All of Apple's upcoming new Macs this year are likely to have at least 16GB of RAM pre-installed as standard, breaking a years-long tradition of...
    • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nzEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      Greed, it lowers the advertised price, but once you spec it decently you’ve added a grand in extras

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Price discrimination based on memory loadout is real, but it’s not specific to Apple, either.

    • luves2spooge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      2 months ago

      Because there are two types of mac users:

      • People that are buying them with their own money because they’re trendy and just using them as glorified Internet browsers. 16gb is plenty.
      • People using them professionally so their company is paying and Apple can over charge for the necessary memory upgrade
      • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        This pretty much. I don’t care that much that a maxed out MBP is $6000 or whatever, my employer pays for that.

      • aStonedSanta@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        I have an m2 8 gb. And it’s plenty. It’s just a browsing/discord/stream box basically.

      • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        This pretty much. I don’t care that much that a maxed out MBP is $6000 or whatever, my employer pays for that.