Apple could reduce the MSRP on it's entire product line in a meaningful way with the funds that most likely has gone into this project...
Not sure how far the R&D money goes when applied to so many products sold, but you’re onto something.
Apple was expected to actually LOWER prices with the advent of Apple Silicon. Instead, they have skyrocketed with exception of the SSD-handicapped Mac mini.
No one expected or was promised “lower prices.” Total BS.
No one was promised - TRUE. Expected - May be, you were not paying attention to the forum posts. But there were few people who claimed "Apple would be able to avoid the Intel Tax" and pass on those savings to Apple's customers. Many were sceptical of this argument and were proven right.
If you're just looking at the entire product's price release-over-release then the MBA and Mac mini both dropped in price from Intel to Apple Silicon. If you're looking at performance how much would it cost to get that performance from Intel, TDP be damned?
But none of that matters because the cost of healthy selling product should not be dictated by the cost of a single component. Apple's entry-level HW dropped their starting price point but their "Pro"-level products mostly used the previous pricing scales while offering a great deal more in performance and capability.
For instance, if you could drop $76 off a processor cost would you then drop the cost by exactly $76? Wold you drop the price by $100 and eat $26 in profit for a machine you already can't keep in stock very long? Would you use this knowledge of higher performance at a lower price to make your product even better by finally including new and improved HW in other areas knowing that you can still maintain the best price equilibrium?
Apple could reduce the MSRP on it's entire product line in a meaningful way with the funds that most likely has gone into this project...
Not sure how far the R&D money goes when applied to so many products sold, but you’re onto something.
Apple was expected to actually LOWER prices with the advent of Apple Silicon. Instead, they have skyrocketed with exception of the SSD-handicapped Mac mini.
If you expected that then that was foolish. No pricing structure of a complex product should be dictated by a change in a single component. While it can and does (and did) happen, there are simply too many considerations to think it's a 1:1 ratio on the overall price of the selling product.
Apple could reduce the MSRP on it's entire product line in a meaningful way with the funds that most likely has gone into this project...
Not sure how far the R&D money goes when applied to so many products sold, but you’re onto something.
Apple was expected to actually LOWER prices with the advent of Apple Silicon. Instead, they have skyrocketed with exception of the SSD-handicapped Mac mini.
No one expected or was promised “lower prices.” Total BS.
No one was promised - TRUE. Expected - May be, you were not paying attention to the forum posts. But there were few people who claimed "Apple would be able to avoid the Intel Tax" and pass on those savings to Apple's customers. Many were sceptical of this argument and were proven right.
I'd have to ask, why on earth would they pass the savings along. There's a boatload of Apple Silicon R&D to amortize.
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But none of that matters because the cost of healthy selling product should not be dictated by the cost of a single component. Apple's entry-level HW dropped their starting price point but their "Pro"-level products mostly used the previous pricing scales while offering a great deal more in performance and capability.
For instance, if you could drop $76 off a processor cost would you then drop the cost by exactly $76? Wold you drop the price by $100 and eat $26 in profit for a machine you already can't keep in stock very long? Would you use this knowledge of higher performance at a lower price to make your product even better by finally including new and improved HW in other areas knowing that you can still maintain the best price equilibrium?
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