Apple Explains Why 256GB Storage Is Better

[@ghosty8507]

“Create problem. Sell solution “ Apple

[@AetheriusLamia]

video posted six minutes ago and already someone's posted the top comment. well done.

[@gloriouslizard9594]

@@ghosty8507 best comment section on KZbin

[@jamesr2651]

@@AetheriusLamiatotally

[@jamesr2651]

Classic apple🙄🥲😔

[@Pixlewatchtoo]

Government and Apple function similarly

[@TheBlargMarg]

I'm surprised Apple doesn't charge $200 for the power button to be somewhere more accessible.

[@Dobaspl]

Or just "to be"

[@gapho5198]

Write that down!

[@JohnSmith-op7ls]

Nah, they’ll charge $1200 for it by making you have to buy the 2026 model to get that. They claimed this time there wasn’t room anywhere else, even though there’s like 20 PCs this size or smaller that have power buttons on the back. Next year they’ll “magically re-engineer” the internals so it’s now possible to put the button on the back. And they’ll spend 8 minutes patting themselves on the back for this unimaginable accomplishment in the announcement propaganda video

[@Avruthlelbh]

Because there'd be no excuse they can make up for the original placement. Apple's motto is "Giving the bare minimum until they give more money", not "Pay for convenience".

[@stormglass2882]

No worries, a dongle will soon be released. 🎉

[@Nafiur13]

256 gb is better because it will become slow and outdated sooner so you'll buy a new one again next year or buy the better one.

[@S1nwar]

thanks for spelling out the standard narrative

[@Alpha13yt]

Sooner? 256 gb is outdated since 2014

[@tuamadre3727]

Also ur ram performance is capped by 256 somewhy, ur pc can not reach its actual power due to not enough storage

[@marcrodet4900]

I have a 2017 MacBook Pro with 256 gb, and it works and more than fine

[@askeladden450]

@@Alpha13yt 256 gb is almost outdated on phones at this point, let alone pcs meant to be workstations. Even 1tb falls short, especially if you want to game too.

[@DisasterMaster3K]

If apple was a shoe company they wouldn't include the shoe strings in the box. They would charge you extra if you wanted shoe strings

[@geoffsmith82]

At they would cost half the price of the shoe!

[@tan_k]

Yeah.. who needs new shoe string.. I have been using the same pair for the last 25 years.. 😂😂😂

[@asifmasroor]

It also will not include sole. You'll have to sell your soul to get sole. You see what I did here! :D:D:D

[@anirudh64]

They would charge for one shoe. And an environmental fee for the box and the packing paper. And a applecare warranty for the shoe that's 2x the price of the shoe, so that you can get a replacement shoe for twice the price of a new shoe.

[@doggnamedchip]

They would also require use of authorized socks and cabinets. Available only in Apple store.

[@SpaciousExpanse]

Apple: "If you think we think that our customers are stupid, then you think right"

[@JohnSmith-op7ls]

“Think stupid.”

[@shinnleammle8416]

Sheep doesn't think , they just follow

[@tonywright8342]

George Carlin said it best. The majority of people are stupid, and half of those are even stupider.

[@MP-vc4nu]

Apple “Genius” Innovations stand for making new ways to scam your money, not to make you save your money!

[@deepaknanda1113]

😂😂👍

[@Benzinilinguine]

Apple hates self-repair. That is why there are no screws. The only one who gets screwed is the customer.

[@Pope-enhiemer]

People who still buy Apple products kinda deserve it though. Fool me once; shame on you Fool me twice; shame on me Fool me a hundred times: I must be an Apple fanboy

[@MaxTechOfficial]

Oooof hurts to relive that Mac mini bottom cover crack!

[@josedealva4205]

cheap plastic designed to break

[@JohnSmith-op7ls]

Only the finest aircraft grade plastic for Apple customers. Too bad the aircraft grade was spec’d by Boeing

[@YTYTYTY7]

long live the cracked mac mini bottom plate 😂

[@yagoa]

Seems like the clips are on the sides

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

It would be still be usable, and you'd never see the damage.

[@kelvinlau09]

I didn't aware til you mention. M4 Mac mini 32/512 is a dollar more expensive than buying 2 Mac mini 16/256.

[@doompod]

I think you’re better off buying 2 Mac mini base models.

[@sheraz1001]

I couldn't find any Mac mini with 32GB RAM. The highest it goes is 24GB. The 24GB/512GB is 999.

[@sorsun46]

@@sheraz1001 they watched this video and took 'em off the store

[@Gobama_prismG]

​@@sheraz1001 Then you're searching wrong 😂 Go to apple website and go to configer your own Mac The highest you can get is 32gb of RAM and that is for 400$ I think

[@andrejwalter8968]

@@sheraz1001 in my country in eu, m4 mini 16/256 is 700eur, and 24/512 is 1700eur... crazy

[@northernsegageorge6510]

Why get excited about 16GB ram standard now when it will remain that for the next two decades whilst everyone else offers 64GB ram standard.

[@daskampffredchen]

Either get 8GB of RAM extra for 200$ or buy 128GB for 200$ in a normal PC

[@sprockkets]

Tbf I'm fine with 8GB, but I install 16 because dang, only $20 more. But he has a point, they rather give away $200 of ram just to run apple "intelligence"

[@alexcardosa8079]

Love to see a windows system that needs 64GB talk about bloatware.

[@antred11]

​@@alexcardosa8079No OS needs 64 GB. You're making stuff up.

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

​@@alexcardosa8079I have yet to see a Windows system that needs 64GB for anything other than specific computational tasks, the sort of tasks that would require 64GB of RAM on a Mac as well

[@alhypo]

Well, to be fair, 512GB is a pretty sad amount of storage, too. I don't really know what people use these for but the bare minimum for me is 1TB.

[@ondrejsedlak4935]

For basic office and day to day needs, 512GB is more than enough. Even 256GB is okay for a lot of my PC clients as they just run an email client and office with most storage being on the network. However since Macs are in the realm of creative use, 512GB is way too little.

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

I regularly use a Thinkpad W541 for education and basic programming/game design, running Linux with a 256 gb SSD. While I'm only using 20% of its storage, I don't keep many media on it or any games whatsoever as it's just a productivity laptop. It's more than possible to use such a small space depending on your usage. However, I can't imagine how much space you'd need if you had a laptop for gaming, video editing, and high resolution media. This is what the Mac Mini is supposed to be.

[@alexcardosa8079]

I would think most people have a NAS at home. but your right 512GB is not a big deal now a days.

[@alhypo]

@@alexcardosa8079 You think most people have a NAS? At home? I couldn't say for sure but I'd be very surprised if that turned out to be true.

[@twenty-fifth420]

My current system has two boot drives around 256 and 240 gb and they are 2.5 SATA solid state drives. I would say, assuming you have external storage or the cloud…or a server… Yeah, that is pretty sad to see for anything other then boot. I don’t think however it is too bad. Windows 10/11 will take up half your drive sure, but that is because their operating system is a glutton. Really, if you are any bit economic, you should just have getting an external Hard Drive or NAS. But tbf, this is also the company that solders parts. Say what you want about factory Windows 11 machines by default (they are shit) But at least their hardware is upgradable (usually). Especially if you DIY.

[@en3rgy1931]

Future e-waste.

[@grafando]

256gb is already ewaste in my opinion. Really anything under 1tb is.

[@Stacy-Freshener]

@@grafando Context/Device dependent. 256 isn't very bad on phones and ipad or For SSD combo. In here , since it's mac , 512GB should be fine. Right now . Future E-waste ? most likely !.

[@Klaus-777]

Cook is a very evil man.

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

*current e-waste

[@paralamota8632]

Literally i-waste

[@perperikis5501]

I guess being at the bottom makes it a butt-on ?

[@yurcchello]

no, butt-on is on top. you place it wrong (upside down)

[@JohnSmith-op7ls]

Tim Cook is more of a in-butt

[@The_Sz00p]

@@yurcchello butt-under

[@meaningfuldebate]

Love the pun.

[@tegathemenace]

Butt-om

[@mikehawk7307]

Apple has become the poster child for greed.

[@JushakF]

Always was.

[@MrHeavy466]

The poster child for marketing mastery more like. They’re basically a cult at this point.

[@ShanMichaelEscasio]

They always had been! Wdym?

[@WackyIraqi777]

It's not really greed if people willingly pay for it when there are plenty of wonderful alternatives available.

[@mikehawk7307]

@@WackyIraqi777 No it is still greed. People paying the high price are just brain washed.

[@Jammsbro1]

Every one of those apple presentations looks like they are trying to sell me a timeshare.

[@MikeSchmidt969]

And the door to get in is on the bottom.

[@Psycandy]

yes! i want a mac mini in the Bahamas, looks amazing

[@dieseldragon6756]

You don't _buy_ an Apple computer - You *rent* it... 😉

[@r.d.x7403]

Less storage > More Storage, Less RAM > More RAM, Orange > Apple.

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

Jokes on you, there is a company called orange that sells raspberry-pi like mini pc boards, so in terms of value, you're not wrong in the slightest

[@Cookiekopter]

orange is an internet/phone provider

[@rocketmunkey1]

In another 5 years time they'll upgrade the SSD to 512GB to keep us focused on that for the next 5 years, When the real problem is not the base level memory and storage its the absurd upgrade prices £200 for the first 256GB of storage then another £200 for every 512GB above that and another £200 for every 8GB upgrade, Its like they want us all to believe its still 2010 or something

[@michael_c2]

Yes all these KZbinrs talking about how great the price is at 500 bucks... And then do their reviews on the $1,700 version.

[@BGRUBBIN]

​@@michael_c2well technically if they're doing video editing, then you need more. If you're just a student or everyday use, it's fine.

[@Clickworker101]

Not just 100% more expensive than comparable storage but 1000%

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

@@BGRUBBIN 256gb of storage is atrocious at any price point. If all you do is browse the web you could buy a used laptop with a 512gb SSD for like $150, thats what I bought my mom, it also had 16gb of ram, it had an 8th gen intel i5, runs great she can have so many tabs open now its ridiculous. The price difference between 16gb dual channel kit and a 32gb dual channel kit is $40 and you can find 256gb ssd and 516gb ssds for the same price and a terabyte is $20 or $30 more.

[@rocketmunkey1]

@@BGRUBBIN 256GB is barely enough storage on a phone for your average user let alone a laptop or a desktop, its not just video editors who record and watch video you know. And paying £600 to £1300 is a bit much just to browse the internet isn't it. At the end of the day they are taking the p**s with their pricing, which insults the intelligence of their customers ! (PS I own and iPhone 15 pro max and a macbook air so careful there with the Apple customer intelligence jokes peeps) 😉

[@NaudVanDalen]

Even 1 TB isn't too fancy. I bought a 1 TB SSD for around €50. And even a 1 TB M2 SSD was about the same price, but I have a SATA connection.

[@Clickworker101]

Not 100% more expensive than normal but about 1000%

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

Lol man you have a SATA connection that is what 600mb/s? An Apple SSD goes 5000mb/s you cant compare those

[@DavideDavini]

Mate.

[@cloudy1998]

​@@Andrew-tl9gkWeird argument since you can pay like €10 more and get the same speed

[@cloudy1998]

Even funnier is that adding 256gb costs exactly as much as a new 4tb nvme SSD

[@legojenn]

I loved my little 2012 Mac mini. I upgraded the hard drive to 16GB and the 256GB hard drive to two one terabyte SSDs with little more than a proprietary screwdriver. Now it runs Linux Mint. Twelve years later, the new version is less upgradeable. Hurray for innovation.

[@kgill99]

I think in a previous video he said that Apple was a great ‘unnovator’ by which he meant going backwards in technology! 😂

[@boomergames8094]

I have a 2012 Macbook pro that I upgraded to 16GB / 1TB ages ago. Still use it often.

[@zero-jee]

@@boomergames8094 same here. was collecting dust until I found out I could upgrade. still works great. would never buy a newer macbook tho. the only apple product worth buying is the iphone.

[@NaudVanDalen]

2 x 16 GB RAM + 256 GB storage Mac Minis vs a single Mac Mini with 32 GB RAM + 512 GB storage is insane. The whole M4 chip, the case, the power supply, the motherboard, the fan. You get all of those twice instead of once. I hate those insane upgrade prices you feel like you have to buy, although finally it starts with 16 GB, so I guess you can attach an external SSD to it. 4 TB for the price of the upgrade to 512 GB. 💀

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

I mean, there is more stuff then just bigger storage...but all that stuff surely doesnt cost nowhere near as much as buying 2 of lower end ones.

[@tonywright8342]

Look into the external storage. There are things you can’t do with external storage with this Mac.

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

​@@tonywright8342Given that it's got Thunderbolt, if that's true it's an entirely artificial restriction and yet another reason to be criticising their predatory pricing

[@eyeofterra]

You should be able to install apps to external storage and store files there. ​@@tonywright8342

[@antimotivation10]

​@@tonywright8342comme quoi ? Personne n'achète ce mac pour l'intelligence d'apple. On achète ça pour la productivité.

[@theplouf5533]

I finally understood ! In fact, the M4 Mac was actually presented upside down by the graphic designers because they did not understand the meaning of the product. So, during the presentation, they left it like that. The button was normally on top, with the ventilation, like the Cylindrical Mac Pro.

[@Njazmo]

They just put the trash can upsidedown, and made it smaller.

[@Psycandy]

it's actually on the side, and it's not a power button either. you need the $299 stand to see how it sits and also the PRO version for it to be a physical button which does nothing.

[@c14inmybag]

the funiest tech youtuber to ever exist

[@blumtop]

krazam is also good.

[@IC3H34R7]

@khaby hold my café vro 😅

[@IamCorholio]

He's funny because Apple products are a joke

[@kirby21-xz4rx]

Fr 😂

[@Kugelblitz2b]

Someone said "screw apple", so apple said "no screws in the bottom" 😢

[@NoName-ik2du]

Storage has literally become the _only_ reason that I have not bought a new Mac. In this day and age, storage is so incredibly cheap that shipping _any_ computer with less than 1TB is just inexcusable.

[@seemsoverseas4493]

especially at that price

[@Hoch134]

Exactly. When I was 16, I remember that solid state storage was just about to pass the 1$/1GB mark. Now we get good 1TB SSDs for 80$. In my view, we really need regulations that forbid soldered RAM, storage and CPU parts. Even at phones you should be able to clamp down CPUs, maybe build them with sideways connectors. In gaming laptops, we achieved desktop CPUs and GPUs (removing the cooler, obviously). Nobody can tell me that our world wouldn't be able to build small chip sockets. This would be the best way to reduce E-waste significantly. Phone companies would have to focus more on chips and stuff and Apple could still sell overpriced chips. But people had the option to choose.

[@Great.Milenko]

so them being a scummy leech of a company that preys on the gullible and those people vulnerable to marketing isnt in any way a factor?

[@NoName-ik2du]

@@Great.Milenko I mean, their competition is Microsoft, so it's not like either of these companies is a real winner in the morality category.

[@Great.Milenko]

@@NoName-ik2du no it isn't. Might be the main competition for operating system. But for hardware it absolutely isn't.

[@godswillak]

"Either way, youll have to pay" 😂😂😂

[@VernL4]

I thought this was the highlight of the video!!!

[@godswillak]

@@VernL4 😂

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Yo, don't forget to add it is 100% green..

[@ka-50withsaams36]

I'd say its a light grey, personally.

[@MikeSchmidt969]

If you're referring to the dollars they're making off their customers, then you'd be right.

[@alanhilder1883]

So, next year, went it is only E-waste and it is dumped in the landfill, it will only take 2 or 3 million years to break down.

[@cjeelde]

Kermit is green!! 💚

[@ignaciomoreno9655]

You are talking about the color of the bills, right?

[@Clickworker101]

1000% Markup. Not just 100% more expensive.

[@dinamitemaster]

I'm perfectly happy with my 12GB of memory and 256GB storage... in my phone. Selling that in a computer is bad enough, but $400 for 16 gigs extra is unbelievable

[@redheart6995]

Its not even a regular M2 ssd, its proprietary!😂

[@username7763]

I don't get how that counts as being upgradable.

[@alexcardosa8079]

@@username7763 It's not but then how many people who actually buy one will upgrade it. Doubtful

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

​@@username7763You can technically upgrade it, even if it's not *as* upgradeable as a standard M.2 (which could fit 2TB even if it was a 2230 slot)

[@billB101]

@@username7763 Because you can just buy another Mac Mini, there... upgraded.

[@Hurricayne92]

@@username7763 It upgrades Apples profit margin

[@dherrendoerfer]

Leave it to Apple to sell a computer that you cant even use to backup your new phone once the phone storage is full.

[@paulharrison8379]

Apple like to say that the M4 Mac Mini is a gaming computer. The problem is that most of the latest AAA games use more than 100 Gb of SSD storage on PCs and consoles. This means that it may only be possible to install one game on a base level 256 GB M4 Mac Mini. Fortunately for a mere $50 or so it is possible to buy an external 1 Tb thunderbolt SSD, which would be the cost to Apple of upgrading the internal SSD to 1 Tb. I would like to see people install AAA games on a 1 Tb Thunderbolt SSD to convince me that this is possible.

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

Thunderbolt 4 has up to 4000mb/s speed, that is nearly the speed of the internal SSDs and probably faster than most SSDs installed right now in most computers

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

Quick point to add: that 256gb ssd is 1)not full 256 gb (just how 1tb usually means ~950gb in practical terms) 2)ALSO CONTAINS THE OS, so a pretty large chunk of the space is unusable from the start

[@BOplaid]

@@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat The second point is correct, but the first isn't. 1 TB is 1000 GB. I think what you mean is that 1 TB means ~950 GiB (gibibytes). The reason why a 1 TB drive shows up as ~950 GB (in Windows at least) is because Windows is actually showing GiB, but labelling them as GB.

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

@@BOplaid huh. Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing!

[@BOplaid]

@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat You're welcome!

[@indiekiduk]

haha love how you included the clip of Max breaking his

[@TazzSmk]

3:06 SAMTIME went SADTIME fast

[@Hawk512.]

2:19 LOL at the Tim Cook Pulp Fiction part! Awesome!

[@russell2952]

Except it's from the scene where Pumpkin gets to keep the money. I don't think the editor has ever seen the movie.

[@cloud5buster]

This isn't a comedy video, it's an accurate product review.

[@PotatoVariety]

One day, Apple base computer will have 32gb ram and 1tb storage. On that day, the average in the market will be 128gb ram and 10tb storage.

[@TerrorSyxke]

wut puter u got

[@flrn84791]

Ah yes, the day were the average on the market will be 128 GB of ram 🤡 coming up real soon uh

[@gabrielmcmillan]

@@flrn84791 He didn't say "soon", he just said "one day".

[@PotatoVariety]

@@flrn84791 that's the joke

[@BOplaid]

@@flrn84791 r/woosh

[@atomicbaum1]

You’re pretty cool for a base model, Sam.

[@Wyrmnax]

The only thing you forgot is that the price of that plastic cap you broken when you tried to open is half of the price of a new Mac Mini....

[@ethanethereal9136]

The wild thing is that 1TB of storage is considered pedestrian nowadays in the PC community… $500 prebuilt PCs at Costco come with 1TB SSDs and new SSDs like the Samsung 990 PRO and EVO Plus are 1TB MINIMUM. You can’t even buy a smaller size than 1TB, and people are installing 2,4 and even 8TB SSDs for a small fraction of the cost of what Apple charges you for those sizes. Edit: Also 16GB RAM is considered minimum spec on PCs too, I got 16GB DDR3 in a $500 prebuilt back in 2012. 32GB is considered the default kit on DDR5.

[@cassioamorim1348]

you forgot to mention the customers have the option to subscribe to a bigger storage plan in iCloud, essentially binding them for life and keeping steady revenue, so a smaller local storage is better for that too.

[@marekgaachbdg5062]

SSD write can reach 4GB per second, how fast is your internet upload? 10Mb? maybe 100Mb? even if you have 1Gb fiber it is still more than 32 times slower!

[@Gobama_prismG]

In EU the mac mini base model costs 579€ Doble the ram and storage cost 1246€ If you do the math, you can get 2 mac mini base model 256gb 16ram and still save 88 euros 💀 This is insane!!!

[@AquidoSquido]

Base model in Luxembourg is 695€ and I got it for 660€ from Amazon Germany, where r u located?

[@ItzMeKarizma]

@@AquidoSquido Trying to find it cheaper? haha

[@andrejwalter8968]

in my country in eu, abse model is 699eur, and 24/512 it is 1699 eur!

[@Psycandy]

yep, and if you get 40 mac minis you SAVE almost 2,000 euro! who could possibly say no?

[@kiisseli1337]

Cheapest M4 model is 749€ here 32/512 is 1439€ I don't believe it's 579€ in EU

[@ChristianSasse-c5q]

My only question; Why does Sam not have 3 million subscribers? He rocks!

[@GinoongGoals]

Because lots of less intelligent people don't get Sam's humor and tech jargons.

[@Psycandy]

people who own iphones don't think he's funny. that's why

[@SassePhoto]

@@Psycandyreally? I do and I own an iPhone

[@chamilpsr]

One of the most hilarious parody. Good job mate. love your channel.

[@SacreDro]

Who the heck buys them for that price?

[@Njazmo]

Sheep.

[@splashmoby]

Me! 😢

[@robinspanier7017]

@@Njazmo i am not buying them either because i grew up with windows. but calling them sheep just because they do not care about a few bucks for ram and storage upgrade is in my opinion dumb. if i grew up with ios, i would happily pay an additional 2k per year in delta, i couldnt care less tbh

[@Bomberman66Hell]

​@@robinspanier7017You are a fool and quickly part with your money, then

[@jihamiya5755]

​@@robinspanier7017So you're saying you'd be a sheep too.

[@Daivd1111]

1:18 what Apple will learn here is they sell the 16G+256G too cheap, they should increase the price so that two 16+256 will be much more expensive than one 32+512

[@TeamFish15]

The same people who designed earbuds to fit like cramming a marble into your ear and expecting it to stay.

[@thelbtlover]

There's nothing wrong with only offering 256GB of storage on the base model. That's more than enough for most casual computer users. The problem is the OUTRAGEOUS prices they charge for storage and RAM upgrades. Going from 256GB to 512GB of storage should cost between $30 to $50. Going to 24GB of RAM should cost about $40 to $60. There's plenty of profit for Apple charging these reasonable prices for upgrades, but their greed is insatiable. The 32GB/2TB version is $1,800 - the cost of THREE base models! 16GB of DDR5 RAM costs $60 and a 2TB SSD cost $140. Together they cost $200. If Apple double charged for the upgrades they'd still make bank, but that's not enough for them. The 32GB/2TB model should be $1,000 at absolute MAX. And forcing people to pay an extra $800 for the M4 Pro just to go beyond the 32GB/2TB version is criminal as well. Remember the 80's and 90's and 2000's, when Apple made affordable, upgradeable, and repairable computers? This company is absolute trash now.

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

The base model is VERY affordable and repairable (score 7/10 from iFixit)... Yeah the storage upgrades are too expensive but think again what you are saying there

[@NachoElkarto]

Been waiting all day for this!

[@ltra42]

every time I see Apple genius, it reminds me of the time I took my macbook pro to Apple for repairs. They tried to replace the hard top and broke the motherboard, then replaced the wrong motherboard. Went to fix one problem, end up with three. That's genius!

[@Laks174]

This time apple forgot the Apple math.

[@HerfingPug]

Tim Cook has been a disaster for Apple users.

[@svetlovska]

See, you made the classic mistake there of thinking this has anything to do with users. There is only one market for Apple - their shareholders. Who are very happy with Apple math.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Trump got elected, his name is Tim Apple now.

[@christianb9077]

@@svetlovska True. I've heard of people who despise the company, but since it is so successful they buy Apple stocks and tell everyone to buy their products.

[@ecopennylife]

My Lenovo laptop is from 2017 and has 16Gb RAM, 1Tb SSD, still going great, has 13 inch touchscreen which can fold 360 degrees backwards to use the laptop like a thick tablet ... still going strong with a replacement battery I could replace myself by UNSCREWING the base ...

[@kiisseli1337]

I heard it costs them $30 to upgrade from 256GB to 2TB (at least with the previous models soldered chips and controllers being on motherboard)

[@Heinz76Harald]

most likely, ya

[@ChaoPow]

I think your videos best explains the thought process behind Apple product strategy. Love it!

[@nerdcorner2680]

Apple’s business model is incompatible with their products. “better product sold as a luxary item” doesn’t work when you make the product worse. It’s no long luxary

[@troybaxter]

And yet people keep buying their products... I refused to buy anything Apple related.

[@nerdcorner2680]

@ They actually arent doing that great anymore. IPad/IPod sales are bad, mac sales are dropping. People dont like iphones but only stay on them out of convience. That bubble can pop pretty easily

[@ERICBALYBERDIN-h2z]

Apple got too greedy lately No not lately That was a while ago But it’s still somehow getting more expensive lately I guess it got even more greedy lately Idk

[@mariox204]

0:34 just 3 times as big? I had a HP 10 years ago that had like 4 times that (1TB)

[@trevormcmanis]

I feel like I just listened to 1970s car salesman sell me a computer in 2024.

[@curiousottman]

My young son often mentions some big rip off going on in the world (gas, groceries, gpus etc) and at the end of his rant says “soobscribe toodayy” exactly the way this channel says it.

[@m3photo726]

Come on, own up; your grandad is Barry Humphries … 😂

[@TheBitterSarcasmOfMs.Anthropy]

No matter what storage size you get in a new smartphone, there is always a proportionally amount of bloatware that will always only give you 4GB of storage. Big Tech is ingenious at this crap

[@paul5882]

the apple tax is high on memory and they always use custom modules or soldered direct to the board

[@3d-illusions]

Difficult to believe 6TB of pcie4 m.2 cost me £300 . 16 GB ram is also crap. 96GB ddr5 cost me £400! Apple are ridiculous! Apple = All Products Priced Ludicrously Expensively PC = Priced Correctly

[@jonathandpg6115]

most people dont need more than 16gb of ram

[@3d-illusions]

@ people don’t need hair on their heads either 😄

[@scrollexdestiny]

@@jonathandpg6115 doesnt mean that it should cost my kidney

[@ht8764]

I use 80GB out of 96GB in Cities Skylines running mods+ 11k assets without page filing 🦾🤓

[@zamasuawaken1908]

for almost a decade i have been saying that apple users are sheep for even buying any of their products. And for almost a decade they have been proving me right lmao.

[@Skullmiser]

I upgraded my mid-2012 macbook pro to have 16GB of ram and 4TB of disc space.

[@Professor-Scientist]

Have fun in Catalina

[@Daniel_445-Vu]

There is open core legacy-patcher so

[@stickyfox]

I posted on the Apple forums asking why you can't make north always up in the maps app, and someone tried to explain to me why "forward up" is better. Their genius rating was astronomical. I don't really care why Apple thinks I should prefer one thing or another. It's weird that they do that in the first place.

[@MrDrekki]

16 gigs of ram and 256 g of storage... are apple sheeps ok ? Are they stuck in 2010 or something, we got 128 gigs of ram and tens of terabits on pc already... wtf.

[@betruly7894]

Sam is the best, because he is unique in KZbin, he deserve 1M subscribers.

[@dansplain2393]

That costs about the same as two 512k subscribers

[@Laks174]

@apple should hire this Gem to fix everything wrong with Apple.

[@daskampffredchen]

You act like it is broken As if this isnt on purpose

[@adex345]

It is broken on purpose​@@daskampffredchen

[@JohnCena-dn8kb]

Bro, I really enjoy your content; this channel is so underrated. Very soon, your time will come

[@Curt_Sampson]

You know, the more I see from Apple, the more I realise how truly awful I am at user interface design. As a very computer-fluent programmer, I would put the power switch on the front of the machine, or at least one of the sides or back, or maybe even on the top. But I would never think to put it on the bottom, and I still cannot even start wrap my head around how that is the most user-friendly place for it to be, especially for people who don't know much about computers. That's why I don't like using Apple products: they're just a constant reminder of how I know nothing about design or usability, and how I am so incapable for me the most user-friendly systems in the world harder to use than Linux.

[@username7763]

While programmers are terrible user interface designers, the experts in user interface design make things even worse. Programmers care about utility instead of appearance. But UI designers care about appearance over absolutely everything else.

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

The thing is that you probably never owned a Mac. If so, you would realize you never need to turn off the machine because they are so efficient (both software + hardware). I guess this is what 99% of users already do so they decided there is no need for a power button.

[@Moonflush]

@@Andrew-tl9gk you mean, they use sleep mode or something? I honestly don't understand why would you leave a PC running, unless you run server or torrents or something like that. I don't believe that Mac systems are saint and don't have any background processes wasting resources in the background, if even a little

[@username7763]

@@Andrew-tl9gk This is generally true of PCs as well. However, you still need to turn the thing on once in a while. e.g. for the first time, after moving it, after power outage. The on button is there because it is needed. Hiding it isn't user friendly. I still feel more comfortable with turning things off when I am done with them though. LED bulbs are crazy efficient but still turn the lights off when done.

[@Curt_Sampson]

@@Andrew-tl9gk I hope you're capable of rethinking after adjusting your bad assumptions, because I own a Mac now, and I've been using Macs since 1984.Given that, what do you still have to say? And also, I am very aware that the power button is little-used: I rarely touch it on my AMD machine. (The one that gives me twice the capabilities of the low end Mac Mini for the same price.) But still, it's nice to have it where I can reach it when I do need it.

[@hellofend4734]

i ran with 256gb for like three years. its not that bad (ive never owned an apple product)

[@cideltacommand7169]

Just lazy people who hog all the games they don't play on their drive

[@htoaletaarxidatet]

saying this as someone who uses 232 gb storage, i think its inacceptable how a modern piece of hardware is close to the storage of my probably more than 12 years old pc.. and i know something about maintaining it too..

[@DasMufels]

@@cideltacommand7169 Did you just call me lazy? You rude spongehead

[@MaxCas]

charging port at the bottom of a mouse and a power button at the bottom again on this. super smart innovation.

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

I bet you are the smartest of all mankind, congrats!

[@porglezomp7235]

I'm glad that KZbin's "AI summary" informed me that you are an official representative of Apple!

[@StarCheesy]

1:20 I saw this, but for iPads, it was 2 64gb 9th gens for $798 or 1 256gb for $799 😂

[@mahann.s]

64 + 64 = 128

[@StarCheesy]

@ but the RAM is the same.

[@Empty_Vima]

charming video showcasing the features and benefits of ECC memory for users, highlighting its importance for error correction and data integrity in computing.

[@peepa47]

Even 512GB is a joke. I bought 1000GB SSD for 100USD and 512GB micro sd for 50 to upgrade storage on my gaming laptop that is now also 1200USD. Why is apple so greedy? Maybe legacy of Steve

[@udasai]

Steve delivered, though. That's because he didn't care about the MBAs. Tim Apple has to, because he doesn't own the company.

[@9024tobi]

"The base model" when will apple tease us with the: Sam Tucker pro? I cant wait to pre order😅

[@kira-us4cr]

remember you can buy externall ssd cheaper

[@marekgaachbdg5062]

but it is slower and prone to errors... you bump table during transfer and bang! file(s) corrupted...

[@karlweyenberg]

These videos make me much more than "marganally happy"... thanks Sam, keep up the great work!!

[@greatmystery11]

An Apple a day makes people stupid today.

[@MrQuay03]

Mac Mini is the best value computing now. Powerful, Super efficient, well-priced.

[@greatmystery11]

@MrQuay03 Yawn...

[@chelmano0]

@@MrQuay03 Nice cope bro

[@potffin]

@@chelmano0 for companies it is true, they won't care if the storage is low. They most likely have some cloud storage and they can deploy hundreds of pc's to their employees fastly and without any trouble.

[@alexcardosa8079]

People get so triggered so easily. Though 256GB is to small for some people, I don't know any who seems to care. They have external NAS with 10 plus TB so no big deal.

[@ravenseptimus3108]

Genius Apple logic. You should also make a vid where Apple explains why it's such a good idea to have drive cache ram instead of actual ram and why is it good to put strain on the ssd instead of installing actual physical memory, like windows/linux machines do. In short, why 8 GB of ram on a mac is "better" than 16 GB on windows/linux. Cuz watching your video helped me remember an argument i had with a friend that went like: "Nah mate, Apple is better. Their 8 gigs of ram counts as 16 gigs in windows rams" And i'm like: "Yea sure, that's probably because they reserve the remaining ram requirement as a cache from the OS drive" to which he replied nothing because he probably didn't knew that ssd's have a limited number of byte writes and placing extra unnecessary strain on them just shortens their life spans. TLDR: any Apple product is designed to be replaced as a necessity in the shortest amount of time possible.

[@ScoopexUs]

The rest of the case is a standard aluminium rectangle, so... there's only one reason that the glued-on bottom is not made of aluminium. Fan or not, you *know* the exact reason.

[@mrpositronia]

Cheapness.

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

Because if the bottom was aluminium it would need to be screwed on, since aluminium isn't flexible enough to attach with clips

[@bikerrecumbent1064]

Apple pricing is the best argument for never buying anything from that company.

[@MikeSchmidt969]

Yes, the power button is on the bottom. But don't go through the trouble of lifting the computer to turn it on. For the low, low price of $1000, Apple will sell you a crank to lower your desk so you can access the button. True pioneers of innovation.

[@mrpositronia]

Or the remote control for just $1199.99.

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

OR you just never turn it off because it is so efficient. That is probably what 99% of users already do so they decided there is no need for a power button.

[@mrpositronia]

@@Andrew-tl9gk maybe it reverses power usage. Apple are the best! 🍏

[@fredygump5578]

We're lucky they let us have storage at all! Part of me expects Apple devices to store everything to the cloud...for a small monthly fee!

[@SovereignLin123]

It literally doesn't make sense for 2 mac's to be cheaper that 1 mac with more storage, we're gonna need the EU on this one

[@Andrew-tl9gk]

Everyone can make offers however they want

[@kirby21-xz4rx]

Fr 😂

[@ateevee2521]

I don't understanding people's blind attraction to apple products and corporation

[@gloriouslizard9594]

2 minutes from now is crazy

[@voiceofreason314]

This is why I stay away from all things Apple..

[@MrAdmin00]

As a Mac Mini user, I can tell you that 256GB is the best for your wallet. Just attach a thunderbolt SSD to your Mac mini and it works like a charm. Don't try to upgrade the internal storage like the damn youtubers because you will not receive the money from youtube.

[@lePirateMan]

The best thing for your wallet is to not buy from someone trying to scam you

[@jomsies]

@@lePirateMan 600 dollars for a machine that beats more expensive desktop setups in the adobe suite and other productivity apps is not a scam. also it runs 20-30 watts in most workloads compared to 500 watts or more on a desktop. Just by an external ssd. the machine literally has thunderbolt ports.

[@andreisrl]

are there any downsides to attaching an external thundebolt ssd to it? like, missing functionality, compatibility with the OS, running programs or files from it, etc...?

[@ebinrock]

PC all the way for me. (And only custom-built, not retail brands like Dell, HP, etc.) It's one of the only truly modular and flexible things available in life these days. Best bang for the computing buck.

[@BananePommeVille]

but... Wind💩ws

[@ebinrock]

@BananePommeVille You know you can install Linux.

[@BananePommeVille]

@ebinrock I use Linux on my old MacBooks and I'm very happy with it for basic tasks like surfing the web and watching videos. But Mac OS is far superior in terms of comfort, stability, user-friendliness and allows very efficient professional use without wasting time on settings and lines of code in the terminal.

[@decoder9949]

2 mac minis are cheaper than 1 coz you are buying them in bulk

[@BerryBabaBear]

With 1.1k$ i could built a gaming pc and more lol

[@ekwem]

Guys, you can just buy the 256gb Mini plus a Sandisk 2TB SSD. SSD cost me about $150. I use this for storing media files and cache for video editing and there are zero problems. Don’t let Apple stress you out. Just buy a bloody SSD and move on with your life…unless you have money to burn and think you’ll win some sort of award for having 512GB built-in. Nobody cares.

[@MikeSchmidt969]

Yes, but an internal 2 TB NVme ssd drive is $100. You're paying that extra $50 for the case, the control board, and the cable. Meanwhile, Apple is charging $200 for 1/8 of that storage. The issue isn't that there might be a cheaper workaround. It's Apple's insulting price structure in the first place.

[@ekwem]

@ True, but we should be used to it by now. It’s been decades. Complaining will change nothing. Apple is going do what apple does best in order to remain pretty much the richest company in the world

[@claudiameier666]

i wanted to buy just base memory and jack up the ram but apple forces you to get the extra memory

[@heathbruce9928]

When you said that they are actually losing money due because of adding more storage I spit my coffee all over my monitor! It is SUCH an apple thing to say!

[@21Shells]

To be fair the price is pretty fantastic for what you’re getting. My lenovo laptop for university cost £1,500 with 16 gb ram, self destroying i7 and 4060 mobile. The Mac Mini has upgradable storage and can be gotten for £500. Thats competing with computers with an i5 and 8gb ram generally speaking.

[@VP19470]

Have you seen how much work it is to upgrade the storage? 😂

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

800 pounds came from 4060M btw. You can easily have decent i9 and at least 16GB of ram + easily upgradable sodimms by going with something without gpu. And getting a *desktop* 4070 with psu and adapter to make it work with laptop would be cheaper. That laptop maths for ya!

[@Spoonfed78]

As someone that's been replacing many relentless troublesome M1 MacBook pros and Airs at work you must have shopped for highest price. Lenovo always has sales. Heck I've replaced some M1 MacBook Pros for almost free. Users are happy they can work without the most simple of tasks (using finder, opening an image etc) not causing rainbow wheel hangups. The Option Command Esc keys probably due for replacement on these hahs. That's the buyers problem now lol

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

The base model is a reasonable price but the entire point here is the predatory pricing ladder with anything other than a base model being ridiculously expensive compared to that base

[@robynrox]

It's good to see the AI-generated video summary apparently identifies this video as official Apple content!

[@MrChrisRP]

Hey Sam! It's doubtful to me that you remember my comment from months ago out of them all. I told that you should use the obnoxious to the fullest and was basically encouraging. I've watched a handful of your latest videos in the past day or so, and I'm not disappointed. The thing I enjoy the most is that you take it to obnoxious but it's still the actual truth! Keep doing you! You rock, dude!

[@KevinAngkajaya]

Now make a video called "Apple Explains Why Windows XP is Better than Mac OS"

[@williamhaynes7089]

The only time apple product wouldnt SUCK .. is if they made a vacuum