New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard

Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by masklinn on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @01:06PM (#4107023)

> In fact, one of the very first things I do is buy more RAM for my MBPs because it is more economical to do it yourself.

While that is historically true, it's not really the case for the new MBP: the 16GB RAM update costs $200, 2x8GB sticks cost ~150 at crucial. Meh.

> Then if you wait 2 years, you can again double your RAM for extremely low price.

Unless the chipset is at its physical limits, which is usually the case if you upgraded the RAM once on purchase.

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by tl on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @08:26PM (#4109207)

>While that is historically true, it's not really the case for the new MBP: the 16GB RAM update costs $200, 2x8GB sticks cost ~150 at crucial. Meh.

2x8GB is ~$150. 2x4GB is ~$50[1].

Apple is charging $200 for a $100 bump in component costs. 100% markup is excessive.

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by cmsj on Thursday June 14, 2012 @02:00AM (#4110031)

Note that while their margin on RAM is high, ther average margin across all products is, afair, over 40%

We nerds need to accept that we ate not apple's focus anymore. Just spec your machine high, pony up lots of money, enjoy the shit out of it.

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by masklinn on Thursday June 14, 2012 @07:10AM (#4110760)

> We nerds need to accept that we ate not apple's focus anymore.

Anymore? It's never been Apple's focus

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