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Because those Thinkpads don't use a single stick of the low-profile RAM that Ultrabooks and MacBooks use. All Intel Ultrabooks have the same issue going on, the
by freehunter 10y ago
Because those Thinkpads don't use a single stick of the low-profile RAM that Ultrabooks and MacBooks use. All Intel Ultrabooks have the same issue going on, there's no single low-powered low-profile 32GB RAM on the market. The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is the same way.
It's not an Apple excuse, don't pretend like it is.
- robotjosh 10y agoBut you just said the excuse is that apple is only selling ultrabooks now?
- freehunter 10y agoUltrabooks were created to compete with MacBooks. Apple has only ever sold "ultrabooks", they're just getting slimmer over the years. Like much of the rest of the market. If it was Apple's excuse, you'd need to explain the Surface and XPS 13 and a whole host of other non-Apple machines. Apple doesn't sell desktop replacements like Lenovo does.
- robotjosh 10y agoI love ultrabooks- I was using a eeepc when the 2012 macbook pro came out and took credit for removing the cdrom. The problem with current macbooks is that they moved beyond ultrabooks and became ultralights. Thinner at all costs. Forget about any ram upgrade, forget about any extra cpu core, forget about longer battery life, it is thinner at all costs. I am an apple fan. I had $6000 budgeted towards a new xeon macbook and tb3 external gpu. The release we got just has me scratching my head. Why did they brand this piddly weak macbook as a macbook pro? Where is the external gpu? Where is any other tb3 equipment? Where is a performance macbook? I want apple to succeed, I want apple to have my money, so it makes me sad when they fail like this.