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Americans Only Want to Pay $800 for a New Laptop. Too Bad Many Cost $1,600

Apple raised prices across its product lines due to surging memory and storage costs driven by AI infrastructure demand, while a new survey shows Americans are only willing to spend $800 on a laptop, far below the $1,600 average price of many models.

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Last month, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure.

“We’re doing our best to mitigate the …

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