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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

By the time you pay $1800 for 16gb of ram on the M3 why not add $200 (10% more) and get 18gb on the M3 Pro?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly why Apple carefully designs their pricing strucutre. They want you to think that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, they spend tens of millions of dollars designing and building machines they don’t want people to buy, just so they can make a couple hundred more dollars on a different machine. And if the M3 outsells the Pro because most people don’t want to spend $200 for benefits they don’t need, well, that’s, hey, look over there!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never said they don't want you to buy it, I said they design their pricing structure so you spend more. The prices for upgrades don't often reflect their true value, but a carefully chosen price point by Apple that leaves you in a position to justify spending a little more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They design their pricing structure to have a compelling offering at a series of price points??? Have you called the police?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Are you being deliberately facetious?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly, Apple is always enticing you to upgrade, that $1800 model is decent, but at $2000 you have even more ram (since the M3 Pro is now 18GB) and a slightly faster chip.