Probably because its single channel. They bump voltage and freq to catch up in performance. If they would choose 2x16 and lower freq, voltage resulting perform

Probably because its single channel. They bump voltage and freq to catch up in performance. If they would choose 2x16 and lower freq, voltage resulting performance would be even better with similar power usage. Apple prefer to make more money. They use power of brand to sell overpriced products to clueless crowd. Just go apple store to see audience, most people there do not even know what is RAM. [1] http://nucblog.net/2015/09/dual-channel-vs-single-channel-does-it-matter/ http://nucblog.net/2015/09/dual-channel-vs-single-channel-do...