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Starting prices, generational price increases and unannounced configuration pricing for professional desktops.
Raspberry Pi raised the 2GB Pi 5 to $77.50 and the 2GB Pi 4 to $67.50, increases of 19% and 23% it blames on rising memory prices. Labs and small fleets built on the 2GB tier now pay $12.50 more per board, and the memory shortage behind the rise shows no sign of easing.
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Apple put real aperture blades in the Pro and Pro Max and priced them at $1,199 and $1,299. CNET's reviewer loves the camera and still sends most buyers to last year's iPhone 17 at $929.
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TechRadar puts the generation's biggest gain in the camera, where four selectable apertures and Pro controls pay off for anyone who takes charge of a shot, while the new chip felt level with last year's.
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Road to VR's buyer guide for Valve's first standalone headset prices the 256GB model at $1,059 and explains why the bundled Wi-Fi 6E adapter sidesteps the home router that makes PC streaming to a Quest inconsistent.
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Gizmodo's review puts the top Gram Pro 16 at $3,499 with no discrete graphics and battery life it calls middling, roughly $499 a seat above a similarly specced ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The weight it wins back is under an ounce.
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Apple put the M6 in the $899 mini and the M5 Pro from this year's MacBook Pro in the $1,699 one, so the real question is which ceiling your work hits first, 32GB of memory or 64GB.
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Apple held the Mac Studio's Max tier at $2,499 while pushing the Ultra to $5,499, where the entry machine carries just 96GB of unified memory, so the premium only starts earning its keep at the 256GB rung and above.
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