Apple upgrade pricing makes no sense?
I was looking at the price of upgrades between a mini and a macbook and found something interesting look:
RAM
Mac Mini
512MB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x256
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 [Add $100]
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB [Add $300]
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MacBook
512MB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x256
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 [Add $100]
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB [Add $500]
HARD DRIVE
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If machine has 60GB standard
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1.5GHz Core Solo Mac mini
60GB Serial ATA drive
80GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $100]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $175]
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1.83GHz MacBook
60GB Serial ATA drive
80GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $150]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $250]
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If machine has 80GB standard
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1.66GHz Mac mini
80GB Serial ATA drive
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $125]
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2.0GHz Black MacBook
80GB Serial ATA drive
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $100]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $200]
What the hell is going on? If they both use the exact same components why does it cost more for the macbook?
RAM
Mac Mini
512MB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x256
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 [Add $100]
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB [Add $300]
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MacBook
512MB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x256
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 [Add $100]
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB [Add $500]
HARD DRIVE
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If machine has 60GB standard
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1.5GHz Core Solo Mac mini
60GB Serial ATA drive
80GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $100]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $175]
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1.83GHz MacBook
60GB Serial ATA drive
80GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $150]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $250]
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If machine has 80GB standard
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1.66GHz Mac mini
80GB Serial ATA drive
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $50]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $125]
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2.0GHz Black MacBook
80GB Serial ATA drive
100GB Serial ATA drive [Add $100]
120GB Serial ATA drive [Add $200]
What the hell is going on? If they both use the exact same components why does it cost more for the macbook?
Comments
Originally posted by Archstudent
notebooks use different RAM (so dimms) which is way more expensive than regular RAM for 1 gb sticks. Also possible that the notebooks are using different HDs
I think all intel macs use the same so-dimms even the imac.
The HDs are the same all 2.5 5400rpm drives.
Originally posted by ecking
I think all intel macs use the same so-dimms even the imac.
I'm pretty sure they use different RAM, but otherwise thats crazy
Originally posted by Archstudent
"I think" isn't good enough.. Basically you are wrong. Laptop RAM is tiny afaik
Go ahead and prove that the mini (which is based entirely on a laptop and uses laptop parts) for some reason uses full size ram.
Originally posted by ecking
Go ahead and prove that the mini (which is based entirely on a laptop and uses laptop parts) for some reason uses full size ram.
well my mac mini uses normal size RAM, I did the upgrade myself last week...ALTHOUGH mine is PPC mini
Once I got home, when I went to cancel my previous order with The Apple Store (online store), I saw that there my new computer was some £50 more than the computer I had ordered even though its drive was 20GB smaller.
They had charged me £420 for an unpgrade to 2GB, and had not even included my 256MB sims in the box as they said they would. At no time did they tell me either that I was paying a premium.
A) Are we allowed to upgrade RAM ourselves without voiding the warranty?
Has anyone heard of Apple pulling this stunt with charging more to upgrade a new unit than it would cost by buying it online?
As you can imagine, I am none too happy about this, but am waiting to hear from a manager at Regent Street in the hope that we can quickly and easily resolve this.
In base spec the MB looks much better value than the Mac Mini
As far as I can tell from the specs the hard drive is of the same type, size and RPM in every Intel Mac, except for the iMac.
source:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...son_chart.html
http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macw...icsi/index.php
http://www.apple.com/imac/whatsinside.html#store
Originally posted by netdog
A) Are we allowed to upgrade RAM ourselves without voiding the warranty?
That depend on what exactly you mean. Upgrading the RAM yourself does not void the warranty. However, if you break something whilst installing the RAM yourself, this will not be covered by the warranty.
Even the apple site has diagrams showing people how it's done.
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But on the original topic is sucks that the components are all the same but prices differ.