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I can live with soldered-on RAM - there is a bit of an Apple premium to the RAM they sell, but at least you can get the configuration you want. I'm much more di

by kylec 12y ago

I can live with soldered-on RAM - there is a bit of an Apple premium to the RAM they sell, but at least you can get the configuration you want. I'm much more disappointed by the lack of a quad-core option. I was planning on picking up a high-end quad-core Mac mini when they updated the line, but after the announcement on Thursday I ran down to the nearest Apple Store and bought a 2012 quad-core Mac mini instead. I wish I could have bought the 2.6GHz quad-core as opposed to the 2.3GHz, but that was a build-to-order option only. Still, the 2.3GHz is much faster than the top end 2014 Mac mini when it comes to multithreaded performance: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/19/mac-mini-2014-benchmark/ http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/19/mac-mini-2014-benchmark/

adamors 12y ago
> there is a bit of an Apple premium to the RAM they sell You're just paying for the brand and the convenience of not having to put it in yourself. RAM from Apple has to have one of the worst price/performance ratios.
LordIllidan 12y ago
The problem with the current Apple approach is that it forces you to make the decision about how much RAM you may need beforehand, and charges you extra for the privilege. Making the RAM on a desktop machine non configurable is a greedy move, and allows them to announce that their machines are affordable, while disguising the fact that most people have to buy the more expensive options.
- koralatov 12y ago
  That's exactly my problem with it. Every machine I've ever bought, I've upgraded the RAM later in life when I genuinely needed the upgrade and benefitted from much lower pricing. Now, that cost is needlessly frontloaded; either I pay much more for the RAM I won't need for at least a year or two, or I live without it and potentially have to upgrade sooner. It's definitely a greedy move on Apple's part.

by kylec 12y ago

adamors 12y ago

> there is a bit of an Apple premium to the RAM they sell You're just paying for the brand and the convenience of not having to put it in yourself. RAM from Apple has to have one of the worst price/performance ratios.

LordIllidan 12y ago

The problem with the current Apple approach is that it forces you to make the decision about how much RAM you may need beforehand, and charges you extra for the privilege. Making the RAM on a desktop machine non configurable is a greedy move, and allows them to announce that their machines are affordable, while disguising the fact that most people have to buy the more expensive options.

koralatov 12y ago
That's exactly my problem with it. Every machine I've ever bought, I've upgraded the RAM later in life when I genuinely needed the upgrade and benefitted from much lower pricing. Now, that cost is needlessly frontloaded; either I pay much more for the RAM I won't need for at least a year or two, or I live without it and potentially have to upgrade sooner. It's definitely a greedy move on Apple's part.