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True, but you are talking about devices that are 4-6 years old. Storage is now soldered. Ram has been soldered for a while now, and with Apple Silicon its part
by billyhoffman 5y ago
True, but you are talking about devices that are 4-6 years old. Storage is now soldered. Ram has been soldered for a while now, and with Apple Silicon its part of the SoC.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoPerhaps leading to fewer failures and longer device lifespans. As far as I understand, the less components and heat, the longer the electronics keep working.
- kasabali 5y agoThat isn't "less components", that's same components but soldered so customers can't replace it.
- dwaite 5y agoIt removes connectors and may remove buffers. It is hard to pop a memory SIMM out over time using a laptop if everything is soldered in.
- kasabali 5y agonot that I've heard of anyone popping out a DIMM over time, but I'd rather pop it back in rather than having to ship it to a repair shop with BGA workstation to replace if a DRAM chip develops fault over time.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoFor context, Apple started soldering RAM in 2015 and soldering storage in 2018.