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by tyingq 1661 days ago
"EC2 M1 Mac instances are powered by...The Mac mini, featuring M1 SoC with 8 CPU cores, 8 GPU cores, 16 GiB of memory"

So not $699, but $899, since it's 16GB of memory.

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For retail, true. I would be surprised if amazon actually pays that much
Normal whole sale price, at best would be something like $799.
Based on what?
Based on Apple not giving a shit what volume you’re buying, the price is the price.

Maybe the rules are a bit different for Amazon, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

Based on what?

https://www.apple.com/us-hed/store

https://images.apple.com/business-docs/VPP_Business_Guide.pd...

https://www.apple.com/retail/business/

> Our Small Business Experts are ready to help. They’ll advise you on the devices to fit your budget, including special pricing,* and find you the best financing option. All backed by ongoing support to give you much-needed peace of mind.

> * Special pricing available to qualified customers. To learn more about how to start qualifying toward special pricing, talk to a Business Team member in a store or give us a call at 1-800-854–3680.

The point was that it’s a marginal discount. I never said that there’s no discount.
Apple is a pain in the ass, but you can negotiate with them. Even on iPhones, you can get significant concessions with large quantities.
I would love to be wrong about it. But I know Apple dont give much wholesale discount measured in hundreds of thousands in unit nor do they give any more discount to Mac than wholesale. At best they throw things like accessories or AppleCare discount as bundle.