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It takes up more space and costs more (connectors are surprisingly expensive), as well as adding an electrical overhead, while most (yes, not all) customers don
by pjc50 6mo ago
It takes up more space and costs more (connectors are surprisingly expensive), as well as adding an electrical overhead, while most (yes, not all) customers don't take advantage of it.
- anonymars 6mo agoAlso somewhat less secure (cold boot attack: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack#Preventing_physical_access https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack#Preventing_physi...)
- throw0101c 6mo agoNot wrong, but some of these space/size/distance concerns were some reasons why the LPCAMM2 format was created: * https://www.ifixit.com/News/95078/lpcamm2-memory-is-finally-here https://www.ifixit.com/News/95078/lpcamm2-memory-is-finally-... * https://www.micron.com/products/memory/dram-components/lpddr/lpcamm2 https://www.micron.com/products/memory/dram-components/lpddr... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMM_(memory_module) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMM_(memory_module)
- thisislife2 6mo agoThat's an acceptable compromise to get a system that can be upgraded and / or repaired. Apple already charges a "premium" so nobody (except their shareholders) are going to cry if they make a dollar or two less on each device because of this. Customers do care about such things when they decide to upgrade their device or, more importantly, when they have to repair it.