No explanation was given for the price increase, and we probably won’t get one from Apple.
However, base configurations of the new MacBook Pro soldiered on with 8th generation Coffee Lake processors, which was a bit of an annoyance to Apple fans (and likely a cost saving move for Apple). Now, Apple has doubled the price of the 16GB RAM upgrade for these base systems. When the system first launched, Apple charged just $100 for the upgrade from 8GB to 16GB, but is now charging $200.
No explanation was given for the price increase — and we probably won’t get one — but it seems rather strange for Apple to make a price change less than a month after launching a new product.
