Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help

Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help by CharlesW on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:40PM (#34571208)

> They've also neutered performance on the M2 base models by only including 1 NAND chip on the board instead of 2 so you no longer get the benefits of striping and faster speeds.

This is addressed in TFA, which suggests it's a side effect of smaller 128GB modules becoming scarce (or maybe more accurately, "not reliably available at Apple volumes").

The article asks "why is Apple even bothering with a 512GB version?", and the two answers are: (1) To create a cheap-ish "price anchor" config, and (2) to serve people for whom price is paramount, who are most likely doing tasks like browsing the web, doing email, and using office-type apps.

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Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help by goosedragons on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:35PM (#34573011)

So they should have just boosted the 256GB models to 512GB and 512GB to 1TB. The only model where it makes sense to be this agressive on price is the $600 Mini. Considering you can get a decent 512GB SSD like the 980 at retail, with the SSD controller for less than $50 so you have to wonder how much they're really saving on that $1300 MBA and $2000 MBP? $5? $10?

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Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help by mwint on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:17AM (#34578706)

> should have just

Have you ever done supply chain and/or pricing work? Nothing like this is ever “just”. Especially at Apple’s volumes.

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