The price of apple products have probably no relation whatsoever to what it cost to produce it.
It costs whatever the target customer is ready to pay to aquire it.
Re:M1 Ultra Geekbench Score
by SpelingBeeChamp on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:00PM
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Do you really believe that companies should price their products below market rate?
The only likely consequence of that scenario is that they will be resold to the people willing to pay more.
Apple is not a charity. They don't owe you anything.
Yes, I hold communistic point of view in that regard and I do believe that people must earn reasonable wage and not charge anything over that. Extracting super-profits is criminal, even if you're making best computer in the world.
Re:M1 Ultra Geekbench Score
by gameswithgo on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:47AM
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all products in the world are priced to maximize profit
Some estimations of M1 Max and M1 Ultra price:
M1 MAX + 64 GB RAM + 1 TB SSD is $2600
M1 Ultra with 48 GPU cores + 64 GB RAM + 1 TB SSD is $4000
M1 Ultra with 64 GPU cores + 64 GB RAM + 1 TB SSD is $5000
So Apple puts a hefty price on its M1 Ultra CPU. You have to pay $1400 on top of M1 MAX price to get it and $2400 to get the best one.
I wonder if it's greed or production issues. Silicone is cheap.