New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard

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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