[orbitingpluto]

"And the price difference between different consumer SSD types is minimal."

Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SATA III 2.5in SSD, 250GB $109.99

Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SATA III SSD, 250GB $109.99

Samsung 860 EVO Series mSATA SSD Solid State Drive, 250GB $109.99

Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 PCI-E x4 SSD, 250GB $129.99

With greater capacities, the price difference gets larger. But at 1 TB it is still less than a factor of 2.

[51lver]

We used to say the same thing about PC133 ram in the G4 powermacs. Just the ol Apple tax. No one said they are low margin.