It is obviously too cheap if you got to wait almost 2 months to buy one.
The $100 price increase is not stopping people from mass-ordering it.
The $100 price increase is not stopping people from mass-ordering it.
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Or you could argue that it’s rightfully priced?
Why would you want to stop people from mass ordering? Your OP is nothing but logical fallacy.
A lot of people have more money at the moment because of the pandemic
Maybe the delays are more a function of the worldwide chip shortages.
I would agree it isn’t optimally priced for Apple if we weren’t in the middle of a chip shortage and it has been speculated that the mini-LED displays will be in short supply for a while. Seems more like there’s low supply.
The price increase on the iPad Pro is nothing compared to what's going on with graphics cards right now. I managed to snag an RTX 3090 at MSRP on the day it launched. Never paid that much for a GPU before and frankly felt a bit of buyer's remorse because it was basically twice the price for 10% more performance over the 3080. Still, I had nothing else worthwhile to really spend the money on and all the 3080s were gone, so I kept it. When I look at the state of the GPU market now, it feels like I won the lottery. It's not just the scalpers doing the scalping now, it's the whole industry starting from supplier all the way to the retailer, all thanks to shortage and exploding demand fueled by the cryptocurrency mining craze. Looks like SSDs and HDDs will be next if Chia takes off, so who knows... the exorbitant price that Apple charges for SSD upgrade options may end up looking quite reasonable in comparison to regular store pricing in a not too distant future.
Or it means the supply is inadequate and they weren't ready to go prime time with it.
From the point of view of Apple (or any other company), what you want is to extract as much as possible of the consumer surplus, any less than 100%, "you're leaving money on the table", for that you need perfect information and to be able to price the good differently for every singular consumer, which is not feasible of course.
You don't profit on backlogs, nor mass ordering per se, this all cost money to Apple. The OP, while perhaps looking for controversy, makes perfect logic.
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From the point of view of Apple (or any other company), what you want is to extract as much as possible of the consumer surplus, any less than 100%, "you're leaving money on the table", for that you need perfect information and to be able to price the good differently for every singular consumer, which is not feasible of course.
You don't profit on backlogs, nor mass ordering per se, this all cost money to Apple. The OP, while perhaps looking for controversy, makes perfect logic.
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Sure, but imagine how pissed off customers would be if it was $1499 at launch and then after 6 months and supply issues have eased, price drops to $1099?
Unlike before, Apple doesn't prevent discounts on their iPads so in normal times, even the $999-1099 MSRP is already priced high and then we get $50-100 off sales a couple months after launch.
Also, Apple tends to be very conservative when estimating shipping times. Chances are it'll arrive sooner
While there were a lot of people adversely affected, there are also those whose work allowed telecommute and whose paychecks remained steady and are spending less money on gas, movies, vacations, etc. Not everyone who received the stimulus check needed it to survive either.
Already have one. I like iPads more.
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Are you aware of how difficult-to-acquire items translate to brand value and clout? Ever heard of Yeezy, Supreme?From the point of view of Apple (or any other company), what you want is to extract as much as possible of the consumer surplus, any less than 100%, "you're leaving money on the table", for that you need perfect information and to be able to price the good differently for every singular consumer, which is not feasible of course.
You don't profit on backlogs, nor mass ordering per se, this all cost money to Apple. The OP, while perhaps looking for controversy, makes perfect logic.
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It IS a computer. I'm guessing you mean desktop computer. Well, news-flash: many people prefer tablets to desktops or laptops. Just because you don't have a use/preference for it doesn't mean tons of others don't.
There are probably few factors that we have to include when we talk about availability and chip shortage:
A) Apple is one of the biggest TSMC's customers.
B) Apple is using already produced M1-chip. (Mini-led is different story). And Apple has probably some way anticipated this situation and ramped up the production.
C) It's already hell of a expensive.
D) It's not worth mine any cryptocurrency with M1-chip.
E) If you would want to mine Ethereum, M1 Macbook Air is cheaper (and probably bit more powerful).
I'm one who has ordered RTX 3080 (TUF NON-OC, F for me) in September and still waiting mine. So i have been very closely watching this situation evolve.
I know this topic is a joke or Tim Cook is writing in the Macrumours forum, but still.
A) Apple is one of the biggest TSMC's customers.
B) Apple is using already produced M1-chip. (Mini-led is different story). And Apple has probably some way anticipated this situation and ramped up the production.
C) It's already hell of a expensive.
D) It's not worth mine any cryptocurrency with M1-chip.
E) If you would want to mine Ethereum, M1 Macbook Air is cheaper (and probably bit more powerful).
I'm one who has ordered RTX 3080 (TUF NON-OC, F for me) in September and still waiting mine. So i have been very closely watching this situation evolve.
I know this topic is a joke or Tim Cook is writing in the Macrumours forum, but still.
I have the 2020 IPP 12.9" with WIFI + cell use it when I trave and don't want to use my MBP (if I don't Have to)
like the pencil and can change to other languages easy for other stuff I use MBP and Lenovo Thinkpad at home desktops
like toys) but still think for me it too much money and over due with hardware
like the pencil and can change to other languages easy for other stuff I use MBP and Lenovo Thinkpad at home desktops
like toys) but still think for me it too much money and over due with hardware
Does the MacBook Air have a touchscreen? Does it work with the Apple Pencil? Is it detachable? Can it work as a tablet?
