Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse
towerful@programming.dev 2 months agoThe low ram and storage are to drive you up 2 tiers.
By the time you go “256gb isn’t enough storage, so I’ll pay 10% more for something useable”, you are pretty much at the stage of “if I’m spending this much, I might as well get the ram upgrade as well”. And suddenly you are paying $500 more.
golli@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Exactly my point. Not sure if there is a better term, but in some way it is a bait-and-switch tactic.
With the “starting at” sticker price of the lowest configuration they get you into the mindset of wanting (and being able to afford) a their premium device. And then once you are mentally commited they it’s the choice between spending even more or compromising on a premium device (where you really should have to).