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This conversation is ludicrous. All I want is ram that isn't soldered in so I can upgrade it at a later date. If this takes me out of the Apple's target demogra
by jtchang 14y ago
This conversation is ludicrous. All I want is ram that isn't soldered in so I can upgrade it at a later date. If this takes me out of the Apple's target demographic (which I most certainly believe it does) then so be it.
- stickfigure 14y agoThis. There are two components in modern computers that are experiencing Moore's Law-style rapid improvement: RAM and SSD. Whatever you buy now is going to be obsolete (or half the price) in two years. This means that I either have to overspend for bleeding-edge RAM capacity now, or replace the whole machine later. Neither are attractive options - especially with Apple's large built-in margin on upgrades.
- alanh 14y ago> Moore’s Law: RAM and SSD Not true with RAM, at least for capacity! My late-2008 MacBook Pro has been upgraded to 8GB of RAM, which is the maximum available for all current MacBook Pros except the new Retina edition (16GB). Just barely doubling in 4 years ≠ doubling every ~2 years. Likewise, SSDs are not doubling in meaningful specs every two years, either.
- stickfigure 14y agoApple seems a bit behind here; you have been able to get 16GB notebooks from other vendors for quite a while now. Still, the price of that 8G has dropped pretty dramatically over the last 2 years.