[gcanyon]

> Apple is not known for leaving money on the table like that.

True -- although I will say the M series chips were a step change in performance and efficiency from the Intel processors they replaced, and Apple didn't charge a premium for them.

I'm not suggesting that they'll stop charging more for RAM than the industry at large -- I'm hoping they'll unbundle RAM from CPU-type. A base Mac Mini goes for $600, and adding RAM costs $200 per 8GB. That's a ridiculous premium, clearly, and at that rate my proposed Mac Mini with 256GB of RAM would go for $6600 -- which would roll my eyes until they fell out of my head.

But Apple is also leaving money on the table if they're not offering a more expensive model people would buy. A 128GB Mini, let's say, for $2000, might be that machine.

All that said, it's also a heck of a future-proof machine, so maybe the designed-obsolescence crowd have an argument to make here.