outlook, Spotify, figma, and just about everything else in a browser tab; you get Linux support for free and you are only running one browser instance.

I shift a 1 GB electron app to a 900 MB browser tab (i don't know what it actually is, but the number of Tabs I have taking up 1 GB memory is shocking these days).

Trying to vibe as many of my own CLI toolings as possible....

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by HumblyTossed »

hack1312 wrote: post #760
hollandheese wrote: post #749

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Wake me when any TV streamer besides the Apple TV 4K can stream a high bitrate 4k HDR video from a Plex server because I sure haven’t found anything.

Any version of the Nvidia Shield TV can do this, even the original from 2015. I’d be more surprised to find a streaming stick today that can’t handle direct playing 4K HDR remuxes from Plex

Wonder if he feels woke yet.

My OG shield is still going strong. It's all I need for streaming.

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Post by HumblyTossed »

wesleyd wrote: post #911
abc123abc123 wrote: post #877

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Sure do! Infant mortality lowest it has ever been in the history of man, we live the longest, our material welfare is the highest it has ever been! I have electricity, I can talk with friends all over the planet for free, instantly, I can get to anywhere on the planet within a day. I could go on and on forever. AI will crash, and once we're through the trough of disillusionment we'll see where it will shine and it wi…

Humans seem to be wired to weigh negative news much more strongly than positive news. (The most plausible hypothesis I’ve found for this is that bad news - fire, predators nearby - has historically been much more likely to kill you than good news to benefit you, so we are descended from people who over-weighed bad news, and survived to reproduce.) Modern media seems to really lean into this. All takes on everything a…

> Humans seem to be wired to weigh negative news much more strongly than positive news.

We are. It is much easier to be negative than positive.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by HumblyTossed »

abc123abc123 wrote: post #877
tavavex wrote: post #173

Anyone else here enjoy living in the future? Look at us, we get AI megacorporations ruling the world and bestowing us with the power to use their servers for just $20-200/month. It's practically charity, and all we had to give up for it is all consumer hardware, the quality of the internet and our own jobs. I love it here!

Sure do! Infant mortality lowest it has ever been in the history of man, we live the longest, our material welfare is the highest it has ever been! I have electricity, I can talk with friends all over the planet for free, instantly, I can get to anywhere on the planet within a day. I could go on and on forever. AI will crash, and once we're through the trough of disillusionment we'll see where it will shine and it wi…

Nice cherry picked stats.

> There is no reason for anyone not to feel exceptionally optimistic about the future these days!

Yes, there are. You're obviously in a bubble.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by HumblyTossed »

HDBaseT wrote: post #718
tavavex wrote: post #173

Anyone else here enjoy living in the future? Look at us, we get AI megacorporations ruling the world and bestowing us with the power to use their servers for just $20-200/month. It's practically charity, and all we had to give up for it is all consumer hardware, the quality of the internet and our own jobs. I love it here!

I know this is a bit off topic, but is anyone excited for the future? I'm only 20, but everyone used to talk about how excited they were for the future. I don't know anyone who is excited for the future. It upsets me I never got to live the "glory days" of cars, technology, outdoor activities, music, entertainment, etc. I only see it getting significantly worse too. It's hard not to fall into the trap of doomerism bu…

We are seeing the effects of the hockey stick curve of wealth inequality. It's only going to accelerate from here.
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