“In addition to upgrading the iMac and iMac Pro [on Tuesday], Apple has also quietly lowered select upgrade costs. For the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro, SSD upgrades are now slightly cheaper, while RAM upgrades for Mac Pro have also seen a price drop,” Chance Miller reports for 9to5Mac.
“For the base model MacBook Air, users can now upgrade to the 1.5TB SSD for $1,100, which is down from the original upgrade price of $1,200,” Miller reports. “The 256GB and 512GB SSD upgrades remain unchanged at $200 and $400 respectively.”
“For the upgraded MacBook Air that comes with 256GB as a base option, the 1.5TB SSD upgrade is now $900, down from $1,000. The 512GB upgrade remains at $200,” Miller reports. “Meanwhile, for the Mac mini, the 2TB SSD upgrade is the one seeing the price drop. For the base Mac mini, the 2TB upgrade will now cost you $1,400, down $200 from its original price. Rounding out the SSD upgrade price drops is the MacBook Pro…”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Still wildly overpriced on all counts, but less of an overcharge is better than a full overcharge, right?
Golf clap for Apple moving prices on SSDs and RAM in the right direction, at least!
Are you fricken kidding??? SSD 1TB drives are in the same price range as disk hard drives. For the mini $800 @ Apple WTF??
These are not ordinary SSDs. These have magical Timmy dust sprinkled on them.
I just upgraded my own MBA SSD and replaced the battery. Less than 30 min total. Do it yourself and save $$$
Too little, too late.
What do you do Apple lowers the price by a stinking hundred dollars on what people don’t want but then the products the people to want to remain the same and ungodly overpriced. I’m a believer and hear what others have been stating this is the new Apple and it’s not a great company
yep, it’s highway robbery. And after this iMac, if they don’t get their act together, i will go elsewhere next go round. No more.