[grecy]

> Is this the year where Apple increases the memory on the base model above 8GB? Will they finally allows you to have 32GB of memory on the macbook Air?

This reasoning makes no sense.

You are talking about the cheapest and lowest spec laptop Apple sell, designed for consumers, not pros.

Do you complain the base level Porsche is slow? Do you complain the base level Tesla has a short range? Do you complain Nvidia’s base card can’t run monster models?

None of those make any sense, those are the cheapest base model from each company, and each company sells higher spec versions of those products.

The base model is slow and cheap. If you need higher performance, buy the model that has ‘pro’ in the name, that is what its for.

[qwebfdzsh]

> Do you complain the base level Porsche is slow?

It's certainly not "slow" though...

> Do you complain the base level Tesla has a short range?

Again, the range is still pretty good compared to most other EVs

> The base model is slow and cheap. I

RAM is relatively cheap and the impact on price would be minimal. However Apple's business model is in large part based on making money from upgrades because they can charge obscenely inflated prices for memory/storage because their customers don't have a choice.

[grecy]

You missed the point entirely.

The base level Porsche is absolutely slow compared to the top-end.

The base level Tesla has vastly less range than the top-end.

The base level card from NVidia is a joke compared to the top end.

Companies make a range of products to suit a range on consumers and needs.

The idea that the cheapest, smallest and lightest laptop Apple make should be more geared towards pros is laughable, doubly so when they literally have a product called "Pro" that doesn't precisely what you want.

[qwebfdzsh]

> The base level Porsche is absolutely slow compared to the top-end.

It's still very fast compared to a 100 hp budget car (HP is selling 8GB laptops for $300 and you can get a 16 GB one for $500 with 512 GB of storage, the Air starts at $1000, is Porsche offering models with 100 engines?)

> The base level Tesla has vastly less range than the top-end.

Vastly is an exaggeration but let's say so. It still has a much larger battery than budget EV with ~30 kWh batteries)

> You missed the point entirely.

I don't think so.

> geared towards pros is laughable

I didn't say anything about pros. A 16GB + 512GB laptop is certainly not "geared towards pros" and Apple only gives you half that.

> Companies make a range of products to suit a range on consumers and needs.

Maximizing profits comes first in this case. Apple uses segmentation to up charge their customers for upgrades (at obscene margins) because their clients have no other options if they want macOS. Again an extra 8GB would cost peanuts...

[grecy]

You're complaining that Apple sell a laptop with specs you don't want, while they sell a laptop that does have the specs you want.

Utter nonsense.

I think you just want something to complain about.

[qwebfdzsh]

I wasn't complaining just replying to your somewhat silly analogies...

The whole thread was basically about Apple purposefully crippling base/cheapest configs (which most uninformed people tend to buy) to maximize their profit margins and make their laptop less future proof

> Apple sell a laptop with specs you don't want, while they sell a laptop that does have the specs you want

Of course they actually don't. There is no 32 GB or 64GB MacBook Air.

> I think you just want something to complain about.

Perhaps, other people prefer complaining about other people complaining so to each his own, I guess...