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roebk | 3 years ago

And a whopping £200 to add an extra 8gb. Ouch.

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coder543|3 years ago

This is the real problem. M2 is just using LPDDR5. The memory modules themselves don't appear to be anything special; it's just the memory interface bus that is different. Apple is charging multiple times the actual cost per GB, and they do the same thing for SSDs. The entry-level product is a decent value, but the upgrades are ridiculous.

winter_blue|3 years ago

> Apple is charging multiple times the actual cost per GB, and they do the same thing for SSDs.

Yup. I just checked Newegg, and laptop form factor DDR4 (not DDR5ᵃ) RAM is selling for $126 for 64 GB (2 x 32 GB).

So market price for 1 GB of DDR4 small form factor RAM is $1.96 per GB.

ᵃ DDR5 is almost twice the cost.

Apple is charging 200/8 = $25 per GB.

Apple charges 12 times the retail price of DDR4, and about 6 times the retail price of DDR5.

It's crazy, but they get away with it by soldering these chips down.

If we could legislate a working effective Right to Repair bill, we might be able to fix this predicament.

ziml77|3 years ago

Apple has always charged those kinds of prices for RAM and storage upgrades. They don't care that their devices aren't a value purchase. And as long as people buy their products and pay those kinds of prices for upgrades, they really have no reason to change.