Comment by mock-possum
17 hours ago
> delivery times for enterprise-grade HDDs delayed by two years.
I sleep
> so hyperscalers are now switching to QLC NAND-based SSDs to avoid these backorders … This could lead to SSD prices rising worldwide
Real shit
The funniest thing about this is that, with high GPU prices, rising RAM costs, and now increasing SSD prices, Apple will end up producing the most affordable PCs.
If every other PC is more expensive, they will just increase prices.
No, Apple has effectively promoted iCloud as the alternative to local storage as part of its product differentiation strategy in the lower price segment.
Apple will almost certainly introduce the same approach for the budget MacBook as well.
Apple uses the same RAM, SSD, etc as everyone else does. They don't have a magic supply chain that is unaffected by the broader world.
They have a magic supply chain that is unaffected by the broader world which is one of the reasons why Tim Apple was chosen by Steve Jobs as his successor.
They don't use the same SSDs? They don't use the same RAM? They have their own supply chain in place? Whatcha talking about bud?
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