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Rogue01 said:

If Apple offers a 1TB option, they charge 4x the industry standard for 1TB of storage, so now you are looking at $4,000 to run iPadOS apps.  

Apple really needs to stop with their extortion tactics for memory and SSD prices.  It was better when you could upgrade memory and storage on your own, because no one bought the Apple upgrades.  Similar to the printer market in which the ink cartridges sometimes cost more than the actual printer.  Now Apple has the consumer over the barrel and they know it and charge ridiculous prices.

1a) How exactly do you know how much they charge for any specific component? You don't. You only know what they charge for the range of a product line and you think you can extrapolate their profit of a specific component based on that configuration variance. You can't. Their profit margin is based on their estimated sales across the range. They offer entry level options to entice buyers with a lower profit margin for obvious reasons.

1b) A fun little spreadsheet experiment with a  you can run is to adjust the prices for a given product category (e,g, 16" MacBook Pro) where Apple would get the same profit margin, but you alter the cost for the chipset, unified memory, storage, or anything else you'd like, to see how that would affect the low-end of that product.

2) You may feel slighted they want to entice buyers to try out Apple products or increase their net revenue and profits, but that's fucking business. What it's not is extortion. If you actually have a problem with this you can A) buy the low end product knowing that Apple's net profit will be lower, or 2) choose to boycott Apple altogether. Or, if you really feel this is extortion you can take Apple to court.

9secondkox2 said:

Apple, time to up the base RAM on all Macs to 16 GB.

If you are giving a headset 16 GB, then a Mac should have that to start with as well. at the least.

and 256 gb in bae mac storage? in what world is that ok?

No consideration that it costs $3500 v a Mac mini that starts at $600?

maltz said:

Xed said:

maltz said:

Xed said:

CT-ENERGY Lithium Rechargeable Coin Cells Battery Charger with 4-Pack 3.7V High Capacity 70mAh LIR2032H Rechargeable Button Batteries,Replace CR2032 3V Battery https://a.co/d/hj9iGYb

Rechargeable lithium cells are NOT the same chemistry as lithium coin cells, and are significantly higher voltage.  When fully charged, the voltage difference is 4.2V vs 3V - an increase of 40%.  That'd be like plugging a computer expecting 115V into an outlet supplying 160V!  Some electronics might be okay with that, some might work for a while but under increased stress, and others may just die immediately.

For the effort of changing a coin cell (which you still have to do when the cell is rechargeable) it's not worth the risk for me.  YMMV.

You're saying that it's impossible to regulate the stated 3.7V stated by the company? I've been using the same batteries and charger for 3 years now without issue.

Possible or not, the voltage being listed as 3.7V shows they're not regulating it.  Full-charge for a 3.7V nominal cell is 4.2V.  And even 3.7V, is a 23% increase above a normal CR2032.

I can't imagine how I can be certain any battery (or power supply) I use is actively regulating itself properly.

maltz said:

Xed said:

CT-ENERGY Lithium Rechargeable Coin Cells Battery Charger with 4-Pack 3.7V High Capacity 70mAh LIR2032H Rechargeable Button Batteries,Replace CR2032 3V Battery https://a.co/d/hj9iGYb

Rechargeable lithium cells are NOT the same chemistry as lithium coin cells, and are significantly higher voltage.  When fully charged, the voltage difference is 4.2V vs 3V - an increase of 40%.  That'd be like plugging a computer expecting 115V into an outlet supplying 160V!  Some electronics might be okay with that, some might work for a while but under increased stress, and others may just die immediately.

For the effort of changing a coin cell (which you still have to do when the cell is rechargeable) it's not worth the risk for me.  YMMV.

You're saying that it's impossible to regulate the stated 3.7V stated by the company? I've been using the same batteries and charger for 3 years now without issue.

CT-ENERGY Lithium Rechargeable Coin Cells Battery Charger with 4-Pack 3.7V High Capacity 70mAh LIR2032H Rechargeable Button Batteries,Replace CR2032 3V Battery https://a.co/d/hj9iGYb