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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 Xiexe »

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…

Did the price of upgrades also increase across the board or just the base spec? I’d assume so.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by doitLP »

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…

And all of that was accomplished without AI! Not all advances are equivalently beneficial as of course you know, and all come with tradeoffs. Not everyone is willing to accept those tradeoffs, especially without being asked.

Parent is concerned about the reduction of independence heralded by centralizing control, wealth inequality, destruction of digital commons and other real downsides!

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by jameshart »

alt227 wrote: post #933
al_borland wrote: post #917

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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.

Apple sells about 400 million units a year.

If they ate an average $100 margin decrease on every one of those sales, that profit number wouldn’t go down from $120bn to $119bn, it would go down to $80bn.

Now you can absolutely argue that $80bn is still an excessively large number, but just so we’re being realistic about what the difference we’re looking at here is, it’s not a tiny percentage of their profits, it’s a third.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by jayd16 »

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.

What would be the relative power scaled equivalent today and what would that cost?

It's easy enough to build a $10k rig. Apple sells a studio that's closer to $7k.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by zahlman »

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!

Reading the replies is amazing. OP: a specific manufacturer raised prices on some products. Thread: endless argument about everything that's good or bad about the current living situation, in historical perspective, across the entire world.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by bredren »

saaspirant wrote: post #745
saaspirant wrote: post #476

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Why Air series prices have not increased? Planning to buy an M2 Air, 32+1TB

I meant to say M5 air, typo!

You're going to dig it. I went 32 / 2TB, the machine is a beast.

I have had need for active cooling once so far to get full performance.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by ARandomerDude »

newsclues wrote: post #898
abc123abc123 wrote: post #877

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I could afford to put a roof over my head and food on my plate easier ten years ago than today. Sure big screen TVs have progressed, but let's not ignore that the changes of the world are regressive for some.

This is the problem in the discussion. Many on HN don't remember what it was like to buy a house in 2010, so they assume it hasn't gotten (far) worse. It has.
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