Apple's revised pricing for India is now in effect, making Macs and iPads more expensive across the lineup. The company says rising RAM and storage costs, driven by surging demand from AI data centres and cloud infrastructure, forced it to raise prices after months of absorbing higher component expenses. The updated pricing sees the MacBook Air start at ₹1.49 lakh and the MacBook Pro at ₹2.39 lakh, while iPads and desktop Macs have also become costlier. Apple has indicated that these increases are unlikely to be temporary, highlighting how the global AI boom is beginning to impact everyday consumer electronics and purchasing decisions.

The cheapest MacBook Pro now starts at $2,000.

Tim Cook said last week that Apple would hike prices due to surging memory and storage costs.

Ram shortage and AI data center demand has finally stuck the Apple pricing charts as well. In a worldwide shake-up India prices have also been increases across Mac & iPad…