@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down128cross-posted to: gadgetstechnology
arrow-up1590arrow-down1external-linkApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square315fedilinkcross-posted to: gadgetstechnology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish45•7 months agoIt’s a strategy to push customers toward the more expensive models. Their markup is massive, it’s a blatant profit move.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•7 months agoAnd, since the ram is soldered to the fucking mobo, you can’t upgrade it yourself. It’s a ridiculous and craven strategy for a company already nickel and diming their customers. but the cultists still love them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoThey’ve being doing this for a very long time, and they do it on all their idevices too (with storage).
It’s a strategy to push customers toward the more expensive models. Their markup is massive, it’s a blatant profit move.
And, since the ram is soldered to the fucking mobo, you can’t upgrade it yourself. It’s a ridiculous and craven strategy for a company already nickel and diming their customers.
but the cultists still love them.
They’ve being doing this for a very long time, and they do it on all their idevices too (with storage).