> Except that now with the new design it means it's cheaper to just buy the RAM from Apple That's an artificial price increase. It's not that the RAM has gott

> Except that now with the new design it means it's cheaper to just buy the RAM from Apple That's an artificial price increase. It's not that the RAM has gotten cheaper, but that the ease of doing it is no longer there with this iteration. > Things change. You say that as if it has meaning or bearing. Things always change. Change does not mean it's better. > As time passes and Apple designs more and more sealed enclosures Yes, they make trade-offs. They sacrifice things in one area for things in other areas. > hopefully your skills and income are similarly increasing and you can stop caring about this stuff and just order it with the ram you want. An increase in income does not mean I suddenly become stupid with money and am willing to pay more for what amounts to a style change. As for caring, it's precisely because I care that not being able to easily add in RAM is an issue. > Life is short. Do you really want to look back on your deathbed and remember that you know what DIMM pin configurations and signaling speeds were? And do you want to look back on your deathbed and know that you spent extra money on something simply to pay for style instead of making sure that your disabled son was taken care of? Don't starting pretending to know someone else's reasons for wanting things, or that you can offer sound financial advice (you can't). Shit, it's like your applauding their decision to remove valued features of their product for something far fewer people cared about.