XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-11-23 10:58, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 11/22/25 3:30 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> To go from 256 GB storage on the Mac mini, to 512 GB, is $200.   
   >>>>>>> To go from 16 GB RAM to 24 GB is another $200.  These are not   
   >>>>>>> competitive prices.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The point you continue to miss is that a user isn't buying a bunch   
   >>>>>> of components. He or she is buying a complete SYSTEM.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So rational people look at the value of that complete system, and   
   >>>>>> base their buying decisions on that value.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Heh, dude, you're missing the point, they're blatantly   
   >>>>> overcharging. The *smallest* storage should be 512 GB, in the first   
   >>>>> place, not a $200 upgrade.  Apple is thieves.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nope.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> They're offering products for sale...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...and people are CHOOSING to buy them.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeah but why the hell is that? Why is 256 GB storage the default, in   
   >>> 2025?   
   >>   
   >> I don't know, but I DO know many people with 1TB drives who only have   
   >> 100GB or so on them.   
   >   
   >   
   > Perhaps, but it's still pathetic on gear that's not competitively priced.   
   >   
   >   
   >>  >  And doubling it is $200 extra?!  Do you wipe your ass with money >   
   >> and flush it down the toilet?   
   >> Again: what matters to a rational consumer is if the whole PACKAGE is   
   >> worth the cost.   
   >   
   >   
   > In other words - you're paying a lot for the software.  That's the only   
   > major difference in buying a Mac.  And yet their software is mediocre!   
   >   
      
   Look!   
      
   Another claim you won't substantiate!   
      
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