> Of course, I can imagine that there will be a significant discount even just considering the price of high end branded memory outside Apple.
Apple wanted $3,000 for 160GB of memory for my Mac Pro (i.e. going from a base 32 to 192GB).
OWC sells the same memory (same spec, same manufacturer) now for $620, though I believe I paid about $1,000.
They also wanted another $3,000 for an 8TB SSD. Similarly, I was able to buy a 4xM.2 PCI card, and populate it with 4 x 2TB SSDs for under $1,500. Furthermore my PCI setup is FASTER than the Apple drive (7GBps versus 5.5).
Apple wanted $3,000 for 160GB of memory for my Mac Pro (i.e. going from a base 32 to 192GB).
OWC sells the same memory (same spec, same manufacturer) now for $620, though I believe I paid about $1,000.
They also wanted another $3,000 for an 8TB SSD. Similarly, I was able to buy a 4xM.2 PCI card, and populate it with 4 x 2TB SSDs for under $1,500. Furthermore my PCI setup is FASTER than the Apple drive (7GBps versus 5.5).