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Macs Are Now Cheaper Than PCs. Seriously.

The AI industry is ruining the PC industry. An unsuspecting Apple may end up as winner. *Save 10% on your Cloth Pro Max* - https://copland.supply/discount/SNAZZY Follow Snazzy Labs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/snazzylabs Follow me on Bluesky - https://snazzy.fm/UW Follow me on Threads - https://snazzy.fm/XV Follow me on Mastodon - https://snazzy.fm/NN Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/snazzyq The DRAM memory crisis driven by AI and HBM demand from NVIDIA, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron has caused DDR5 RAM prices to surge over 175%, forcing Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Framework to raise PC prices by 15–50% while Apple's Mac lineup—including the $399 M4 Mac mini and $1,600 M4 Pro MacBook Pro—remains unchanged thanks to Tim Cook's long-term supply contracts and vertically integrated Apple Silicon with on-die LPDDR memory. Apple's $200-per-tier RAM upgrades, long considered a ripoff, are now cheaper than buying equivalent DDR5 DIMMs on the open market, making the Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air the best value computers in 2026 despite Apple's still-extortionate SSD and NAND storage pricing. Upcoming M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros are expected in early 2026 alongside a rumored $600 A18 Pro-powered MacBook, while a full M6 MacBook Pro redesign with tandem OLED, touchscreen, and Dynamic Island could arrive in Q4 2026 at a $300–$500 premium. The memory shortage is forecast to persist through 2028 as data centers consume over 70% of top-tier memory production, meaning Mac's pricing advantage over Windows PCs and Chromebooks may be the new normal. 0:00 Macs are objectively the best deal in computing 0:57 DRAM is a BSCAM 2:50 PC prices are going up… even more. 3:48 Apple’s old ripoff pricing is now a deal? 5:37 Apple is NOT a normal company 7:37 Apple’s still screwing you though… 9:19 Apple’s base configs are no longer trash 13:53 Obfuscating price hikes with FEATURES! 17:15 Price hikes are sadly already overdue 17:47 A new “budget” MacBook will be a paradigm shift 21:13 STOP TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION! 22:50 Macs are *not* overpriced. Suck it.