Apple's RAM Scam

Apple recently revealed their new MacBook Pro and iMac models and it marked their eleventh year being stuck with 8GB of RAM. During the same period, iPhone went from 1GB of RAM to 8.

So why is Apple being so stingy with the Mac? Well, the short answer is because they can. Apple’s business strategy is to offer an appealing products that trap users into their ecosystem. That way, they can avoid direct competition with other companies.

[DrAnimePhD]

The fact even Apple Explained is calling them out on being really cheap with RAM is incredible.

[operaterjackson]

Not only is it only 8 GB of ram, It’s 8 GB of ram SHARED between the CPU and GPU

[hoaha]

now $1700 mac has the same amount of ram as an $150 phone 💀💀💀

[TechNICKal]

16gb should be the base option in 2023, period. Apple is just being extremely stingy.

[nicabc]

Not even Apple Explained could hold back

[leokimvideo]

Once you enter iJail, your there for life

[TT-oo]

8GB RAM on “pro” devices is such a scam

[rayoflight]

As the price of solid state storage - both RAM and VNAND - has decreased dramatically in the last few years, it has became more and more evident that Apple was taking advantage over their customers with a pincer action - remove user upgrade ability and overprice the extra memory options.
Today, selling the extra RAM at four or five times the market price has become unjustifiable.
Today I'm glad that Apple Explained, traditionally very sympathetic toward the company, is calling this memory sale with the proper name...

[Doflaminguard]

200$ for an extra 8Gb RAM. What a rip off. Consumerism is what keeps Apple floating.

[jjwwqq]

I used to order my Macs with the minimal amount of RAM, order the RAM I wanted from Techworks, then install it myself. Apple caught on to this, and started soldering on the RAM and welding their cases shut.

[kevinpeng]

I love Apple products, but I also believe we need to boycott scams like 8GB RAMs

[ПостороннимВ-йю]

It's not just RAM. SSDs are literally the same thing. They are soldered, and the price of extra storage is exorbitant.

[Fredjikrang]

The absurd upgrade prices are pretty much the only reason I don't have a Mac. They are charging $800 to upgrade from a 256GB to 2TB SSD. A new 2TB, high quality, faster SSD can be purchased for less than $150. Why in the world would I choose to pay more than 5x the price? It is obscene. And they wonder why they are struggling to sell hardware.

[appleboyapostrophe]

This is so true.


A $1000 laptop let alone $1600 should NEVER start a 8gb RAM…

[Ls-us]

Thousand dollar display stands and 200 dollar ram upgrades are completely fine to apple fans as Apple fans are locked into the ecosystem

[chrislj]

Yeah, it wasn't that big a deal when you could easily add RAM yourself, but once that option was removed we were totally screwed.

[jovan_spasovic]

The fact that you actually took a stance against this behavior is incredible to me, as you usually sugarcoat what Apple does.

[dungeondeezdragons]

1:33 at this point if you buy an imac you are "brainless certified".

[livedreamsg]

Their Pro models should be 32GB minimum. 16GB should be on the air. Really hoping for some great laptop models using the Snapdragon X Elite.

[XMattingly]

Hit the nail on the head on something that’s been infuriating me for several years, now: Apple’s RAM upgrade prices are _absolutely_ a ripoff. Or, if they’re not I’d love to see them justify why 1) they cannot design boards with RAM slots, and 2) the true speed/efficiency advantage of SoC RAM.