32Gb is 4 GB.The RAM Apple uses has 4 times as many BGA pins as commonly available LPDDR4X modules. It was speculated by more knowledgeable people that the high pinout is used to operate the RAM at much lower voltages to reduce the power consumption. I have no idea how expensive such custom chip would be.
Barring any surprises which justify the 16" staying $600 more expensive, I think they will, or at least should close the gap between the 14"/16" as they will move much closer in capability than the current 13"/16" (indeed may be more or less the same computer in two sizes) - maybe they will split the difference, the 14" goes up to $1,899 or $1,999 and the 16" comes down to $1,999 or $2,099?
Yeah, it’s easy to underestimate cost. Speaking to the ether: If you’ve ever made something, you know there’s a cost difference in the planning and the doing. And if you want to make something better than anything available, you better expect to spend more planning and much more doing. R&D and yields are good buzzwords to fall back to, but the reality is that the cost is orders of magnitude more than you’d expect, and you only repeatedly take on such projects if you’ve figured out to make it pay off in the long run. That’s what Apple does really well (among other things, like gathering and inspiring talented people, setting high standards of engineering, etc.).
GB = gigabyte; Gb = gigabit. Then there’s GiB and such (thank hard drive marketing depts for that) which is pronounced gibibyte— some combination of powers of 2 and 10. I’ve never seen Gbits used in specs.
Spot prices like that don't mean much since there is no specification attached. Apple uses what looks like custom RAM chips that run at the fastest LPDDR4X speeds. They also use 64 Gb for the 16 GB M1 Macs.
Probably not since they have to buy a large quantity. They probably put out bids at a cost that they factor into the price of the computer. The lowest prices is going to be less important than the supply.
Rough time to be an Apple Pro user. They've dangled the potential of Apple Silicon in front of us for a year now, without a worthwhile Pro machine to offer. Then the most boring WWDC of all time with nothing to be excited about as a developer.
I honestly think they are making us users wait on purpose. Seeing if they can get us to make an impulse buy on the current M1’s. Like seriously. I feel like they did the same with the iPad. Delayed it a few months and people like me bought the model before.
You could still test on an iPad, iPhone. I mean yes, the m1 is faster but is still technically a chip made from the AX line up.
