MINISFORUM has quietly snuck out a cheaper version of its AMD Ryzen-powered 2-in-1. Previously available with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, the new MINISFORUM V3 model sacrifices RAM for a $230 saving that drops it below $999.https://www.notebookcheck.net/MINISFORUM-V3-New-model-released-with-999-launch-price-before-rumoured-Microsoft-Surface-Pro-10-launch.839255.0.html
16GB is worth $230, apparently LOL. Remind me never to buy from their memory supplier.
It's called marketing, it has very very little to do with component costs.
For no particularly rational reason on various fora, YouTube posts etc a number of posters whined about how THEY wouldn't pay the price for a 32Gb RAM, high processor spec'd tablet unless it was xxxx (some arbitrary made up number without link to actual costs), in general 1K USD.
So Minisforum have taken a punt on dropping RAM to 16Gb, eaten a bit of the profit margin and voila, sub 1K USD.
Oh and have you seen the margin that Apple, Microsoft et-al put on RAM variety on their devices?
Quote from: Mr Majestyk on May 20, 2024, 02:55:20Remind me never to buy from their memory supplier.
You won't ever (again) buy anything from SK Hynix?
still ridiculously priced. the 32gb->16gb ram reduction sucks a lot as well since it'll neuter the APU which uses that ram as vram. why buy anything like this when you can get laptops with 4050/4060 for cheaper?! if your tablet/noteboook just has a singular APU (intel or amd) it should also come with a large reduction in price since you no longer have a stronger dedicated GPU. these prices are scams where they are selling APU only devices for $1200-$2000.