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you can expand the ram, though, right? for some workloads, that's still going to be key. but yeah, I hear the frustration. I've been on the fence about getti

you can expand the ram, though, right? for some workloads, that's still going to be key. but yeah, I hear the frustration. I've been on the fence about getting a refurb 27" iMac. have been mostly laptop based for years, but the pandemic made me reconsider a desktop system again. Then... M1 news came out and... it's all up in the air.

danlugo92 6y ago
Get the laptop and hook it up to an external monitor or get the mac mini
- mgkimsal 6y ago
  I'm not a great early adopter :). I will probably get something later this year assuming there's a second round of hardware (m1x? m2?) updates.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    I'm interested in seeing what the next iteration of laptops is like. I have an iMac and MacBook Pro which are both over 5 years old and it would be nice to upgrade both to a new ARM laptop even if it's a bit less travel friendly than my current system. (I usually travel with my Chromebook anyway.)
deergomoo 6y ago
> you can expand the ram, though, right? Ehh kind of. The 27" iMac (non Pro) has a RAM door, and RAM is fully user serviceable. The iMac Pro has slotted RAM, but it has no door and is not considered a user-serviceable part by Apple. So you have to disassemble the machine at the expense of your warranty. I believe you can also pay Apple an obscene amount of money to do it and keep your warranty, although you'd have to use their RAM.
- quesera 6y ago
  > So you have to disassemble the machine at the expense of your warranty. If you are in the US, this is not correct. It's a common misunderstanding, which probably makes manufacturers happy, but it is not true. Disassembling your product does not violate your warranty -- even if you have to puncture a (very un-Apple-like) sticker that says "VOID IF REMOVED OR DAMAGED", etc. However: damaging your product via disassembly, or anything else, allows the warrantor (Apple) to choose not to honor their warranty if the damage is directly related to the issue being repaired under warranty. But if you cause no damage, or if the damage is cosmetic or unrelated to the warranteed part, you are free to do as you like. And so is a third-party repair shop.

danlugo92 6y ago

Get the laptop and hook it up to an external monitor or get the mac mini

mgkimsal 6y ago
I'm not a great early adopter :). I will probably get something later this year assuming there's a second round of hardware (m1x? m2?) updates.
- ghaff 6y ago
  I'm interested in seeing what the next iteration of laptops is like. I have an iMac and MacBook Pro which are both over 5 years old and it would be nice to upgrade both to a new ARM laptop even if it's a bit less travel friendly than my current system. (I usually travel with my Chromebook anyway.)

deergomoo 6y ago

> you can expand the ram, though, right? Ehh kind of. The 27" iMac (non Pro) has a RAM door, and RAM is fully user serviceable. The iMac Pro has slotted RAM, but it has no door and is not considered a user-serviceable part by Apple. So you have to disassemble the machine at the expense of your warranty. I believe you can also pay Apple an obscene amount of money to do it and keep your warranty, although you'd have to use their RAM.

quesera 6y ago
> So you have to disassemble the machine at the expense of your warranty. If you are in the US, this is not correct. It's a common misunderstanding, which probably makes manufacturers happy, but it is not true. Disassembling your product does not violate your warranty -- even if you have to puncture a (very un-Apple-like) sticker that says "VOID IF REMOVED OR DAMAGED", etc. However: damaging your product via disassembly, or anything else, allows the warrantor (Apple) to choose not to honor their warranty if the damage is directly related to the issue being repaired under warranty. But if you cause no damage, or if the damage is cosmetic or unrelated to the warranteed part, you are free to do as you like. And so is a third-party repair shop.