There's no way that Apple pays spot. They will have contracts directly with the manufacturers, guaranteeing them a given supply at a given price. Their whole business kinda depends on it.
Sure, but eventually the contracts will be renewed at possibly a much higher price. It depends on the details of the agreement whether the price is adjusted based on market price periodically too.
I'm wondering if Apple will need to adjust their prices to maintain their margins. Given the scale of price rises I'd say yes.
There's no way that Apple pays spot. They will have contracts directly with the manufacturers, guaranteeing them a given supply at a given price. Their whole business kinda depends on it.
Sure, but eventually the contracts will be renewed at possibly a much higher price. It depends on the details of the agreement whether the price is adjusted based on market price periodically too.
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*only slightly less reasonable than market prices before they adjust it in order to stay at 2x less reasonable
What? Apple's memory upgrades are never reasonable.
Last time I checked going from 16 to 32GB in a Mac Mini was more expensive (or as expensive) than buying two 16GB Mac Minis.
Right now in this environment, they look reasonable. Not that they are