elijahg

My issue with the machine is the insane cost of RAM and that Apple nickel and dimes £10 for the 96w PSU. To go from 16 to 32GB is an absurd £400. It should be half that cost at most, you can get 16GB DDR5 for £60 retail. I was going to get the upgrade for my M2 but there was no way I was being ripped off with those prices. 

mitchelljd said:

zeus423 said:

Hedware said:

Apple would sell lots of 27” iMacs Silicon if someone in Apple had the brains to order their manufacture.

I’m waiting. 

seems like apple is running into problems making the options people want.  

Also the over charging for RAM and SSD is a bit much.     no 27" iMac, no monitor for the same which is mid level priced. 

lets face it, apple needs to do more for Mac market, more models and etc... then it will sell more.

They have too many distinctly different laptops with confusing specs (M1/M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max depending on chassis) and too few desktops, especially if they introduce more MBAs as rumoured. There are 2 MBAs, one with the old design, 3 MBPs including the 13" one with the old design from 2015 (which for some reason got the M2 way before the new 2021 chassis got the M2 Pro), plus all the variations of colours of each of these. There is just one iMac with one old CPU, one Mac Studio (with either the fairly old M1 pro or M1 ultra) and one Mac Mini (M2 or M2 pro). The Mac Pro is too outdated to count.

They could ditch the M1 MBA for the M2, drop the price to $999 and be done with it. Similarly they could drop the M2 MBP with the 2015 design, and put the M2 into the 2021 design, saving costs on the chassis.

Apple has let similar confusion happen to the iPad line. No one has any idea what the difference between all the iPads is now. It's getting toward as confusing as the Performa days.

And yes, £400 for 16GB RAM is absolutely absurd. 16GB DDR5 is about £60 retail. 600% more expensive is just insanity.

I suspect price is a factor. The base 14” MBP with M2 Pro for example is an amazing machine, but it is also expensive. RAM/SSD upgrades are also laughably overpriced. 

flydog said:

eightzero said:

Ha. If only there were some available technology to alert property owners of suspicious activity within their premises, like some sort of machine that would detect unauthorized motion, or that could take remote pictures. Alas, such things are probably beyond the capability of a small company like Apple. 

Pretty clear you didn't read the article

it wasn't until the following morning that Apple staff learned the full scale of the heist.

Based on what they observed from surveillance footage, Lynnwood police believe it to have been a well-organized operation.

Pretty clear you didn't read what @eightzero said. "...available technology to alert property owners of suspicious activity". Surveillance viewed after the crime is not alerting anyone of suspicious activity until it's too late.

Siri was bad before ChatGPT showed what could be done. Now it's just a really bad joke.