Re:Upgrading RAM on new iMac practically impossible
by Jach on Sunday December 02, 2012 @11:16PM
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If it doesn't matter to you that a hood is inaccessible, it also shouldn't matter to you that a hood is accessible. For other people it does matter. So the question is: who wants the hood to be inaccessible, and why? Clearly none of the customers want it inaccessible, they either want it accessible (and I don't think they care all that strongly if they're already set on an Apple product), or in the majority case are indifferent. So Apple must know their bottom line is better this way (there are some obvious ways why it can be) and is perfectly happy telling people "put up or don't do business with us." Unless Apple's shown to be wrong, I wouldn't expect a change.
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Re:Upgrading RAM on new iMac practically impossible
by arn on Sunday December 02, 2012 @11:23PM
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I'm not saying it's better that the hood is inaccessible. I'm saying it doesn't move the needle for me.
Sure, if all things were equal, then yes, I'd prefer an accessible hood. But all things aren't equal. There are design tradeoffs. What if there were a seamless car with no breaks for the hood to open/close? And that really looked nice to you?