Apple knows that most of the purchasers are not exotic car enthusiasts, and are happy if their car just *looks* like a Ferrari. And it knows that they'll be used for the school run and popping out to the coffee shop, not for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Apparently.
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Aren't those 8Gb, not 8GB, meaning you would need 8x2=16, not 2?I’d be quite surprised if apple paid any more than this, and probably significantly less given the quantities we’re talking about: 1 8GB BGA RAM Chip x2 for 16 GB: $5.80
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Folks have done the upgrade themselves, they’re in the best position to tell you the cost of the parts. DOSdude1 comes to mind.
Because the market for these is not recent MacBooks with Apple Silicon, it's people with older MacBooks with the Intel chips. If you have an M2 or even an M1 Air, you really don't have much reason to buy an M3.
Ah, that sounded really high but I see that is Australian Dollars? What would an equivalent Lenovo be?
Exactly. "It's up to 100 times faster than the 2001 MacBook Air."
If you had an M2, would you be in the market for an M3?
You’re absolutely right. The original post I followed said 8GB, but it looks like the actually part is 8Gb. Oops! But at any rate, without knowing the model numbers of the ram modules used in the m3, which I haven’t seen dismantled yet, I can’t find pricing. But I can’t imagine it’s not in the same ballpark.
LOL, in my original post, I was using the word CHIP very loosely, to mean, in this case, a 8GB stick of Ram vs a 16GB stick of Ram
Yes, I am aware that there are multiple "chips" on each stick of Ram I suspect that Apple pays maybe a dollar more for a 16GB stick of Ram as opposed to an 8GB stick of Ram.
It’s a software limitation.
Thanks for the comment, markfc... and to all of the many responders.
I have an i7 2020 air, it runs fine with sonoma…
I suspect that since that earlier estimate was low by 800%, that the cost is higher than you suspect. And I don’t think Apple buys sticks of RAM for these, since the RAM is integrated on the CPU module for the M series, so you would have been closer using your original word chip, I believe.LOL, in my original post, I was using the word CHIP very loosely, to mean, in this case, a 8GB stick of Ram vs a 16GB stick of Ram
Well... I use 2 external monitors attached to my MacBook Pro when doing zoom meetings: Documents we're editing together on one monitor, full screen zoom on another so I can actually see who's talking, and additional information, like info I need from a web browser on the MacBook Pro screen. So maybe I'm an outlier, but I can't imagine I'm the only one using two external displays attached to my MBP.
I'm not sure where you're getting 800 percent unless you have a model number and a price list. I'm highly dubious they're paying 42 dollars for 2 ram chips.
Your description certainly doesn’t make it sound like a situation where it would make sense to spend $200 more to lose 512GB of storage she might use to get some extra power she likely won’t need. Unless she likes to always have the newest version and enjoys reconfiguring, she’s probably better off with the M2… but I have to say your safest option is to ask her!
Well, since you agreed they were 8Gb chips, not 8GB, I was under the impression you would need 16 chips for 16GB, since there are 8 bits in a byte. I haven’t had to calculate this stuff in a few decades, though.
