Apple Discontinues 512GB Mac Studio Amid Memory Supply Constraints
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Summary
Apple has quietly discontinued the 512GB Mac Studio model, which analysts interpret as an acknowledgment of ongoing memory and storage supply constraints despite Apple's recent product announcements appearing unaffected. While Apple's new product releases this week showed RAM and storage increases at similar or slightly higher prices, the removal of the 512GB Mac Studio suggests the company is not immune to the broader AI-driven memory shortage affecting the industry.
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If the only thing you had to go off was Apple's string of product announcements this week, you'd have little reason to believe that there is a historic AI-driven memory and storage supply crunch going on
Some products saw RAM and storage increases at the same prices as the products they replaced; others had their prices increased a bit but came with more storage than before as compensation
But even a company with Apple's scale and
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