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> And specifically in Apple's case they do spend more money doing stuff like soldering ram to the motherboard so customers can't upgrade them. Doesn't solderin
by tzs 3y ago
> And specifically in Apple's case they do spend more money doing stuff like soldering ram to the motherboard so customers can't upgrade them.
Doesn't soldering RAM to the motherboard cost less?
- crote 3y ago100%. Soldering RAM makes the engineering quite a lot easier, prevents a RAM module vendor from making profit, and gets rid of an entire assembly step because now you no longer need to install the RAM module. The downside is a lack of flexibility, because you are now committed to a very specific RAM chip and you need to spend effort if you ever need to change that - rather than just plugging in one of a dozen modules.