Even Apple supply chain maestro Tim Cook couldn’t dodge the memory chip ‘RAM-ageddon’ crisis. Here’s why PC prices are soaring this summer

Oh no, that's Lenovo saying they think these RAM prices will be the new normal and may never go back to how they were

That RAM crisis, huh? Surely it'll end sometime soon. Undoubtedly. We'll all be able to afford technology again, games consoles and computers won't be only for the 1, and we can laugh about this silly point in history. Sorry, I've just had a note handed to me and, oh, oh no, Lenovo are saying they think that these new astronomically high prices will be the new normal as we enter 2030. Excuse me while I scream into the void for a moment. Read more

This 10-year-old AMD CPU still crushes modern games at 1080p — and I paid a fraction of what a new one costs

All hail the Ryzen 5000 series.

Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better

Even Apple is jacking up its prices, and the MacBook Neo is the latest casualty

Prime Day is over: We found 10+ deals still live on microSD, portable SSDs, and hard drives to beat RAMageddon

With RAMageddon, memory prices are going way up. Shop after Prime Day deals on portable SSDs, HDDs, and microSDs from Samsung, SanDisk, and Lexar.

Laptop Prices Are Never Coming Back Down After Apple (AAPL) Move, And Memory Makers Are To Blame

Laptop prices have crossed a threshold from which consumers should not expect a return, with RAM costs reshaping the economics of personal computing for years ahead. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recently raised MacBook Pro prices, and the 2,000 entry point for a capable MacBook is now considered the new baseline rather than a premium outlier. [] The post Laptop Prices Are Never Coming Back Down After Apple (AAPL) Move, And Memory Makers Are To Blame appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

Apple just raised the price of its products by hundreds of dollars

Apple held out longer than any other brand. Today, the memory crisis finally won, and Mac and iPad prices are going up across the board.

With Apple prices going up, this is the last chance to get a MacBook Neo at $590

If you've been looking at buying a MacBook Neo, now is the time.

Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware

Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive.

Why Micron is moving beyond its commodity reputation

Memory chips store the data and instructions that power Nvidia’s accelerated computing platforms, as well as the world’s computers and smartphones. These chips are, put simply, the filing cabinets of the digital economy. Since the late 1980s, the memory semiconductor market has been characterized by boom-and-bust profit cycles. Periods of strong profitability have routinely been followed by []

Super Micro Computer Is Trading at Its Best Valuation in 18 Months. Should You Buy the Dip?

The AI server specialist looks dirt cheap again.

Buying a Used iPhone Makes More Sense Than Ever

With Apple raising prices soon, you can save a lot of money by buying a used handset or upgrading an older device—safe in the knowledge that it'll last longer than ever.

The cost of fried electronics: Will City Power foot the bill?

The cost of fried electronics: Will City Power foot the bill?

I Found 50+ Last-Minute Prime Day Deals Worth Your Precious Dollars

Don’t miss out: record-low prices on Oura, Apple, and Stanley will be gone by midnight.

Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory

Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.

Never mind the RAM crisis, this Acer gaming laptop comes with 32GB memory and an RTX 5070 Ti for $300 off

Never mind the RAM crisis, this Acer gaming laptop comes with 32GB memory and an RTX 5070 Ti for $300 off

With discounts up to 40%, PC gamers can't afford to ignore these MSI Prime Day deals

With discounts up to 40%, PC gamers can't afford to ignore these MSI Prime Day deals

Apple Hikes Prices on Almost Everything Except iPhones

Macs, iPads, HomePods, and Apple TVs all cost way more now. Even the already expensive Vision Pro, too.

Why Apple wants Chinese memory it can't use

When Apple raised MacBook and iPad prices by up to 20 percent last month, wiping 263 billion off its market value in a day, it blamed unsustainable memory prices. Then it went to Washington to ask permission to buy DRAM from a Chinese company sitting on a Pentagon blacklist. Kim Yang-paeng, a semiconductor researcher at the state-run Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, does not think Apple actually wants to buy these chips. He thinks it wants to be seen trying. From the consu

Apple Just Raised Prices Across MacBooks, iPads, and More in Canada

Apple quietly hiked prices on a bunch of its hardware overnight, hitting MacBooks, iMacs, iPads, and even some smart home accessories in Canada. The price changes follow a warning from Apple CEO Tim Cook last week, who flagged serious supply constraints and rising production costs in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “There’s less [] The post Apple Just Raised Prices Across MacBooks, iPads, and More in Canada first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

Editorial: Sticker shock comes suddenly to the Apple store

A week after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that price hikes for the company’s devices were “unavoidable” due to soaring costs in key components, consumers woke up Thursday to just how steep and immediate those increases would be. Try up to 20 ...

In China’s electronics hub, a memory chip crisis is hitting consumers hard

For Cai, a trader in Shenzhen’s vast Huaqiangbei electronics hub, the business of assembling computers for gamers and corporate clients has suddenly become dramatically more expensive. The price of memory products in Huaqiangbei has tripled over the past year amid the global artificial intelligence boom – and the spike has hit the world’s largest wholesale electronics market hard. “Right now, memory and SSDs are the biggest cost drivers in a personal computer build,” Cai said, referring to...

Target raises Pokémon card prices for popular new products

Popular products like Ascended Heroes, Chaos Rising, and Perfect Order are more expensive at the retail chain

Elon Musk agrees with Tim Cook: The memory shortage is unprecedented

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook are both worried about the same thing. Getty Images Tim Cook and Elon Musk have found common ground. Cook has called the memory shortage “a hundred-year flood” and has raised prices on Apple products. Musk agreed. He said memory chips are the “biggest price jump []

MacBooks, Xboxes grow more costly amid AI boom

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story How the AI boom is making MacBooks, Xboxes more expensive The AI boom is fueling massive demand for memory chips, forcing electronics manufacturers to grapple with rising prices that are starting to trickle down to consumers. © Illustration / Courtney Jones; and Adobe Stock Memory chips, which are...

Reviving old PCs with Linux now that new ones cost an arm and a leg

Apple sharply raising the prices of laptops and other gear brought home that the datacenter-driven computer parts shortage is only getting worse. It will be years before prices fall, with RAM at the epicenter of the crisis. The long-awaited Steam Box is 1049 to start, with disappointing specifications. — Read the rest The post Reviving old PCs with Linux now that new ones cost an arm and a leg appeared first on Boing Boing.

AMD: The Market Is Pricing The GPU Story - I'm Buying The CPU Story

AMD: The Market Is Pricing The GPU Story - I'm Buying The CPU Story

Apple Price Increase: How Much Every iPad, Mac and Home Device Costs Now

Your next iPad, Mac, HomePod, Vision Pro or Apple TV purchase is going to cost more.