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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by georgespencer on Friday June 15, 2012 @06:09PM (#4118969)
> Lenovo, for example, wanted $1,060 to go from 4GB to 16GB in the ThinkPad X230.

At a guess I'd say that's because they're using matched 8GB sticks, whereas Apple is using 4x 4GB. (Just a guess.)

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by reaganing on Friday June 15, 2012 @06:22PM (#4119024)
Yeah, Lenovo's using 8GBx2, but even so, it's a very heavy markup. Newegg wants about $125 for such sticks[1]. It'd be about $85 for 4GBx4[2] if that is in fact what Apple's using

I also just navigated the labyrinth that is HP.com and looked at pricing on the 15" Envy (15t-3000 series specifically). The base model comes with 6GB and it costs $315 to go to 16GB (8GBx2)[3].

So, Apple's pricing really doesn't seem bad at all.

[1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226... [2]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226... [3]: No direct link possible apparently.

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