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Haven't the iMac and Mac Mini always offered (relatively) easy memory upgrades? I've upgraded probably 10-15 of them at work. They just use the samller laptop m

Haven't the iMac and Mac Mini always offered (relatively) easy memory upgrades? I've upgraded probably 10-15 of them at work. They just use the samller laptop modules instead of a desktop module, and (usually?) only support 2 modules. Mac Pro offers it too, though that's a different style of computer entirely.

jeffbee 6y ago
The post-lamp iMac has always offered user-replaceable SODIMM slots in a number sufficient to occupy all of the CPU's memory channels. The late 2009 model had 4 on the bottom, the 2015 has 2 one the back, these new ones have 2 and the Pro model has 4 (because the Pro CPU has 4 channels).
- bluedino 6y ago
  They took the panel out of the 21" version for some reason.
- jshier 6y ago
  27" iMac has always had 4 RAM slots.
  - jeffbee 6y ago
    I see. I assumed since all the catalog configs are 2-way they only had two slots, but I just opened mine and it has 4.
savoytruffle 6y ago
The current 2020/2018 (they are the same) Mac mini does use DIMMs, but it is not easy to entirely disassemble the computer to replace the RAM. Some (2014?) Mac minis didn't have replaceable memory at all. The 27" "regular" iMac is still using a design from late 2012 that has a simple door behind the stand hinge to very easily access the RAM. Even the iMac Pro has to be totally disassembled to change RAM!