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by ndiddy 2 hours ago
They already did, to an extent. The base Mac Mini used to be $600 with a 256 GB SSD, but they got rid of that and now the cheapest option is the $800 512 GB model. The typical Apple strategy is to make the base model of a given computer the price competitive version, and price gouge on additional storage and RAM to build up their margins. I guess the RAM price increase made the margins on the $600 model too low for Apple to want to sell.
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cockpump 1 hour ago
I said “$600” in a comment about the Neo. You said “$600” twice here about other things.

One thing is for sure, people consider that Apple hardware starts at $600.

They are not raising prices. They are keeping them low (in marketing) to outcompete others like Microsoft (aka Valve).

Gabe Newell worked at Microsoft for 15 years - people need to start considering Valve an extension of Microsoft. Their unofficial App Store for games.

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ClikeX 1 hour ago
> Gabe Newell worked at Microsoft for 15 years - people need to start considering Valve an extension of Microsoft. Their unofficial App Store for games.

This is a really weird take, considering Valve's push into Linux.

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Grombobulous 6 minutes ago
It’s really a factually incorrect take. The only reason Microsoft puts its games on Steam is because they have to for their game studios to be commercially viable. They have already tried getting a foothold with the Microsoft/Xbox store and the truth of the matter is that Steam holds all the cards in their overwhelming user base.

Valve is not an extension of Microsoft, they are a company that out-competed them.

I actually find it somewhat surprising that Microsoft is as warm as they are toward Valve. If there is a personal relationship factor, maybe that’s it.

Even though Valve is essentially making a play to replace Windows, their gaming platform has still done more to keep the Windows alive than most anything else, and they’ve kept the platform completely open (e.g., go ahead and install Windows on your Steam Machine).

If not for PC games who is really preferring a high end PC laptop or desktop over a Mac?

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