Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeting' Mac Sales

Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by raydev on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:02PM (#35427374)

All non-US countries experience this. Apple strictly ties pricing to some USD value, which at the baseline is not always 1:1 (meaning it may be more expensive taking into account conversion).

If your country's dollar falls in value, Apple punishes your country. It's not fair to you as an individual, but it's how Apple have operated for at least the last 15 years.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by surfingdino on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:44PM (#35430136)

We ought to consider ourselves lucky in the UK. We have Apple Stores that we can walk into a buy Macs. In the 1990s Mac were sold by authorised dealers who closed their stores at the end of the working day. The first Macs you could buy from major electronics retailers were the Performa models. I am not defending Apple, but Macs are more affordable and accessible than they were before while being priced at levels that are way above similar PC hardware. Just like they were before.

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