That's why I said effectively. It implies that while it's not actual price increase, but effectively it is you were after the cheapest model, which was the most sold config by large, per reports.
It's as if all apartments were from now on being built only at x2 the size, while keeping previous per square ft/m price. Prices wouldn't change, but effectively they would increase because many couldn't afford them anymore, making the average price increase.
Similarly, if biggest apartments were stopped being built, it wouldn't affect the average price that much.
Lastly, for commodity hardware like this, those who care about prices are those who need to count every penny. You and I might not care because we wouldn't get the cheapest config. But those who don't have much money and thus always resort to buying the entry level stuff, for them it's a price increase.
The actual headline, which OP changed, I'm guessing for space constraints?:
Apple Stops Selling Mac Mini With 256GB of Storage, Starting Price Rises to $799
Another phrasing: Apple stopped making the $599 model but kept the other models' prices the same.
It's effectively a price increase because one gets mere 256GB of SSD for 200 USD more.
Except that the price isn't changing a single penny. They're just dropping one model.
If they were dropping the most expensive model, would you say that it's a price decrease?
That's why I said effectively. It implies that while it's not actual price increase, but effectively it is you were after the cheapest model, which was the most sold config by large, per reports.
It's as if all apartments were from now on being built only at x2 the size, while keeping previous per square ft/m price. Prices wouldn't change, but effectively they would increase because many couldn't afford them anymore, making the average price increase.
Similarly, if biggest apartments were stopped being built, it wouldn't affect the average price that much.
Lastly, for commodity hardware like this, those who care about prices are those who need to count every penny. You and I might not care because we wouldn't get the cheapest config. But those who don't have much money and thus always resort to buying the entry level stuff, for them it's a price increase.
Collapsing anything to a model with one number always has edge cases. Sure, it’s a price increase but it’s also not a price increase.
Are you just reacting to the hn title? Because tfa is different and perfectly clear imho
Pretty much. It was misleadingly editorialized. TFA was more accurate.