Apple just Increased Prices: here’s what’s changed

enmerk4r•about 2 hours ago

Wow, I guess no one is immune from supply chain issues. To Apple's credit, I remember the time (a while back) when people overpaid for the Apple brand while not getting as much performance for their money as they would have with other laptop / smartphone manufacturers. Things have really changed over the recent years. Thanks to all the vertical integration, Apple is about as cost-effective as you can get for top-of-the-line hardware. So the fact that they are raising prices is an alarming sign.

thewebguyd•about 2 hours ago

What surprised me was that they increased across the current lineup. When Cook announced that they'd have to raise prices, I had assumed he was referring to new launches, as is Apple tradition I did not expect such a large and widespread bump across the whole line up.

jaimebuelta•about 4 hours ago

The configuration I’m interested in (I’m waiting until new M5 models are launched) just increased $1000 :-/

codazoda•about 3 hours ago

The Studio I looked at yesterday jumped from $2600 to $3400 (30%). I was saving for it and was about 1/2 way there. I was expecting these increases in 2027, so planned to buy late in the year. Apple moved faster than I expected after the price increase announcements.

On the flip side, this makes PC options with GPUs more attractive.

I’m interested in running local AI models.

cmdrmac•about 4 hours ago

The price increases are absurd for some configurations. Glad I placed my order for a new mb pro a couple days ago.

Thomaschaaf•about 3 hours ago

> The average price increase is $269.23.

How is that calculated?

ramon156•about 3 hours ago

Markov chains

ChrisArchitect•about 3 hours ago

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672732

DiabloD3•about 2 hours ago

This is a weird way for Apple to admit the Mac is dead.

Apple just Increased Prices: here’s what’s changed

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