Quick, buy a Mac with higher-specced memory while the price is almost reasonable.

kristianp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm wondering if Apple will need to adjust their prices to maintain their margins. Given the scale of price rises I'd say yes.

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zarzavat 4 hours ago | parent [-]

There's no way that Apple pays spot. They will have contracts directly with the manufacturers, guaranteeing them a given supply at a given price. Their whole business kinda depends on it.

	▲	kristianp 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, but eventually the contracts will be renewed at possibly a much higher price. It depends on the details of the agreement whether the price is adjusted based on market price periodically too.

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ahartmetz 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

*only slightly less reasonable than market prices before they adjust it in order to stay at 2x less reasonable

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kwanbix 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What? Apple's memory upgrades are never reasonable.

Last time I checked going from 16 to 32GB in a Mac Mini was more expensive (or as expensive) than buying two 16GB Mac Minis.

	▲	360MustangScope 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right now in this environment, they look reasonable. Not that they are