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> 1. I went with 16 GB of RAM on the M2 and sort of regretted it from day one. I have 36 GB on the M3 and feel much more comfortable about that in a machine I plan to use for the next 5-7 years.

Very fair; part of the reason I went with 64GB on my ThinkPad, and Apple makes this configuration almost cost prohibitive.

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It's not *almost* cost prohibitive, here (in France) a max spec Apple laptop cost about 8500€. Ridiculous.

That's a lot of money for a laptop. But its roughly the same as single intercontinental business class flight.

Computers are very, very cheap.

8500€ for a business class flight? Maybe first class.

SFO<->NZ business class is easily $US10k+ which should put it above 8500euro

> But its roughly the same as single intercontinental business class flight.

And most people (even in first world countries) never go on a single one of those in their lives. Even most businesses never purchase one.

I can't think of ANY airplane ticket that costs 5000 EUR, not to mention 8500.

Oh very easy to find. London to San Francisco, AA, business class, this Monday returning Thursday, 9700 EUR. Not even a flexible ticket

Google Flights says that’s a typical price

Direct with BA is €14k

Though neither of course a price a business would usually pay, due to contracts for special pricing and booking a bit more in advance

Long range business class tickets are easily that, if not more.

Apple prices in France are insane, partially because of how Apple adapt the dollar to euros, and the 20% VAT. Heck, at the time I got my 16Gb 14" M1 Pro plus an iPhone 11 mini for 50€ cheaper in Japan than just the laptop in France, in part thanks to a generous "back to school" offer.

What do you mean by max spec? In my country the 16inch, M3 Max, 128GB RAM, 8TB SSD is 9666 EUR[1] - France seems a lot cheaper.

[1] My country does not use EUR, i calculated it based on the current exchange rate.

I was hoping SSDs would be fast and durable enough these days to make ram redundant but here we are, back to the past in terms of price per kb

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