Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PC

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.org – 280 points –
Apple exec: Macs are so efficient 8GB equals 16GB on a PC
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"His one leg is still more capable than regular person's two legs"

That is exactly what Apple would say, isn't it

The thing is even if that were true, which it isn't, I'd still prefer him with two legs. Especially if I'm paying the amount of money I would normally pay for 50 legs.

Somewhat stretching the analogy there

They could just sell appropriately specced computers and make absolute bank like they do anyway, but nooo, that would be too nice of them.

I don't necessarily even begrudge them a profit margin on RAM. Sure it's kind of a scam but also I guess it's just the price you pay for convenience. If you want to better price you upgrade the RAM yourself (assuming that was actually possible).

But the markup they have on RAM isn't reasonable it's totally insane.

If you went to McDonald's and cheeseburger was $0.99 and then a cheeseburger with extra cheese was $2 do you think was something was up but that's essentially what Apple are doing. Cheese does not cost $1.99, you are literally almost doubling the price for a subcomponent

Apple fans have a very different definition of the word convenience than I do, then.

It's so annoying. They have the whole design industry by their balls with their great displays and perfect colour management in MacOS.

Putting more RAM in those models, or just cutting the lower-end models out entirely would do them no harm at all.

It's always nice to have as many legs as possible. I love legs

Somewhat stretching the analogy there

Your analogy is looking a bit leggy at this point.