[wafriedemann]

The problem I have with 16GB as a upgrade is that the base model is widely available and often on sale. 16GB does exist as preconfigured option, but it is a lot harder to come by. It's mainly sold as BTO, which means you have to pay full price. That makes that extra 8GB of RAM ridiculously expensive. I mean it's already ridiculously expensive, but the fact that base models sell with huge discounts increases it even further. I will NEVER EVER pay for this upgrade out of sheer principle. I'd rather switch to another system.

[selfhoster69]

Yep, I faced this same issue when I bought an M2 Air early March. The 16GB BTO upgrade was roughly 40% more expensive compared to the discounted base 8GB model.

[xw3090]

Why does APPLE RAM cost so much?? (Apr 19, 2005) https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/why-does-apple-ram-cost...

Maybe one day Apple will lower memory prices. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it...

[armchair_expert]

Because they put themselves in that position by soldering the ram to the board. This way, people can't buy off the shelf RAM, the only way to upgrade is buying a more expensive mac.

They did the same with the storage. Even on expensive Mac Studios, even though the SSD can be taken out, it's incompatible with off the shelf SSDs. You can't even buy used, you have to go to the Apple store and pay the Apple premium for an SSD, and they reprogram your soldered SSD controller to work with the new drive.

[rs999gti]

Macs are luxury goods, price is the price. If you have an issue with it then you are not the market.

No one goes to a Lambo dealer and complains about the cost of an oil change. Price is the price for luxury goods.

[NewJazz]

Apple has an 8% global market share for PCs. In Q42022, they shipped 7 million units.

Lamborghini shipped less than 10k units in 2022, total.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/apples-mac-market-share-jump...

https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/news/lamborghinis-record-b...

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/19/apple-shipped-sev...

[a123b456c]

Comparing Apple to Lamborghini is laughable. Apple is Audi at best. More like Volkswagen or Honda to me.

[rs999gti]

Audis are still luxury vehicles.

[hirvi74]

That's a compliment in my opinion.