I was reading (and agreeing with) someone's gripe over Apple putting a combo drive in their "low end" MacBook when I realized that offence is nothing in comparison to their memory prices.
Recently, Apple quietly upgraded their MacBook lineup, which included officially extending the maximum supported memory to 4 gb. Great! The more the better, especially since I would be using VMware Fusion to run Windows and Linux along side OS X.
Here's the kicker, configuring a MacBook through Apple's online store will cost you $850 for 3 gb of memory. Yes, that's eight hundred and f-ing fifty dollars for a mere 3 gb of memory (remember, the 1st gb is including in the base price).
Let me put this in perspective. You can buy 4 gb of Patriot memory, specifically made for Mac notebooks, from Newegg for only $189. Yes, that's one full gb more for approximately $650 less than what Apple is charging.
Am I the only one outraged?
5 comments:
Yes... the rest of us just get our memory else where.
Just like gambling is a tax on those that don't understand probability.
Yeah, it really does enrage me too. And the other thing is if you or I can get it for $189, what the hell is Apple paying for it? Apple has to be one of if not THE biggest buyer of RAM in the world....GRRRR.
Can I please just order my Macbook without memory and without a HDD....I know it sounds crazy, but not nearly as crazy as paying $800 for 3GB of RAM.
No, not crazy at all. Hell, I want one without hdd, memory and even a processor.
While they're at it, they might as well start selling OS X that comes with Apple stickers to cover up the embarrassing logos on our current laptops. That package would have to go for at least $500 according to their current price structure.
Same here, I got my ram at Newegg.com too.
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