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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 chvid »

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…

HomePod mini? Up 30%?

How is this excused by increased memory prices?

Sounds more like broad across the board inflation to me.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by [deleted] »

pfortuny wrote: post #881
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…

You are right. But there is also the stress for the low and middle class and there horrible conditions of the poorest countries. Not so sunshiny when you think about the millions of people struggling to have a meal each day.

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Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

#894

Post by nxm »

pfortuny wrote: post #881
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…

You are right. But there is also the stress for the low and middle class and there horrible conditions of the poorest countries. Not so sunshiny when you think about the millions of people struggling to have a meal each day.

Global extreme poverty has fallen dramatically over the past two centuries. The extreme poverty rate, currently defined by the World Bank as living on less than $2.15 per person per day (adjusted for purchasing power), has dropped from around 60% of the world's population in 1950 to under 10% today.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by meyum33 »

chvid wrote: post #891
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…

HomePod mini? Up 30%? How is this excused by increased memory prices? Sounds more like broad across the board inflation to me.

Yeah. Even the AirPods are expected to be pricier. This all seems a bit crazy to me.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

#896

Post by sokoloff »

matsemann wrote: post #883
qtk8 wrote: post #875

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would Apple do that?

Because it could be strategically good to increase their market share and loyalty when everyone else is increasing their prices, for instance? But no, the "fiduciary duty" thing trumps everything, I guess.

Apple is free to make either choice (or anywhere on the spectrum) without violating any duty they have to shareholders.

“We chose to invest in future market share, believing that was in the best interest of the company” is a perfectly valid choice for the company leaders and board to make.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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Post by MagicMoonlight »

goldenarm wrote: post #726
whatever1 wrote: post #712

Apple did not have to be in this situation. Begging for capacity lost to startups. Everyone else can complain, but not Apple. They had a 250B warchest, exactly for such situations. Now somehow openAI has capacity and Apple does not. And think about it Apple is not in a better position than Valve for example. A teeny tiny company in comparison. It is an unprecedented managerial failure.

Are you suggesting Apple should have invested in internal DRAM production?

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Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

#898

Post by newsclues »

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…

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.

Re: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

#899

Post by chaosbolt »

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…

>Infant mortality lowest it has ever been in the history of man

But there are people ruling us that literally do this, and don't give me the "muh conspiracy", we have proof now, there are pictures and videos and literal proof in those E files.

Plus we have our countries supporting another country murdering hundreds of thousands of children.

Obviously the mods will delete this comment because duh, but for the short time it's here, the things I'm talking are facts and you value the wrong things.

>we live the longest

Does it feel like winning to be stressed and anxious until you're 90 instead of having meaning and going out at 75?

>I have electricity

... I don't know what to say to that, seriously.

>I can talk with friends all over the planet for free, instantly

Yet we have fewer and fewer real friends we care to meet

>I can get to anywhere on the planet within a day

You can't be in two places at the same time, how can this be an argument?

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

MF they're literally trying to start WW3 wtf are you talking about?

>If anyone feels negative, I recommend seeing a psychologist.

It feels like a passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra if it was written today, it's crazy how this reads like a "last man" manifesto.

Truly a dystopian comment, I hope you can eventually open your eyes.

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