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I love the idea that upgrading RAM/Hard Disk somehow equates to hacking your machine. It's akin to someone thinking they are an F1 mechanic because they can re
by taligent 14y ago
I love the idea that upgrading RAM/Hard Disk somehow equates to hacking your machine.
It's akin to someone thinking they are an F1 mechanic because they can replace the car battery.
- ebbv 14y agoI swapped out an SD card in my phone so I know just as much about hardware design as Apple's engineers. B-)
- Evbn 14y agoHow would you define hack, if not fiddling with hardware against the manufacturers intent?
- nkassis 14y agoBut in this case un-hackacble meant, unable to add ram which if the slots are there are not in anyway against the manufacturers intent. Now the new macbooks, if someone figured a way to add ram, it would be considered a hack.
- taligent 14y agoBecause Apple has never had a problem with you replacing RAM/hard disks. They provided instructions and it didn't void any warranties.
- jfoutz 14y agoBest example off the top of my head is a very old one, adding CD sound processing to a SPARCstation II http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffmassalin_pr.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffmassalin_pr.html I don't have a super high succes rate with reflow soldering, but my hotplate isn't quite perfectly flat. I assume the mac boards are all double sided, so i'd be inclined work out a solder bath style solution. Maybe a friendly college student would give access to the EE department's stuff. Maybe there's a cheap benchtop solution. It can't be that bad
- kamjam 14y agoHey, I replaced a spark plug once too... I should be chief mechanic at Red Bull in this case :)